Native-Newcomer Relations,
to 1701
Native-Newcomer Relations
• The Iroquois Confederacy after 1653• The Seven Nations of Canada• The Ojibwa in southern Ontario• The Great Peace of Montreal, 1701
Iroquois Confederacy after 1653
• Iroquois territory after the Iroquois Wars• Iroquois society after the Iroquois Wars• Religious factionalism• Iroquois-French peace and war• Waning Iroquois power
“Iroquois versus Iroquois”Religious factionalism in the
1660s• Purposes for accepting religion• Iroquois people most likely to accept
religion• Factionalism in Iroquois villages• Christian Iroquois villages in Canada• Kateri Tekakwitha
Iroquois-French Peace and War
• 1653: French-Iroquois Peace• 1660: Adam Dollard des Ormeaux• 1665: French-Iroquois Peace• 1687: French offensive into southern
Ontario• 1689: Iroquois offensive at Lachine
Seven Nations of Canada
• Jeune Lorette• Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)• Kanesatake (Lake of Two Mountains)• Akwesasne (St. Regis)• Odanak (St. Francis)• Becancoeur• Oswegatchie
Native Mission Villages
• Economy• Culture• Language• Mixed Ancestry/Marriage• Schooling• Law• French subjects or French allies?
The Ojibwa in southern Ontario
Note: Historians have conflicting explanations for the movement of Ojibwa people into southern Ontario after 1680s/1690s.
Great Peace of Montreal, 1701
• August 4, 1701• 39 Native nations and the French• 1400 Native people gathered at
Montreal• Terms of the Great Peace