{"product_id":"words-of-the-huron-9780889205161","title":"Words of the Huron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWords of the Huron\u003c\/i\u003e is an investigation into seventeenth-century Huron culture through a kind of linguistic archaeology of a language that died midway through the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e John L. Steckley explores a range of topics, including: the construction of longhouses and wooden armour; the use of words for trees in village names; the social anthropological standards of kinship terms and clans; Huron conceptualizing of European-borne disease; the spirit realm of \u003ci\u003eorenda\u003c\/i\u003e; Huron nations and kinship groups; relationship to the environment; material culture; and the relationship between the French missionaries and settlers and the Huron people. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Steckley's source material includes the first dictionary of any Aboriginal language, Recollect Brother Gabriel Sagard's Huron phrasebook, published in 1632, and the sophisticated Jesuit missionary study of the language from the 1620s to the 1740s, beginning with the work of Father Jean de Brébeuf. The only book of its kind, \u003ci\u003eWords of the Huron\u003c\/i\u003e will spark discussion among scholars, students, and anyone interested in North American archaeology, Native studies, cultural anthropology, and seventeenth-century North American history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John L. Steckley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889205161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn L. Steckley\u003c\/b\u003e has taught at Humber College since 1983 in the areas of Aboriginal languages, culture, and history. His books include: \u003ci\u003eBeyond 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\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDe Religione: Telling the 17th Century Jesuit Story in Huron to the Iroquois\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1999, he was adopted into the Wyandot tribe of Kansas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43467034755187,"sku":"9.78089E+12","price":72.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_dad420ef-24f7-434e-b816-ace4a3120236.jpg?v=1755001604","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/words-of-the-huron-9780889205161","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}