The Children of Aataentsic: A History of the Huron People to 1660Trigger's work integrates insights from archaeology, history, ethnology, linguistics, and geography. This wide knowledge allows him to show that, far from being a static prehistoric society quickly torn apart by European contact and the fur trade, almost every facet of Iroquoian culture had undergone significant change in the centuries preceding European contact. He argues convincingly that the European impact upon native cultures cannot be correctly assessed unless the nature and extent of precontact change is understood. His study not only stands Euro-American stereotypes and fictions on their heads, but forcefully and consistently interprets European and Indian actions, thoughts, and motives from the perspective of the Huron culture. The Children of Aataentsic revises widely accepted interpretations of Indian behaviour and challenges cherished myths about the actions of some celebrated Europeans during the "heroic age" of Canadian history. In a new preface, Trigger describes and evaluates contemporary controversies over the ethnohistory of eastern Canada. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
PLATE 2 | 34 |
PLATE 4 | 41 |
PLATE 5 | 52 |
PLATE 6 | 70 |
PLATE 7 | 85 |
PLATE 9 | 100 |
11 | 106 |
PLATE 20 | 210 |
Forging an Alliance | 246 |
PLATE 21 | 252 |
24878 | 312 |
The Quiet Years | 331 |
Notes Chapters 16 | 435 |
90 | 439 |
The Interregnum and | 455 |
PLATE 10 | 113 |
PLATE 12 | 126 |
17 | 136 |
PLATE 15 | 141 |
27 | 170 |
Alien Shadows | 177 |
45 | 178 |
PLATE 18 | 190 |
The Deadly Harvest | 499 |
The Storm | 603 |
The Storm Within | 665 |
The End of the Confederacy | 725 |
CHAPTER 3 | 752 |
Betrayal and Salvation | 789 |
Conclusions | 841 |
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Algonkin alliance allies appear archaeological Arendarhonon arrived Atironta attack Attignawantan baptism baptized beaver behaviour Biggar Brébeuf Brûlé Cahiagué Canada canoes Caron Cartier Champlain Christian clan segments corn culture Donnacona down-river Dutch early enemies epidemic European evidence feast fishing France French French traders Frenchmen fur trade Georgian Bay groups headmen Heidenreich historic Hochelagans hunting Huron and Algonkin Huron country Huron headmen Huron traders Huron villages ibid Ihonatiria Indians interpreted Iroquet Iroquois Jesuits Kichesipirini killed Lachine Rapids Lake Lalemant large numbers later Lawrence Iroquoians Lawrence Valley lived longhouse Mahican mission missionaries Mohawk Montagnais Morrison Island Neutral Nipissing northern Onondaga Onontchataronon Ontario Ossossané Ottawa River Ottawa Valley peace period priests prisoners probably Quebec Recollets relations Richelieu River ritual Sagard Sainte-Marie seems Seneca settlement Stadaconans suggests Susquehannock Tadoussac Taignoagny Teanaostaiaé Tessouat Three Rivers Thwaites Tionnontaté trading partners traditional tribes Trudel up-river Vignau warriors winter women