The Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Indian-European Encounters in Early North America

by Erik R. Seeman

Book Overview

"Two thousand Wendat (Huron) Indians stood on the edge of an enormous burial pit . . . they held in their arms the bones of roughly seven hundred deceased friends and family members. The Wendats had lovingly scraped and cleaned the bones of the corpses that had decomposed on the scaffolds. They awaited only the signal from the master of the ritual to place the bones in the pit. This was the great Feast of the Dead."

Witnesses to these Wendat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801898552
• ISBN13: 9780801898556
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary