Synopses & Reviews
Review
Labelle's dedication to an understanding of the Wendat/Wyandot people and their history, her meticulous scholarship, and her respectful consultation with the descendants of the diaspora have resulted in a fresh, unique, and holistic perspective on a centuries-old process of forced removal. This book contributes to an understanding of our past and as a result to our present, as we continue to mend these ancient wounds.
- Janith K. English, Principal Chief of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas
Synopsis
Situated within the area stretching from Georgian Bay in the north to
Lake Simcoe in the east, the Wendat Confederacy flourished for two
hundred years. By the mid-seventeenth century, however, Wendat society
was threatened by European disease and Iroquois attacks. Dispersed
but Not Destroyed depicts the creation of a powerful Wendat
diaspora in the wake of their dispersal and throughout the latter half
of the century. Turning the story of the Wendat conquest on its head,
this book demonstrates the resiliency of the Wendat people and writes a
new chapter in North American history.
Table of Contents
A Brief Chronology: Selected Wendat Events and Migration,
1400-1701
Introduction
Part 1: Resistance
1 Disease and Diplomacy: The Loss of Leadership and Life in
Wendake
2 A Culture of War: Wendat War Chiefs and Nadowek Conflicts before
1649
Part 2: Evacuation and Relocation
3 Wendat Country: Gahoendoe Island and the Cost of Remaining
Close
4 Anishinaabe Neighbours: The Coalition
5 The West: The Country of the People of the Sea
6 The East: The Lorettans
7 Iroquois Country: Wendat Autonomy at Gandougare, Kahnawake, and
Ganowarohare
Part 3: Diaspora
8 Leadership: Community Memory and Cultural Legacy
9 Women: Unity, Spirituality, and Social Mobility
10 Power: Sources of Strength and Survival beyond the Dispersal
Epilogue: Reconnecting the Modern Diaspora, 1999
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index