Neutral Nation

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Neutral Nation was an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous confederacy in what is now southern Ontario, known for its intermediary role in regional fur trade and diplomacy before being destroyed in the 17th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Neutral Nation canonical 3
Neutrals 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous confederacy
Iroquoian-speaking people
affectedBy competition over fur trade
epidemic diseases
archaeologicalCulture Late Woodland period
causeOfDestruction Haudenosaunee military campaigns
Beaver Wars
surface form: Iroquois Wars
conflictWith Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
destroyedIn 17th century
documentedBy French missionaries
Jesuit Relations
economicActivity fur trade
hunting
maize agriculture
ethnicLanguageFamily Iroquoian languages
hasAlternativeName Attawandaron
Neutral Nation
surface form: Neutrals
housingType longhouses
knownFor fur trade diplomacy
neutral stance in conflicts between Huron and Iroquois
legacy descendants integrated into other Iroquoian and Algonquian groups
locatedInThePast Great Lakes region
between Huron and Erie Lakes
Southern Ontario
surface form: southern Ontario
modernTerritoryOverlap Ontario
surface form: Ontario, Canada
neighboringGroup Erie people
Iroquois Confederacy
surface form: Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Wyandot
surface form: Huron-Wendat

Petun (Tionontati)
partOf Iroquoian peoples
surface form: Iroquoian cultural sphere
politicalStructure confederacy of villages
practiced horticulture
religion Indigenous spiritual practices
roleInDiplomacy intermediary between neighboring Indigenous nations
roleInTrade intermediary in regional fur trade
status historically destroyed society
timePeriod early 17th century
mid-17th century
pre-contact era

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Beaver Wars opponent Neutral Nation
Iroquoian peoples includes Neutral Nation
Erie people neighboringGroup Neutral Nation
Neutral Nation hasAlternativeName Neutral Nation
this entity surface form: Neutrals