The Huron-Wendat Feast of the Dead: Indian-European Encounters in Early North America
(Part of the Witness to History Series and Witness to History Series)
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"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:0.57 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 to 22 years
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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