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		The Huron tribe belonged to the Iroquoian linguistic group, and although the confederation of the five Iroquois nations was the product of the legendary Huron mystic, the Huron tribe never joined the Iroquois Confederacy.
		The Hurons held a monopoly on the trade with the French in the region of the Great Lakes while the Susquehannocks and Mahicans were trading with the Dutch.
		The Delaware tribe and the Shawnee tribe soon thereafter sided with the Susquehannocks despite the tribes' differing linguistic traditions and military viewpoints.
	www.motherbedford.com /Indian6.htm (2888 words)

	Huron, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Huron is a town in Wayne County, New York, USA.
		The Town of Huron is in the northeastern part of the county and is east of Rochester, NY.
		The Town of Huron was created from the Town of Wolcott in 1826 as the "Town of Port Bay." In 1834 the town's name was changed to honor the Huron tribe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huron,_New_York (792 words)

	The Huron Indians
		The Huron were the bitter enemies of the Iroquois, and – after being driven from their lands in 1650 – split into two factions.
		As with most of their neighboring native tribes, the Huron were to lose vast numbers to the guns and the diseases of the Europeans.
		Huron society was divided along Clan lines, in accordance with the descent from the mother.
	caca.essortment.com /huronindians_rjru.htm (836 words)

	Wyandot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To the south, on southern Lake Huron and northern Lake Erie, were the Attiwandaronk or Neutral Indians, who were less well known to the French.
		The Jesuit mission of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near modern Midland, Ontario, was one focus of Iroquois attacks; it was destroyed in 1648 and many of the Jesuit missionaries were killed (see Canadian Martyrs).
		They were reported as holding an annual marriage ceremony, in which two young girls of the tribe would wed the tribe's fishing nets, in the hopes that this would encourage the nets to perform their tasks more effectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Huron (1052 words)

	Huron Indian Tribe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Huron remained outside the league of Five nations, and became bitter enemies of the Iroquois.
		In 1649 a large portion of the Huron were slain by the Iroquois.
		The Huron survivors fled to the Erie Indians for protection, pursued by the Five Nations.
	members.tripod.com /pambies/huron.html (97 words)

	"Wild Horse". Native American Art & History. Native people tribe. Huron
		French estimates of the four core tribes of the Huron Confederacy in 1615 varied from 20,000 to 30,000 and 16 to 25 villages.
		Huron villages were varied in size, but the larger ones were usually fortified and had populations well over 1,000.
		Unique to the Huron was the "Feast of the Dead." Held every 10-12 years, the remains of all who had died since the last ceremony were disinterred and re-buried in communal burial pit.
	www.american-native-art.com /publication/huron/huron.html (1059 words)

	Huron
		The major sub-nations of the Huron are the Arendahronon (rock sub-tribe), the Attigneenongnahac (bear sub-tribe), the Attignawantan (cord sub-tribe), and the Tahontaenrat (deer sub-tribe).
		At the height of the Huron nation, it was a mighty force to be reckoned with and had an extensive territory.
		The Huron territory once spanned from the Niagara River on the east, to the St. Claire River and lake to the west, and Lake Erie on the south.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/huron.html (517 words)

	Watershed of Lake Huron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Lake Huron is the third largest of the lakes by volume, with 850 cubic miles of water.
		The Huron lakeshore extends 3,827 miles, and is characterized by shallow, sandy beaches and the rocky shores of Georgian Bay.
		Huron was the first of the Great Lakes to be discovered by European explorers.
	www.geo.msu.edu /geo333/lakehuron.html (486 words)

	Hurons Win the Huron/Iroquois Wars
		The Hurons are well armed with captured muskets, while the Susquehanna are very well armed as a result of their alliance with the tiny colony of New Sweden.
		Remnants of the three remaining tribes are allowed to remain in part of their homeland by their neighbors.
		The Hurons tried to keep French traders out of their trading territory, and were successful for the most part until their defeat.
	members.aol.com /dalecoz/alt0798.htm (5103 words)

	Huron
		French estimates of the four core tribes of the Huron Confederacy in 1615 varied from 20,000 to 30,000 and 16 to 25 villages.
		The Huron Confederacy was the first of the great Iroquian confederations in the region, and as such, probably the inspiration for the later formation of the Iroquois League.
		In the process, the Atonontrataronon (an Algonkin tribe) was forced to abandon the valley and flee west to the Huron.
	www.tolatsga.org /hur.html (12307 words)

	Huron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Huron, originally, a confederation of four Native North American tribes of the Iroquoian family, living in the region between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario.
		Many Huron towns contained large homes of eastern longhouse style; communal dwellings, these were between 45 and 55 m (150 and 180 ft) long and were made of slabs of bark over a pole frame.
		The Huron confederacy consisted entirely of Native Americans of the Iroquoian family, and the culture of the tribes was similar to that of the Iroquois, but the Iroquois and the Huron were bitter hereditary enemies.
	autocww.colorado.edu /~blackmon/E64ContentFiles/HistoryOfTheAmericas/huron.htm (317 words)

