History 2201E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Shanawdithit, Algonquin People, Stadacona
20 Jun 2012
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Lecture 2 part 1 native north america: majority were algonquian speaking peoples in eastern canada at contact. Only about 500 algonquin people: different traditions within language families, many different languages within each language family. 50 languages spoken in canada at contact, underestimation: second largest group was inuit, fits in with eskimo-aleut, unknown what language the natives of newfoundland spoke. Became extinct in 1829 with the death of shawnadithit. Where the term red indian came from. Had a practice of painting their entire bodies with red: names that the people called themselves usually meant the people clay (ochre) in their language or dialect. Stadacona: old st. lawrence iroquois town, modern day quebec city. Hochelaga: old st. lawrence iroquois town, modern day montreal. Huron: very compact confederacy, 5 confederacies, all sedentary, agriculturalists, approximately 12,000 people, eventually wiped out by the five nations iroquois. Five nations iroquois: seneca, cayuga, onondaga, oneida and mohawk, compact confederacy, 50 league chiefs, ultra-democratic.
