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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Foreword | 1 |
The Land and the People | 12 |
The Huron Economy | 29 |
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Aataentsik activities Algonkian animals appear Arendahronon Attignawantan Attigneenongnahac bark beaver behavior body bones ceremonies Champlain civil chiefs clan segments confederacy council corn curing dances danger dead death dreams enemy extended families fear feasts federacy fire French generosity Georgian Bay groups guardian spirit guests historical household human Huron believed Huron chiefs Huron confederacy Huron country Huron culture Huron settlements Huron society Huron women individual inhabitants Iouskeha Iroquoian Iroquois Jérôme Lalemant Jesuits killed Lake Lake Ontario Lake Simcoe large numbers lineage lived longhouse matrilineal meters murder neighboring Neutral normally northern Iroquoian onnonhwaroia Ontario ossuary Ottawa person played political presents prisoner relatives religious rituals robes role Sagard Saint Lawrence River seventeenth century sexual sexual intercourse shaman sick Simcoe Simcoe County skins social sometimes soul desires Steckley supernatural Susquehannock Tahontaenrat Tionontati Tooker tortured trade routes village warfare warriors witchcraft witches woman young