The children of Aataentsic : a history of the Huron People to 1660 / Bruce G. Trigger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trigger, Bruce G.

Series:

Carleton library series ; 195.

Carleton library series ; 195

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Missions--Ontario--History.

Jesuits.

Wyandot Indians--History.

Wyandot Indians.

Indians of North America--Ontario--History.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvii, 913 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

Repr. with a new pref.

Place of Publication:

Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1987.

Summary:

Trigger's work integrates insights from archaeology, history, ethnology, linguistics, and geography. This wide knowledge allows him to show that, far from being a static prehistoric society quickly torn apart by European contact and the fur trade, almost every facet of Iroquoian culture had undergone significant change in the centuries preceding European contact. He argues convincingly that the European impact upon native cultures cannot be correctly assessed unless the nature and extent of precontact change is understood. His study not only stands Euro-American stereotypes and fictions on their heads, but forcefully and consistently interprets European and Indian actions, thoughts, and motives from the perspective of the Huron culture. The Children of Aataentsic revises widely accepted interpretations of Indian behaviour and challenges cherished myths about the actions of some celebrated Europeans during the "heroic age" of Canadian history. In a new preface, Trigger describes and evaluates contemporary controversies over the ethnohistory of eastern Canada.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Maps

Preface to the 1987 reprinting

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction

The Huron and Their Neighbours

The Birth of the Huron

Alien Shadows

Forging an Aliance

The Quiet Years

Notes

The Interregnum and the New Alliance

The Deadly Harvest

The Storm

The Storm Within

The End of the Confederacy

Betrayal and Salvation

Conclusions

References

Index

Notes:

Reprinted with a new preface.

Originally published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1976. 2 v.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9786612851025

9780773506275

0773506276

9781282851023

1282851020

9780773561496

0773561498

OCLC:

1148125275

Publisher Number:

2027/heb02367 hdl