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In The Huron-Wendat And Algonquian

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In the years 1632 t0 1639, Father Paul Le Jeune was the superior of the Jesuits of Quebec. Le Jeune, along with other Jesuits, was on a mission to seek salvation for thousands of First Nations Aboriginals who resided in North America. Many scholars argue that while the Jesuits stated their purpose to come to Canada was to Christianize the First Nations people, their activity coincided with a breakdown of the First Nations customs and beliefs. Other scholars have argued that this was not entirely an oppressive situation, as First Nations women were able to find themselves an avenue of power in their community and over their new French trader Husbands. This paper argues that the traditional egalitarian ways of life in the Huron-Wendat and Algonquian …show more content…

The first time the Jesuits encountered the communities they were confused. Neither the men nor women of the community exerted authority over each other, leaving the opportunity for both genders to hold important roles in community politics. In the Huron and Algonquian confederacies, women were in charge of the households, subsistence and economic decisions. The men in the communities held political and diplomatic authority, but as explained by Kathryn Magee Labelle, the women in the community appointed these male positions. Women in the Huron and Algonquian confederacies held authority to make decisions about the long houses, crops, and food consumption and distribution. This was because the Huron and Algonquian communities had matrilocal, matricentric and matrilineal practices. The egalitarian relationship between men and women was evident in the nuclear families in the community. The Jesuits were extremely critical of the wives’ disobedience to their husbands, as they believed wives should be subordinate to their husbands. According to the Jesuits, another problem with the nuclear family was a lack of punishment for the children. This quote by Father Le Jeune expresses his disagreement of the custom of not punishing children in the First Nations

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