Huron

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Eastern Woodlands Indians

Longhouse interior

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Also Known As	Wyandot • Wendat • Wyandotte

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Eastern Woodlands Indians

Longhouse interior

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Topics

Northeast Indian Abenaki Pequot Iroquoian peoples Menominee Kickapoo Delaware Mohawk Ho-Chunk Seneca Ojibwe

Key People

St. Jean de Brébeuf

St. Jean de Brébeuf

Jesuit missionary