Donnacona

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/donnacona

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is Donnacona known for?Chief of the St. Lawrence Iroquois village of Stadacona
2. What is the location?Stadacona, near present-day Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
3. What is the interaction?Kidnapped by French explorer Jacques Cartier during his second voyage
4. Who was Donnacona?He was the chief of the village of Stadacona, a community of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians near what is now Quebec City.
5. What happened when Jacques Cartier visited Donnacona?Cartier first made friendly friends, learned about the land, but later took Donnacona and others to France against their will.

St. Lawrence Iroquoians: An Indigenous people who inhabited the St. Lawrence River valley in the 16th century, distinct from the Haudenosaunee.
Jacques Cartier: A French explorer credited with charting parts of eastern Canada and initiating French claims to the territory.
Ethnographic: Relating to the scientific description of peoples and cultures and their customs and relationships.
Autonomy: The right or condition of self-government; freedom from external control.