Homes, Trades and Games of Long Ago · Drawing 40 of 40
Sharing history
Today
Today at Wendake, a Wendat guide shows children a model of a longhouse. The Wendat tell their own history. Listening and asking questions is how discovery begins.
Look together
What question would you like to ask?
An idea to try
Your child chooses a question they would like to ask in a museum. Help them put it into words, then take turns listening to an answer without interrupting.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
At Wendake, the Huron-Wendat Museum, part of the Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations, opened in March 2008. The Huron-Wendat Museum there preserves and presents the Nation’s heritage, and the Ekionkiestha’ national longhouse, built in 2013, lets visitors step into the home of Wendat families from before the Europeans arrived. The Nation’s guides tell its history.
The person drawn wears contemporary clothes and talks with children around a model. Her identity is named in the text, not read from her appearance. Encourage an open question and careful listening: a story told by a community can be discovered without speaking in its place.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
An imaginary Wendat person and children in contemporary clothing; identity is named in the text, not suggested by physical stereotypes.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Musée huron-wendat — Nos lieuxMusée ouvert en mars 2008; maison longue nationale ajoutée en 2013, avec l’appui d’un archéologue; mission de conservation et de transmission du patrimoine wendat.
Source review: 2026-09-19. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.
