The Petun (from French: pétun), also known as the Tobacco people or Tionontati (Dionnontate, Etionontate, Etionnontateronnon, Tuinontatek, Dionondadie, or Khionotaterrhonon) ("People among the hills/mountains"), were an indigenous Iroquoian people …

The Tionontatehronnon (Petun) Twenty-five miles west of Wendake lived the Tionontatehronnon. Their eight (later nine) villages were nestled along the base of the Niagara Escarpment, an ancient ridge that runs from Niagara Falls, around the western end of Lake Ontario to modern day Collingwood, continuing on to the Bruce Peninsula, across the ...

Apr 6, 2022 · The woody valleys of the Blue Mountains, from Craigleith to Duntroon, were occupied historically by the several Iroquoian nations that were collectively nicknamed “Petun” by the French, meaning Tobacco, or because they were known for their usage of tobacco, or petún, more so than their cultivation of it.

Sep 30, 2007 · Tionontati (also known as Petun) are an Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people, closely related to the Huron-Wendat. The French called them Petun because they were known for cultivating tobacco or petún. The people call themselves Tionontati.

Six hundred and seventy-two glass trade beads of European origin in eighty-three types from nineteen Petun-wendat archaeological sites in the Blue Mountain region of Ontario which date ca. 1575-1650, and a further 95 beads from two post-Dispersal sites, are reported.

Many individuals, with different skills and interests, have contributed to the study of the Petun between ca. AD 1580 and 1650. This paper outlines the history of investigation of the Petun, describing the work of the more notable contributors.

Jan 30, 2023 · Equipped with his petun sack, the courier des bois had the primary function of leading a bark canoe into distant lands, in order to load it with as many furs and skins as possible. The fur trade was a controlled activity under the colonial regime in New France.

POTTERY RIMSHERDS AND THE PETUN ABSTRACT IRt:S UMt: 7,243 rimsherd fragments from clay pots found on archaeological sites in the historic Petun-Wyandot area of Ontario are recorded by type. Inferences are drawn concerning the relationships of …

Entrenched in the literature are a number of myths about the Petun people. Various writers have stated that the Petun lived in the Bruce Peninsula, grew large fields of tobacco for trade, were excluded by the Hurons from the trade with the French, and after 1646 had a village named St. Matthias. All these claims may be challenged. That they

Many individuals, with different skills and interests, have contributed to the study of the Petun between ca. AD 1580 and 1650. This paper outlines the history of investigation of the Petun, describing the work of the more notable contributors.