Tabagie (feast)

Tabagie is a Native American word for a solemn feast, often occurring near the imminent death of a tribe member. It is generally associated with the Mi'kmaq people of Quebec and Maritime Canada.[1]

The term is also found in The Voyages of Samuel De Champlain, as Algonquins prepare to "put to death their prisoners in a festive tabagie".

In 1603, the tabagie or "feast" of Tadoussac "reunited the Frenchmen Gravé du Pont and Champlain with the Montagnais, the Algonquins, and the Etchimins."[2]

The term may be derived from tabac (tobacco), which was smoked at such feasts.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Erik R. Seeman (28 September 2011). Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800. University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-0-8122-0600-5. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "France in America: The Foundation of the Alliances / La France en Amérique: La fondation des alliances". Library of Congress Global Gateway, France in America. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  3. ↑ Conrad Heidenreich; K. Janet Ritch (11 November 2010). Samuel de Champlain before 1604: Des Sauvages and other Documents Related to the Period. MQUP. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-0-7735-9100-4. Retrieved 7 July 2013.