John L. Steckley

Broschiertes Buch

Words of the Huron

Beschreibung

Investigates into seventeenth-century Huron culture. This work explores a range of topics, including: the construction of long houses and wooden armour; the use of words for trees in village names; the social anthropological standards of kinship terms and clans; Huron conceptualising of European-borne disease; and the spirit realm of orenda.

Autor

John L. Steckley has taught at Humber College since 1983 in the areas of Aboriginal languages, culture, and history. His books include: Beyond Their Years: Five Native Women's Stories; Full Circle: Canada's First Nations; Aboriginal Voices and the Politics of Representation in Canadian Introductory Sociology Textbooks and De Religione: Telling the 17th Century Jesuit Story in Huron to the Iroquois. In 1999, he was adopted into the Wyandot tribe of Kansas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780889205161
• ISBN-10: 0889205167
• Artikelnr.: 26253201