Huron-Wendat+Tribe

= Huron-Wendat Tribe - Bianca, Tariq , Kirti , Mati, Mitch =

= Introduction = The Huron Wendat Tribe has an amazing history. The Huron Wendat Tribe and the Iroquois Tribe were one tribe altogether. One Day the tribe got into a fight so the people split up and became two tribes. The two tribes remained enemies and hated each other a lot. One tribe was called Huron Wendat Tribe while another tribe was called Iroquois Tribe. The Iroquois Tribe attacked the Huron Wendat Tribe continually so the Huron Wendat Tribe kept on moving there villages until they were sure that they were safe from their enemy. The place that they stayed at is now called Quebec. The Huron Wendat people are hard-working and smart. Every person had a role in their tribe. These people were very intelligent for they invented the wigwam. The Huron Wendat People lived on the Eastern Woodlands too. Reading the next paragraphs your brain will be filled with interesting facts about the Huron Wendat Tribe. The Huron Wendat Tribe was very cool! = Table of Contents = = Transportation = In the Huron-Wendat Tribe transportation was very important. It was so important in this clan because they had to chase animals to get food and they also had to travel to go to Quebec when the Iroquois tribe flushed them out of their homes. One important form of transportation they used was travelling in canoes. The Huron-Wendat Tribe used 4 types of canoes: = = = = They all had separate designs to make them unique. The Huron-Wendat canoes were usually made out of birch bark and elm bark (they mostly lived around those types of trees). The elm and birch bark that they used was very heavy and dense. There was advantages and disadvantages to these heavy canoes. One of the disadvantages was the bark that was very heavy made it hard for them to carry. But the advantage was that the thick, dense, bark, could protect them from enemy tribes because the arrows couldn’t puncture the thick heavy bark. In the summer they used these "hand made" canes to get across rivers and lakes. Canoes covered in bark were the most common type of water transportation, the long skinny design they had made it much easier to paddle. A canoe needed to be light because it often had to be carried a short distance between one river and lake.
 * 1) ===== Transportation =====
 * 2) Homes
 * 3) Environment
 * 4) Clothes
 * 5) Spirits and Ilnesses
 * 6) Celebrations
 * 7) Food
 * 8) Bibliography
 * 9) Dedication
 * 1) Einer-flachwasser
 * 2) Tandem-flachwasser
 * 3) Wildwasser-einer
 * 4) Wilchwasser-zweir

T hey also made snowshoes and sled's for the winter. When the Huron-Wendat Tribe and Iroquois tribe were one, they had plenty more logs to spare on making transportation like canoes, snowshoes etc.etc. Unfortunately there tribes broke up roughly in the 1650's.

Dog's were a valuable form of transportation in this tribe. A dog could carry packs or pull a specifically designed sled called a “travois”. A travois was usually a frame of woven saplings. Lots of goods would be strapped to a travois and then dragged from one place to another. The Huron Wendat Tribe were very handy with transportation.

= Homes =

The Huron Wendat Tribe is fascinating. A long time ago the Huron Wendat Tribe and the Iroquois Tribe were one. The Wendat people and the Iroquois people got into a fight so they split up into two groups. The two groups went there separate ways and the two tribes remained enemies. The Iroquois people attacked the Huron Wendat people continually so the Huron People kept on moving until they found a safe place. This place is now called Quebec. The Wendat Tribe would choose where to build there village wisely. It was usually near :


 * 1) Near a source of water (river, lake etc. etc.).
 * 2) Near a huge space of land so it would be good for farming.
 * 3) Near a source of wood (forests, jungles etc. etc.).
 * 4) Near a hill (for defence)

The villages were fenced with upright poles, they had watch towers and gates too. These things provided defense for the Wendat Tribe. When the Huron Wendat Tribe was still being attacked they would make a village one place then move every 20-40 years. The villages near their would help them move. The Huron Wendat Tribe was very defensive.

When the people of the Huron Wendat Tribe picked their place they would build a longhouse. Long houses were meant to be permanent. A long house was able to fit 36-40 people. The long house was about 65 feet long and 18 feet wide. Each long house had a platform that ran across each side of the long house and a corridor which was in the middle of the structure. Above the corridor there were smoke holes which were used to let smoke out from the building because there would be fire pit in the corridor where the Wendat people would make fires to stay warm and do ceremonies or rituals. The longhouses had a shelves to store food and other utensils. During the winter the people of the Huron Wendat Tribe would sleep on the platforms which were near the fire's while in the summer they would sleep outside or in the shelves that were used for storage. Each long house had no windows and had very low doors. The long houses were made out of wood like maple, elm, birch and ceder. The Huron Wendat Tribe is really interesting.

