The eighteenth-century Wyandot : a clan-based study

Steckley, John, 1949- author.

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Uses clan structure to consolidate the histories of the two Wendat peoples, Petun and Huron, who together formed the Wyandot, and were subsequently dispersed between Quebec, Michigan, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

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Huron-Wendat History 18th century

Huron-Wendat Kinship

Huron-Wendat Social life and customs 18th century

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Indigenous studies series

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ISBN:

9781771122009

Description:

ix, 305 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Canadiana
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-297) and index

Contents:

Two questions
Five Wyandot strategists of the late seventeenth century: Sastaretsi, Kandiaronk, Sk8tache, the Baron, and Quarante Sols
Other nations and the clans of the Wyandot: missionaries and other strangers enter their midst
Wyandot participation in "Christian" rituals
Wyandot leadership: male political roles
The political roles of Wyandot women
A summary
Appendix A, The census
Appendix B, Wyandot correspondence. Appendix B1, Father Richardie's introduction to Father Potier ; Appendix B2, Governor Longueuil ; Appendix B3, The Wendat response ; Appendix B4, Father Richardie to the Huron of Wendake ; Appendix B5, Father Richer to Father Potier
Appendix C, N'endi
Appendix D, Festin des noces

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2869716

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