The Wyandot were born of two Wendat peoples encountered by the French in the first half of the seventeenth century and their history is fragmented by their dispersal between Quebec, Michigan, Kansas, and Oklahoma. This book weaves these fragmented histories together, with a focus on the mid-eighteenth century.

John L. Steckley has taught at Humber College since 1983 in the areas of Aboriginal languages, culture, and history. His twelve published books include textbooks in sociology, physical anthropology, and Aboriginal studies, as well as White Lies about the Inuit (2007) and Gabriel Sagard's Dictionary of Huron 2009. In 1999, he was adopted into the Wyandot tribe of Kansas.

Table of Contents for
The Eighteenth-Century Wyandot: A Clan-Based Study by John L. Steckley

Preface

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Two Questions

Chapter Three: Five Wyandot Strategists of the Late Seventeenth Century: Sastaretsi, Kandiaronk, Sk8tache, the Baron, and Quarante Sols

Chapter Four: Other Nations and the Clans of the Wyandot: Missionaries and Other Strangers Enter Their Midst

Chapter Five: Wyandot Participation in "Christian" Rituals

Chapter Six: Wyandot Leadership: Male Political Roles

Chapter Seven: The Political Roles of Wyandot Women

Chapter Eight: A Summary

Appendices

Appendix A: The Census

Appendix B: Wyandot Correspondance

B1: Father Richardie's Introduction to Father Potier

B2: Govenor Longueuil

B3: The Wendat Response

B4: Father Richardie to the Huron of Wendake

B5: Father Richer to Father Potier

Appendix C: N'endi

Appendix D: Festin des Noces

Notes

References

Index