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Petun to Wyandot: The Ontorio Petun from the Sixteenth Century (Mercury)
Charles Garrad
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Description for Petun to Wyandot: The Ontorio Petun from the Sixteenth Century (Mercury)
Paperback. Charles Garrad's unique work resurrects the memory of the Petun and traces their route from their creation myth to their living descendants scattered from southwestern Ontario to Kansas and Oklahoma. Editor(s): Pilon, Jean-Luc; Fox, William. Series: Mercury Series. Num Pages: 656 pages, 42 tables, 28 figures, 26 plates. BIC Classification: 1KBCO; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1250.
In Petun to Wyandot, Charles Garrad draws upon five decades of research to tell the turbulent history of the Wyandot tribe, the First Nation once known as the Petun. Combining and reconciling primary historical sources, archaeological data and anthropological evidence, Garrad has produced the most comprehensive study of the Petun Confederacy. Beginning with their first encounters with French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1616 and extending to their decline and eventual dispersal, this book offers an account of this people from their own perspective and through the voices of the nations, tribes and individuals that surrounded them. Through a ... Read more
In Petun to Wyandot, Charles Garrad draws upon five decades of research to tell the turbulent history of the Wyandot tribe, the First Nation once known as the Petun. Combining and reconciling primary historical sources, archaeological data and anthropological evidence, Garrad has produced the most comprehensive study of the Petun Confederacy. Beginning with their first encounters with French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1616 and extending to their decline and eventual dispersal, this book offers an account of this people from their own perspective and through the voices of the nations, tribes and individuals that surrounded them. Through a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ of Ottawa Pr
Condition
New
Series
Mercury Series
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776621449
SKU
V9780776621449
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Ref
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About Charles Garrad
Charles Garrad's dedication to understanding the Petun began in the late 1950s when he was shown an archaeological site near Craigleith, in Ontario's Blue Mountains. As the study of the Petun became his life project, Garrad came to be recognized as an authority on the subject. Over the years, he undertook countless excavations and published widely on the matter.
Reviews for Petun to Wyandot: The Ontorio Petun from the Sixteenth Century (Mercury)
"It's been a long long journey to bring this book into being, said Garrad joking that archaeological talks and archaeological books are exceedingly boring before launching into a story that began in France in the mid-1500s. It was Champlain who found a series of well-built villages belonging to an agricultural and trading people in 1616 .He named them Nation de ... Read more