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The Hurons aka Wyandots. By : Stucii. Who are they ? O.o.
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The HuronsakaWyandots By: Stucii
Whoarethey? O.o • The Wyandot (also called Huron) are indigenous peoples of North America, known in theirnative language of the Iroquoian family as the Wendat. The pre-contact people formed in the area of the north shore of present-day Lake Ontario, before migrating to Georgian Bay. It was in their later location that they first encountered explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1615.
n the early seventeenth century, this Iroquoian people called themselves the autonym Wendat, which means "Dwellers of the Peninsula" or "Islanders". The Wendat historic territory was bordered on three sides by the waters of Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe.Early Frenchexplorers referred to these natives as the Huron, either from the French huron ("ruffian", "rustic"), or from hure ("boar's head"). According to tradition, French sailors thought that the bristly hairstyle of Wendat warriors resembled that of a boar.
Have a closerlookat ‘em.. • Like other Iroquoian people, the Huron were farmers who supplemented their diet with hunting and fishing. Maize (corn) was the mainstay of their diet, which was supplemented primarily by fish, although they hunted and ate some venison and other meats available during the game seasons.Men did most of the fishing and hunting, and constructed the houses, canoes, and tools.Each family owned a plot of land which they farmed; this land reverted to the common property of the tribe when the family no longer used it.
Theirreserve • Today the Wyandot have a reserve in Quebec, Canada. In addition, they have three major settlements and independently governed, federally recognized tribes in the United States.
A United States government treaty ceded the Wyandot Nation a small portion of fertile land located in an acute angle of the Missouri Riverand Kansas River which they purchased from the Delaware in 1843. In addition, the government granted thirty-two "floating sections", located on public lands west of the Mississippi River. By 1855 the number of Wyandot had diminished to 600 or 700. On August 14 of that year the Wyandot nation elected a chief. The Kansas correspondent of the Missouri Republican reported that the judges of the election were three elderly braves who were trusted by their peers.
