Publications avec le tag Amérindiens
Ville-Marie for all nations

At the moment of Ville-Marie's foundation, what is the status of the situation between French and the Amerindians on the island of Montreal and its surrounding areas? Since the primary objective of the founders is to evangelize the Amerindians, what will be the initial approach with those principally concerned?

The Relations, Official journal of the Jesuits, says that when Jacques Cartier arrived in 1534, he saw an imposing Indian village named Hochelaga, who warmly welcomed these "original Europeans".

PérifmédiaAmérindiens, Ville-Marie
Christmas Necklaces

Imagine that everything is burning. You have lost all of your belongings. Your dependency on the events and on the charity of others is absolute: it is a question of life or death. This was the case of the Christian Hurons fleeing from the Georgian Bay to Quebec at the time of the Iroquois attack in 1650. Almost 300 Hurons established their camp near Quebec's first inhabitants and benefited from an unconditional welcome from the Hospitallers, Jesuits and Ursulines communities who provided them with food and clothing.

PérifmédiaAmérindiens, ursulines
Ignored Christians in Ossernenon…

Only a few years before 1656, the year of Kateri Tekakwitha's birth, the following events took place in Ossernenon and captured our attention. What happened out there is worth keeping and deserves to be recalled for memory. These facts are crucial and somehow paved the way for Kateri's particular vocation. As I have previously mentioned, she is heir to a Franco-amerindian Church that was subject to very harsh conditions.

PérifmédiaAmérindiens, Kateri
Ganneaktena, Tonsahoten… You know them?

Quebec, Manicouagan, Hushuai, Matapédia, Tadoussac, Guanahani, Chicoutimi, Arthabaska, Natasquan, Magog… such as the artist Chloé Sainte-Marie sings it out. It sounds Amerindian, is it not? It is clear that the Amerindian language left its mark throughout Quebec. Those words ringing in our ears do not recall the ancestral presence of the First Nations anymore, as it was at the origin of the foundation. Did you know that many places, here in Canada, are named after some of the Amerindian nations previously living in these locations?

PérifmédiaKateri, Amérindiens