	Huron Indian Tribe
		The Huron lived in villages spanning from one to ten acres (40,000 m²), some of which were fortified in defense against Iroquois attack.
		Hurons practiced monagomous marriage, but it was a loose form of matrimony that could be ended by divorce by either party at any time.
		They were reported as holding an annual marriage ceremony, in which two young girls of the tribe would wed the tribe's fishing nets, in the hopes that this would encourage the nets to perform their tasks more effectively.
	www.comanchelodge.com /nations/huron-tribe.html (983 words)

	American Indians, Native Americans, History of a Proud People. History and Culture of Native Americans
		The Creek were originally one of the dominant tribes in the mid-south and later became known as one of the Five Civilized Tribes.
		The Cherokee were one of the largest tribes in the Southeast and were among the earliest to adapt to European civilization.
		The tribe used the lakes and rivers of the region like a vast highway network, and developed the birch bark canoe into one of the continent's major means of transportation.
	www.americanindians.com (2064 words)

	jbr-scene
		Montcalm promised the chief of the Huron tribe that after the British left his people would be able to take anything that may have been left behind.
		The Huron were not pleased with this and began killing the remaining British because their scalps were considered a “prize” of war.
		The Huron are not being attacked by the scores of women and wounded leaving the fort.
	www.lehigh.edu /~ineng/jbr/jbr-scene.htm (1895 words)

	Huron and Iroqouis Conflict
		The Huron/Wyandot nation once was a powerful federation of four Iroquois tribes that occupied a small portion of the northern banks of the Saint Lawrence River in central Ontario.
		By mastering the only feasible thoroughfare of transportation, the Saint Lawrence, and through their dispersion of surrounding, competing tribes, they were successful in dominating the territory, but only partially so in their attempt to manipulate the fur trade.
		It can be seen that the Huron were wiped out by the Iroquois due to the manner in which they were unable to create a network of alliances and were not capable of sustaining the losses that they suffered in various conflicts throughout the time period.
	www.webspawner.com /users/cbreichner (995 words)

	MSU Archaeology: Marquette Mission Site - Huron and Ottawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The Tionontate Huron, a group closely related to and allied with the Huron tribe, along with groups of Ottawa arrived in the Straits of Mackinac with Father Marquette in 1670.
		The Huron are most frequently discussed in relationship to the Mission de St. Ignace because it is this group that maintained their village location during most of the time period of interest.
		Some appear to have embraced the faith or at least adopted parts of it into their own culture, but traditional beliefs and values also persisted and when observed were a source of consternation for the Jesuits.
	www.ssc.msu.edu /~anp/marquettemission/Huron_Ottawa.html (693 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lorette
		According to Father Jones, the historiographer of the Huron missions, the Indians of Lorette are the true representatives of the original Hurons, while the modern Wyandot of Ontario and Oklahoma are descended from the kindred Tionontati, or Petuns.
		On the dispersion of the Hurons and their allies by the Iroquois in 1648-9 a considerable body of fugitives was gathered by the missionaries upon St. Joseph, now Christian, Island, off the shores of Nottawasaga Bay.
		This was granted on the condition that the Hurons would remove to the Mohawk country and incorporate with that or some other Iroquois tribe, as a considerable part of the Hurons had already done in the earlier wars.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09360a.htm (776 words)

	Native Americans - Huron Tribe
		The long-standing enmity between the Huron and the Iroquois reached a climax in 1648, when the Iroquois, armed with Dutch firearms, invaded Huronia and subsequently disrupted (1649) the Huron confederacy.
		The survivors of the Huron fled in all directionssouthwest to the Tobacco Nation, south to the Neutral Nation, southeast to the Erie, and northeast to a French fort near Quebec.
		The Huron who had fled to Quebec ultimately received a small reservation at Lorette, where some 500 still live, but the remnants of the Huron and Tobacco Nation went, under pressure from the Iroquois, first to Michigan, then to Wisconsin and Illinois, where the Sioux attacked them.
	www.nativeamericans.com /Huron.htm (481 words)

	The Huron Indians
		Originally, more than a dozen of the Iroquoian-speaking tribes in southern Ontario referred to themselves collectively as Wendat meaning "island people " or "dwellers on a peninsula." Rendered variously as: Guyandot, Guyandotte, Ouendat, Wyandot, and Wyandotte.
		After the inclusion of Wenro (1639) and Algonkin (1644) refugees, the Ataronchronon were considered a fifth member tribe.
		Madeleine) After the dispersal in 1649, the Huron who were not killed or captured divided into two groups.
	members.tripod.com /paullife/huronindians.html (796 words)

