Wendat/Ouendat, also various names Wyandot or Wyandotte people of Ontario. They lived along rivers and lakes where they would be most likely find wildlife, fresh water and good soil for crops. Lake Simcoe, Georgian Bay, Lake Ontario and rivers such as Black Creek. The Wendat lived along Black Creek, located in North York. Black Creek flows south to the The Humber River in Toronto ON, Canada. The area is just North of Toronto in the Municipality of York Region. The area development is a commercial and residential area in a Hydro corridor of Toronto. There is a path running along Finch Ave. between Keele and Jane street where Wendat longhouses have been found. (http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca)
The Wendat/Ouendat the “People of the Island,” were separated and split up when the Haudenosaunee, a Iroquois tribe now known as the 6 Nations, had conflicts with them over lands and resources. The war caused them to spread out across Ontario. The Wendat were farmers and traders. The woman mainly cleared the area where they grew their …show more content…
He went on the study at the University of Chicago and finished with a PhD with his thesis titled "The Archaeology of the Ontario Iroquois.” In the 1940’s Dr. Emerson worked with the Faculty of Anthropology where he taught students at The University of Toronto. The most part of his work was on the Wendat people’s history. The Parsons Site was excavated by J.N. Emerson in the early 1950’s and again in the early 1970’s. The Ontario Archeology Society and an Academic program from the University of Toronto that J.N. Emerson was apart of. The first archeological digs in the 1950’s and again in the 1970’s Emerson and his teams were able to investigate the Wendat people’s settlement patterns. They began another Excavation of the Wendat village where they were further studied the settlement patterns and also the history and
The Wendat/Ouendat the “People of the Island,” were separated and split up when the Haudenosaunee, a Iroquois tribe now known as the 6 Nations, had conflicts with them over lands and resources. The war caused them to spread out across Ontario. The Wendat were farmers and traders. The woman mainly cleared the area where they grew their …show more content…
He went on the study at the University of Chicago and finished with a PhD with his thesis titled "The Archaeology of the Ontario Iroquois.” In the 1940’s Dr. Emerson worked with the Faculty of Anthropology where he taught students at The University of Toronto. The most part of his work was on the Wendat people’s history. The Parsons Site was excavated by J.N. Emerson in the early 1950’s and again in the early 1970’s. The Ontario Archeology Society and an Academic program from the University of Toronto that J.N. Emerson was apart of. The first archeological digs in the 1950’s and again in the 1970’s Emerson and his teams were able to investigate the Wendat people’s settlement patterns. They began another Excavation of the Wendat village where they were further studied the settlement patterns and also the history and