Anishnabek Pipe

Made of soapstone and wood, this pipe would be filled with natural tobacco. During times of storytelling, the Anishnabek (known in the academic world as the Algonquin) believed that smoking the pipe was an unspoken message for the people to listen a...

Smoking Pipe

Pipe smoking in Iroquoian society. This pipe is from the Eastern Woodlands Aboriginal: St. Lawrence Iroquoian culture. ...

Part of a Palisaded Huron Iroquois Village

Cartier and Sagard, in their narratives, gave us a good idea of the construction of a typical palisaded Huron-Iroquois village. This modern sketch by Charles W. Jefferys in 1942 illustrates what it was like. ...