Huron-Wendat

The people now known as the Huron were once called Wendake by their five allied nations, a name that also designated their homeland, Huronia, in what is now Ontario. The label Huron came from Samuel de Champlain, who applied it to the Wendat, and it remained the dominant term until recent times. Georges Sioui, a Wendat himself, returns to the people's own name and recounts their past. He discusses Wendat creation stories, their origins and migrations, and their religious beliefs, moral values, philosophy, oral traditions, and social structures, along with their part in the political dealings among Indigenous nations.

The author then examines how archaeology has been used to counter long-standing prejudices about Indigenous peoples. The final section offers an account of Wendat life from an Indigenous perspective, covering roughly the last thousand years and focusing on 1615 to 1650. Sioui relies on the reports of missionaries and early French explorers, which record traditional Wendat customs.