Integrated Practices: Huron-Wendat Traditions of Diplomacy and Museology

The Huron-Wendat Museum in Wendake, Quebec is an example of a new form of cultural institution: museums/cultural centres founded by North American Indigenous nations. This article explores the history of Wendat traditions and concepts of culture keeping, preservation of heritage material, and the transmission of knowledge, which continue today in the contemporary practices of the Huron-Wendat Museum. The study foregrounds the Wendat origin of customs that translate into western curatorial understandings of collection and exhibition, yet remain embedded in Wendat values and worldview.