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Also Known As	Wyandotte • Huron • Wyandot

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Map showing the distribution of Indigenous peoples of the Northeast Woodlands region in North America, with tribal names such as Algonquin, Ojibwa (Chippewa), Iroquois, Shawnee, and Powhatan labeled across present-day northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Major lakes and rivers are marked, and a red boundary outlines the general region inhabited by these groups.

Longhouse interior

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Topics

Northeast Indian Abenaki Wampanoag Pequot Iroquoian peoples Menominee Lenni Lenape Kickapoo Mohawk Seneca Ho-Chunk

Key People

St. Jean de Brébeuf

St. Jean de Brébeuf

Jesuit missionary