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Others migrated across Lake Huron and the St. Clair River, settling in the northern Ohio and Michigan region. Huron-Plume group – Spencerwood, Quebec City, 1880 William Walker (1800–1874), a leader of the Wyandot people and a prominent citizen of early-day Kansas.
The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the indigenous people they knew as Huron (Wyandot) inhabiting the region. Hydrologically , Lake Huron comprises the eastern portion of Lake Michigan–Huron , having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan , to which it is connected by the 5-mile-wide (8.0 km), 20 ...
The Aamjiwnaang First Nation (formerly known as Chippewas of Sarnia First Nation)(Ojibwe: Aamjiwnaang Anishinaabek) is an Anishinaabe First Nations Band located on reserve land by the St. Clair River in Ontario, Canada, three miles south of the southern tip of Lake Huron.
The Ojibwe expanded eastward, taking over the lands along the eastern shores of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. In 1745, they adopted guns from the British in order to repel the Dakota people in the Lake Superior area, pushing them to the south and west.
The island is considered sacred by the Native Anishinaabe people, who identify as the "People of the Three Fires." This loose confederation is made up of the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi tribes. The North Channel was part of the route used by the French colonial voyageurs and coureurs des bois to reach Lake Superior.
The primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan are found to be derived from Sauk , Oneida , Wyandot , Abenaki , Shawnee , Mohawk , Seneca , Seminole , Iroquois , and Delaware , although many of these tribes are not found in Michigan.
Native American mascots being reviewed include the "Big Reds" from Port Huron High School and the "Little Chiefs" from Michigamme Elementary.
The homeland of the Neutral people (left) was between the southeastern shores of Lake Huron, the western shores of Lake Ontario, and the northern shores of Lake Erie in Canada. The Neutral Confederacy (also Neutral Nation, Neutral people, or Attawandaron) was a tribal confederation [1] of Iroquoian peoples.