The Huron: Farmers of the NorthThis remarkable reconstruction of the sedentary, agricultural, but warlike life of the Huron underscores the importance of studying Huron life, since the Huron were wiped out by other Iroquoians in the 17th Century. |
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Introduction | 1 |
The Land and the People | 12 |
The Huron Economy | 29 |
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Aataentsik activities Algonkian animals appear archaeological Arendahronon Attignawantan Attigneenongnahac bark beaver behavior body bones ceremonies Champlain civil chiefs clan segments confederacy council corn curing dances dead death dreams enemy European evidence extended family feasts federacy fire forest French generosity Georgian Bay groups guardian spirit Heidenreich horticultural household human hunting and fishing Huron believed Huron chiefs Huron confederacy Huron country Huron culture Huron settlements Huron society Huron women important individual inhabitants Iouskeha Iroquoian Iroquois Jérôme Lalemant Jesuits killed Lake Ontario Lake Simcoe large numbers lineage lived longhouse Lower Great Lakes matrilineal meters murder neighboring Neutral Nipissing normally northern Iroquoian ossuary Ottawa palisades person played political presents prisoner region relatives rituals role Sagard Saint Lawrence River seventeenth century shaman Simcoe Simcoe County skins social sometimes Steckley supernatural Susquehannock Tahontaenrat Tionontati torture trade routes village warfare warriors winter witchcraft witches woman young