Bones of First Nation’s ancestors that had spent decades in boxes at the University of Toronto and the Ontario Heritage Trust are re-interred at a heritage site near Vaughan.

The last fluent speakers of Wendat died in the second half of the 19th century, but the desire to reawaken the language in Wendake, Que., is strong.

Members of the Huron-Wendat Nation in Wendake, near Quebec City, will soon decide whether to drop the word Huron from their official title. A consultation will be held at the end of April.

Under its Wendat name, Iesous ahatonnia' (Jesus, he is newly made, just born), and with new lyrics written by Wendat poet Andrée Levesque Sioui, the re-imagined "Huron Carol" tells the nativity ...