Words of the Huron
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Author
Publication
2007 - Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ont, Ontario
Language
English
Word Count
64,750 words, Guess
Page Count
259 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL17726732M
- ISBN-139780889205161
- ISBN-100889205167
- OCLC Control Number77378794
- LibraryThing6194988
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- Goodreads2517294
Classifications
- LCC
Description
Investigation into 17th century Huron culture through a kind of linguistic archaeology applied to a language that died midway through the 20th century. Explores construction of longhouses, wooden armor, the use of words for trees in village names, the social-anthropological standards of kinship terms and clans, the Huron conceptualization of European-borne disease, the spirit realm of orenda, Huron nations and kinship groups, relationship with the environment and to material culture, relationship between the French missionaries and settlers and the Huron.
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Series Statement
- Aboriginal studies series
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