Lived between L. Huron and L. Ontario
Vegetation in this region was mainly deciduous, containing birch, maple, beech, basswood, oak, walnut, ash, hickory, poplar, white pine, red cedar, white spruce, tamarack, chestnut, magnolia, and sassafras.
The area inhabited by the Huron tribe is, on average, below 273.15°K in January, and 288°K-293°K in July.
The Huron tribe receives, on average, about 1m-2m of unpacked snow per year, and about .8-1m of total precipitation per year.
They also have a low temperature range of about 20-30°K.
Farmers of corn, beans and squash. These three nutritional items composed about 70% of their diet. Called "The three Sisters"
Feared Iroquois.
Eventually conquered by Iroquois.
Lived in longhouses
Longhouses were ~50x11m
Corridor ran down center of house, connecting hearths
Hearths were shared between 2 families.
Bneches along inside perimeter of house, some used for sleep
Openings in roof, but smoke still filled longhouse, causing eye problems
Everyday meal was light corn soup, made from corn kernels dried and smashed with a wooden pole. Soup contained fish, meat, or squash.
For feasts, thicker corn soup may be served, containing fat or dried fruit.
Cornbread made, contained oil or fat for flavor, bked under ashes.
Women raised crops, cooked, gathered food.
Men hunted and fished with nets,
Hunting was for clothing, not as much for food.
Bears tamed for hunting deer.
Matters decided by consensus
Civil chiefs organized dances, feasts, etc
War chiefs took care of all military matters
Marriages were casually contracted and were martilocal
Divorce frequent&simple
Clothing made from deerhide and beaver pelts
Canoes made of birchbark, but badly constructed.
Traded with Algonkians
Used snowshoes/toboggans in winter, feet in summer.