The people in the Huron Wendat Tribe were very smart. These people invented a wigwam. They used it when they knew that they were going to move because it was portable. The wigwams framework was usually poles, most of them were round but some were cone shaped and they were covered in bark, reed or thatching. The people would make tools out of wood and the women would make baskets pots and other utensils. The people would use their tools to build structures. The Huron Wendat Tribe also lived in tipi's. These tipi's were similar to the cone shaped wigwam but they were bigger and made by animal skins and wooden poles. The tribe's who lived in the Plains invented the tipi. The Huron Wendat Tribe were very intelligent people.

In the Huron Wendat Tribe every person had a job to do. The women were the guardians of their families for they would cook, farm, sew, weave, babysit, clean, gather berries and make pots and other tools. Farming was the most important thing a women had to do because they would have to plant the crops, scare away animals that would try to eat the plants, harvest the plants and then burn the remaining crops for the soil. The man were warriors, hunters and fisherman. They would have to clear new fields, store food, repair structure's in the village and make transportation like canoes, snowshoes and sleds. The men would always try to make a good impression about themselves, so they would have abilities to make speeches and give advise or do other generous things. The girls would help their mothers with there daily tasks while the boys would be preparing to become brave because that was everyone's expectations. In fact the boys would cut and burn themselves to prepare for the future. The people in the Huron Wendat Tribe were busy people! = Environment =

The Huron wendat lived in harmony, they made tools and cloths with stuff only natural to them. In 1650 the Iroquios drive them out of there homelands,The tribe split into two groups one went to Quebec as the other went to Ohio valley reigions.

= Clothing =

The Huron Wendat Tribe wore a variety of different styles and clothing. Normally, men wore loincloths and moccasins but women wore them too. The women would wear the loincloth all over like a dress but men wore it as it was a skirt. Woman also wore a ornamental bone combs in their hair. In the winter men added leggings and snow shoes to there loincloths to protect them from the cold and other dangers. In the Huron Wendat tribe, people enjoyed putting on face and body paint and even beads. There favourite colour to put on was red. The Huron Wendat Tribe also used porcupine quills and feathers for decoration. Men would pack as light as they could when they were hunting so men wore fire patches. They would where the fire patches on there backs and they carried what they need but the main things they always carried were tobacco pipes, charms, and other personal items. The men and women loincloths which were made out of deer and beaver hides. Also an another type of decoration was wampum made of shells, bones, and glass. These were very popular decorations in the Huron Wendat Tribe. As you can see the Huron Wendat tribe where very instyle!

= Spirits and Ilnesses = The Huron Wendat Tribe were very anxious. They believed that there were spirits around them. These spirits were either harmful or helpful. They believed that the spirits took forms of plants, animals, rocks and the weather. They also believed that the 3 sisters (corn, beans and squash) were spirits too. The tribes would pray to the spirits so they wouldn't hurt them. All the tribes that lived near the Great Lakes beleived that all the spirits were created by one spirit called the Great Spirit. Now we call the Great Spirit, God. To them the Great Spirit was everything, everywhere. The Great Spirit was believed to be one big force that kept the earth together. The believed giving medicine to the poor was giving the force more power. Tabbaco was smoked to connect to the force. They also smoked tabbaco out of a peace pipe to confirm on a decision. They would put fresh fruit in lakes and rivers to connect with the force too. When someone would connect or make the force powerful they would call it orenda. The Huron Wendat Tribe was really traditional.

The people of the Huron Wendat Tribe were very strong people because they only had 3 types of sicknesses to face. The 3 sicknesses were: When the Europeans came to trade with the Huron Wendat Tribe they brought many sicknesses with them but the Huron Tribe's amune system could not handle the germs so they got very sick and some even died. The Huron Wendat people had festivals. They had festivals for many reasons. Some festivals were for asking the spirit to cure someone while another was for thanking the spirits. The most popular kind of festival were singing festivals. Men would hold a festival to make their popularity go up. The person who would go door to door inviting people would be called the crier. The older the crier the more important the festival was. The Huron Wendat Tribe had many amazing traditions, thats for sure!
 * 1) Natural Causes (plants, moss, fungai etc.).
 * 2) Witch Sickness (when a person would act weird and do abnormal things).
 * 3) Mental Health (when a person would not sleep or eat anything, this was very bad because the Huron's thought that dreams were part of your soul and if you do not fulfil them danger will come upon you, especially death).

