Words of the Huron / John L. Steckley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steckley, John, 1949-

Series:

Aboriginal studies series (Waterloo, Ont.)

Aboriginal studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wyandot Indians--Languages--History--17th century.

Wyandot Indians.

Wyandot Indians--Intellectual life--17th century.

Wyandot Indians--Social life and customs--17th century.

Wyandot Indians--Material culture--History--17th century.

Names, Wyandot--History--17th century.

Names, Wyandot.

Wyandot language--History.

Wyandot language.

Wyandot Indians--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Words of the Huron is an investigation into seventeenth-century Huron culture through a kind of linguistic archaeology of a language that died midway through the twentieth century. John L. Steckley explores a range of topics, including: the construction of longhouses and wooden armour; the use of words for trees in village names; the social anthropological standards of kinship terms and clans; Huron conceptualizing of European-borne disease; the spirit realm of orenda; Huron nations and kinship groups; relationship to the environment; material culture; and the relation

Contents:

Contents; Jesuit Symbols and Their Function; Introduction; 1 The Wendat Language; 2 Huron Nations; 3 Clans and Phratries of the Huron; 4 Huron Kinship; 5 The Huron and Their Relationship to the Environment; 6 Material Culture of the Huron; 7 Huron Ceremonial Culture; 8 Warfare; 9 Medicine and Disease; 10 The Jesuits and the Huron; 11 After-Words; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-256) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781299313330

1299313337

9781554581351

1554581354

OCLC:

753343629