Huron
Lake near Michigan
Huron refers to a confederacy of Indigenous peoples originally from the region north of the Great Lakes, also called Wyandot or Wendat.
The term appears in place names across the Great Lakes region, most notably Lake Huron, one of the five Great Lakes bordering Michigan and Ontario.
The Huron were allies of the French in the colonial period.
Native American language family
- WyandotteGreat Lakes indigenous nation
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- vocabularyOne's word collection
French North American colony
- JesuitsIgnatian Catholic religious order
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
- French and Indian War1750s colonial North American conflict
Samuel de Champlain · alliance · voyageurs · treaties · colonization · epidemics · conversion · dispersion
Secessionist Southern government
- longhouseElongated communal dwelling structure
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
- cornhuskDried maize leaf casing
beadwork · moccasins · powwow · elder · ceremony · First Nations · reservation · matrilineal
Iroquoian
Native American language family
- WyandotteGreat Lakes indigenous nation
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
vocabulary · grammar · linguistics · oral tradition · placenames
New France
French North American colony
- JesuitsIgnatian Catholic religious order
- missionariesReligious workers abroad
- fur tradeCommercial exchange of animal skins
Samuel de Champlain · French and Indian War · alliance · voyageurs · treaties · colonization · epidemics · conversion · dispersion
Confederacy
Secessionist Southern government
- longhouseElongated communal dwelling structure
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- wampumIndigenous American bead currency
cornhusk · beadwork · moccasins · powwow · elder · ceremony · First Nations · reservation · matrilineal · oral tradition
Great Lakes
Five connected inland seas
Ontario · freshwater · basin · shoreline · watershed · lighthouse · peninsula · islands · shipping · navigation
Ontario
Canada's most populous province
- lakesLake Michigan, Lake Erie, Great Lakes, Lake Superior, Lake Tahoe
- Michigan CountiesWayne, Oakland, Kent, Genesee, Kalamazoo
- CanadiansCeline Dion, Justin Bieber, Drake, Ryan Gosling, Jim Carrey
- Indigenous NamesAlabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Chicago
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- TribesApache, Cherokee, Navajo, Sioux, Comanche