The Huron Wendat Tribe also had people who were doctors. These people were called Shaman's. There are 4 different types of Shaman's. They are:
 * 1) A person that can control the weather.
 * 2) A person who can predict the future.
 * 3) A person that can find lost objects.
 * 4) Someone who can heal another person.

Men were usually the Shaman's. When a Shaman had to predict the future they would have to use visions and dreams to find out what to do next. They would not eat anything until they got an answer. Shaman's would also use drugs, herbal remedies, masks or shell rattles to help the person. Shaman were payed alot but higly respected. Shaman's were very graceful people. = Celebration = One of the main celebrations of the Huron Wendat tribe was weddings! Since weddings in the Huron Wendat tribe were monogamous they could be terminated by each partner. It was rare that children were involved in the weddings. For young girls they got to choose their husband but they were usually in the other clans. The chosen man had to move into the daughters clans <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">house for a trial period. The man to give her a presents to his future wife <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">like (shells, furs etc.....). If the couple did not get along the chosen one would <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">back into his clan and the mother would start to plan the wedding. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The wedding ceremony begins with purification of the guest and place. Each wedding <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">has the four elements “earth, water, fire and air” at the wedding. The bear, the deer <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">are false faces that were society member that attended the wedding. Marriages in <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">the Huron Wendat tribe was a sign of togetherness for both sides of future families = Food = The Huron-Wendat tribe produced their own food.They gardened, hunted fished and gathered wild berries such as: black berriers, rasberries, and cherries. The Huron gardens included: corn, squash and beans. Corn was their main crop, they would dry it in a hollow wooden log and the warriors would take them so they would not have to cook for two to three weeks. They also made cornmeal in the hollowed wooden logs. They would make soup with water, corn and some bits of rabbit and fish.The men of the Huron Wendat Tribe fished with a weir. When the fish swam into the weir they would get caught. They also used a spear with three heads and on the heads there were barbs so the fish would not fall off. The men would also hunt with bow and arrows, blow guns and snares. They hunted bear, deer, beavers, and rabbits and they used hand woven nets which were made by women to catch duck, and geese. = = = Bibliography =

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 * Websites**

Ansary, Mir. Eastern Woodlands Indians. Chicago: Reed Educational & Professional Publishing, 2000 Kallen, Stuart. Native Americans of the Great Lakes. California: Lucent Books, 1995 Gray-Kanatiiosh, Barbara. Huron. United States: ABDO Publishing Company,2004 World Book. Indians of Eastern North America: World Book Inc, 2009
 * Books**

= Dedication = We would like to dedicate this wiki page to our teacher who inspired us to make this page and to let the world realize how cool The Huron Wendat Tribe was. There were 5 amazing people who took their time to find information on this awesome tribe. They were, Mitchell Emerson, Bianca Nicoletti , Tariq Ramadan , Mati Saar and Kirti Saxena. We would also like to thank all those who helped us with this wiki page and maybe the people who gave us tips. We hope you liked what we have put together as a group! You can also try checking out the webisties in the bibliography and the following for more on The Huron Wendat Tribe: http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/HistoricalInformation/TheLifeoftheWendat/index.htm http://www.tolatsga.org/hur.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron-Wendat_Nation http://www.autochtones.gouv.qc.ca/relations_autochtones/profils_nations/hurons-wendats_en.htm http://www.wendake.com/history.html The following time table shows you what each person task was: = Once again we would like to say thank you for reading! We hope your brain is filled with fun facts and cool thoughts about the aboriginal people of the Huron Wendat Tribe if you have any more question please contact the following: = = Bianca Nicoletti, Kirti Saxena, Mati Saar, Mitchell Emerson, and Tariq Ramadan! = = = = =
 * Subject || Name(s) ||
 * Introduction || Kirti ||
 * Table of Contents || Kirti ||
 * Transportation || Mati ||
 * Homes || Kirti ||
 * Enviroment || Tariq ||
 * Clothing || Bianca ||
 * Spirits and Ilnesses || Kirti ||
 * Celebration || Bianca ||
 * Food || Mitchell ||
 * Bibliography || Mitchell, Mati , Kirti , Bianca and Tariq ||
 * Dedication || Bianca and Kirti ||