Petun
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The Petun, also known as the Tobacco people or Tionontati, were an indigenous Iroquoian people of the woodlands of eastern North America. Their traditional homeland was south of Lake Huron's Georgian
1914 illustration depicting the artist's concept of a Petun woman cultivating tobacco
Interior of a longhouse, near Toronto
Haudenosaunee
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The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois, are a confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking indigenous peoples in northeast North America. They were known by the French during the colonial year
Petun
…and traders. The epidemics decimated their population. Although they each spoke Iroquoian languages, they were independent of the Five Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee), based south of the Great Lakes in present-day New York State. The powerful Iroquois sent raiding parties against the smaller tribes…
Iroquois dictionary, Jesuit fathers, Quebec, c. 1660
The Kinzua Dam in September 2021
A representation of a Seneca man in traditional dress
A representation of a Seneca woman in traditional dress