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Wendat or Huron was the spoken language of the Huron-Wendat Nation in Quebec, Canada and some parts of Oklahoma in the United States, and it was traditionally spoken by Wyandot, Wyandotte or Huron people. [9] The language was closely related to the Iroquois language.
The Wyandot people (also Wyandotte, Wendat, Waⁿdát, or Huron) [2] are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of the present-day United States and Canada. Their Wyandot language belongs to the Iroquoian language family. In Canada, the Huron-Wendat Nation has two First Nations reserves at Wendake, Quebec. [3]
[1] [2] He was the son of Cecile Talbot and Gerard Gros-Louis. [3] Gerard Gros-Louis served for 16 years as vice-chief of the Huron-Wendat First Nation and the family had resided in Huron since Max Gros-Louis' great-grandfather Nicolas moved there with the Huron from L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec. [4]
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Marguerite Vincent Lawinonkié (c. 1783-1865) was a famous Huron-Wendat craftswoman who helped save the Huron-Wendat community. [1] In 2008, the Canadian government deemed her a 'Person of National Historic Significance' for the quality of her art. Her son was Francois-Xavier Picard Tahourenche.
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In 2005, a plaque was approved to be made at the site of his home, 186 Nicolas-Vincent Street, Wendake, Quebec, which reads: Grand Chief of the Hurons of Lorette from 1811 to 1844, Nicolas Vincent Tsawenhohi was an astute politician and a skilful diplomat, renowned for his profound respect for and knowledge of Aboriginal laws, customs, and traditions.
The Wendat, members of the Huron-Wendat Nation, live in Wendake, a reserve enclosed within Quebec City. Their original homeland was in Ontario. They number about 2,800 people. Their original language was Wendat, in the Iroquoian-language family.