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3 unusual facts about Wendat


Huron-Wendat

Huron-Wendat Nation, known as the Nation Huronne-Wendat, they are a Huron-Wendat First Nation community at Wendake, Quebec.

Wendake, Quebec, the current name for the Huron-Wendat reserve.

Terres en vues/Land InSights

Terres en Vues/Land InSights’ board is made up of representatives from many First Nations, including the Innu, Cree, Mohawk, Abenaki, and Huron-Wendat nations.


Huron Carol

Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's original Huron title is "Jesous Ahatonhia" ("Jesus, he is born").

In 2002, Canadian singer Heather Dale released a tri-lingual version (Wendat Huron, French, English) on her "This Endris Night" CD; Dale uses a very different English translation, attributed to Father H. Kierans.

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Later the Wendat were forced to move west to Ohio, and finally most removed to Indian Territory in present-day Kansas and Oklahoma.


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