Petun

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The Petun were an Indigenous Iroquoian-speaking people of the Great Lakes region, closely related to the Huron-Wendat and known historically for their extensive tobacco cultivation and trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf First Nations people
Indigenous people
Iroquoian-speaking people
affectedBy Beaver Wars NERFINISHED
European colonization
epidemic diseases
alternateName Khionontateronon NERFINISHED
Tionontati NERFINISHED
Tobacco Nation NERFINISHED
archaeologicalCulture Ontario Iroquoian tradition
closelyRelatedTo Huron-Wendat NERFINISHED
Wyandot NERFINISHED
colonialContactWith French colonists
conflictWith Haudenosaunee Confederacy NERFINISHED
Iroquois Five Nations NERFINISHED
culture agricultural village life
longhouse dwelling
matrilineal clans
dispersedIn mid-17th century
economy fishing
fur trade
hunting
maize agriculture
engagedIn trade with French
ethnologueName Tionontati NERFINISHED
knownFor tobacco cultivation
tobacco trade
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
mergedInto Huron-Wendat diaspora communities
Wyandot people NERFINISHED
migratedTo areas around Green Bay
present-day Michigan
present-day Wisconsin
upper Great Lakes region
notableCrop Nicotiana rustica tobacco
partOf Wendat-Petun confederated groups NERFINISHED
regionToday Canada NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
religion animist beliefs
spirit world ceremonies
settlementPattern palisaded villages
subsistence maize-beans-squash agriculture
timePeriod 16th century
17th century
pre-contact North America
traditionalRegion Great Lakes region NERFINISHED
area south of Georgian Bay
eastern shore of Lake Huron
southern Ontario NERFINISHED

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