This article is about the Native American tribe. For other uses see: Huron (disambiguation)
The
Wyandot (also called the
Huron) are a
tribe of
Native Americans originally from an area near
Ontario,
Canada.
The early
French called the members of a four-tribe confederacy the 'Huron', a derogatory name derived from their word "hure" meaning rough or ruffian.
In literature, they became known in James Fenimore Cooper's
novel "Wyandotte", published in 1843.
