Eatenonha : native roots of modern democracy / Georges Sioui.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sioui, Georges E., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wyandot Indians.

Wyandot Indians--Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Eatenonha is the Wendat word for love and respect for the Earth and Mother Nature. For many Native peoples and newcomers to North America, Canada is a motherland, an Eatenonha - a land in which all can and should feel included, valued, and celebrated. In Eatenonha Georges Sioui presents the history of a group of Wendat known as the Seawi Clan and reveals the deepest, most honoured secrets possessed by his people, by all people who are Indigenous, and by those who understand and respect Indigenous ways of thinking and living. Providing a glimpse into the lives, ideology, and work of his family and ancestors, Sioui weaves a tale of the Wendat's sparsely documented historical trajectory and his family's experiences on a reserve. Through an original retelling of the Indigenous commercial and social networks that existed in the northeast before European contact, the author explains that the Wendat Confederacy was at the geopolitical centre of a commonwealth based on peace, trade, and reciprocity. This network, he argues, was a true democracy, where all beings of all natures were equally valued and respected and where women kept their place at the centre of their families and communities. Identifying Canada's first civilizations as the originators of modern democracy, Eatenonha represents a continuing quest to heal and educate all peoples through an Indigenous way of comprehending life and the world.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

A Note On Terminology

Introduction

A Road Trip in the Eastern United States

Seawi: Hurons of the Rising Sun

The Seawi of the Forty Appents

The Sioui Case Explained

The Essential Thread of Canada's History

Eatenonha: Native Roots of Modern Democracy

Epilogue

Presentation to the Calacs(Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

Notes

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228000471

0228000475

9780228000464

0228000467

OCLC:

1101430103