	Annals of Colonial North America
		Fire Nation – Assistaeronnons (in Huron) – Atsistagherronnons – A catch-all term originally referring to a group of related tribes on the Michigan Lower Peninsula, who were enemies of the Neutrals and the Ottawas (see JR, 5:279, fn 19; see also JR, 27:27).
		Allies of the Hurons and long-standing enemies of the Iroquois.
		Wyandots – Wendats: An amalgam tribe probably constituted of the remnants of the Petun and the Hurons after their dispersal by the Iroquois in 1649–1650.
	www.evolpub.com /ACNA/ACNASynonymy.html (2357 words)

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		To call it the Huron language would be perpetuating the mistakes of the past, creating a greater distinction between the Huron and one of their neighbors than had really existed.
		According to the Jesuits, of the tribes of the Huron, the Bear and the Cord: "...are the most important, having received the others into their country, as it were, and adopted them.
		Of the five tribes of the Huron alliance, the Bog disappeared and the Deer joined eventually with the Seneca, in a mostly independent community near the southern shore of Lake Ontario.
	www.wyandot.org /wendat.htm (6736 words)

	Huron Township ~ Waltz ~ Willow ~ New Boston, Michigan
		As far as technology has come and as easy as it is, it's amazing that the only 'official' website in Huron Township is for the school district.
		Huron Township is located in the southwest part of the county.
		Named after the scenic Huron River which flows diagonally through it and the Indian tribe which once inhabited the area, the township today is still largely in agricultural use.
	www.deadrelatives.com /huron/huron.htm (283 words)

	katherine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		Huron means is derived from the French language and means "ruffian".
		The Huron had a reputation of being considerate and polite with their friends but brutal and harsh to their enemies.
		A current issue with the Huron/Wyandot tribe in the Huron Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.
	www.d.umn.edu /cla/faculty/tbacig/studproj/a1041/na1800/katherine.html (272 words)

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		The hill became the Wyandot Burying Ground, containing two acres, and was named Huron because the Wyandots descended from the Huron Tribe originally from the St. Lawrence River area in Canada.
		"Huron Place," also known as "Huron Square," is bounded by 6th and 7th streets and Minnesota and Ann avenues.
		Occupying a prominent spot off-center toward the east in Huron Place was Carnegie Library built in 1902 and the forerunner of KCK Public Library which was built in 1966.
	www.kckpl.lib.ks.us /kscoll/lochist/thennow/TN18.htm (576 words)

	Indianz.Com > News > Tribe's college faces uncertain financial future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		The school, most recently known as Huron University, is in foreclosure litigation over a $3.3 million loan and has been hit with a $2 million tax lien from the IRS.
		The problems are nothing new, as the school has struggled for years, and are not related to the tribe's involvement.
		The tribe bought Huron in 2002 to serve as an off-reservation campus to its tribal college.
	www.indianz.com /News/2004/004910.asp (429 words)

	David Wright - The Huron (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
		As part of the Iroquoian linguistic group, the Huron tribe originally lived in southern Ontario, east of Lake Huron.
		The name is derived from when first encountered in 1615 by the French under Samuel de Champlain who referred to them as Huron which means "bristly-headed ruffian".
		As the Iroquois League on the East Coast were pushed farther west by the white man, conflict broke out between the League and the Huron for control of the fur trade in the upper Great Lakes region.
	www.lordnelsons.com /gallery/frontier/wright/06.htm (94 words)

	Echo Online :: Opinions :: Huron mascot had honor, integrity
		Chief Leaford Bearskin of the Wyandotte tribe (which is the largest of the Huron Tribes) also came to EMU twice speaking out against any name change.
		He asserted, The action taken to discontinue the Huron logo was much more degrading to the culture of my people than leaving it alone and viewing it as a symbol of honor and integrity.
		When Eastern Michigan lost its Huron symbol, it lost a lot more than thousands and thousands of dollars from alumni contributions, more than the logistical costs of changing the logo on university documents and property, even more than the admiration and pride of its students, who overwhelming opposed any change.
	www.easternecho.com /cgi-bin/story.cgi?3598 (980 words)

	Huron indian tribe
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	Official Website of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
		The mission of Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi is to provide irreproachable leadership for Tribal members as well as serving as a model to other Native Americans in areas of self-government, self-reliance, and self-empowerment.
		The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi will strive to provide its membership the best of healthcare, educational opportunities, housing, and economic opportunities as a sovereign Native American nation.
		The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi finally received federal acknowledgement December 19, 1995, over a century and a half after their attempted removal.
	www.nhbpi.com (415 words)

	NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE
		The Coharie Tribe of North Carolina are descendents of the Neusiok Indian Tribe.
		tribe) was forced to abandon the valley and flee west to the Huron.
		As with most of their neighboring native tribes, the Huron were to lose...
	greatdreams.com /native.htm (3019 words)

	FDI - Huron
		The Huron were a large sedentary hunter/farmer nation comprised of four confederated Huron tribes at the time of Champlain.
		The Huron were nearly destroyed by their relatives, the Iroquois.
		During and subsequent to the Beaver Wars with the Iroquois, surviving Huron, Neutrals, Erie, Wenrohronom, and Tionontati confederated into the Wyandot.
	www.fourdir.com /huron.htm (346 words)

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