1840s: Zacharie Vincent (Huron, 1815–1886) begins his career as a realist oil painter 1826/8: David Cusick (ca. 1780-ca. 1831) published his self-illustratedSketches of Ancient History of the Six Nations. 1853: Atsidi Sani (ca. 1830–1918) becomes the first known Navajo silversmith ...
Although he never saw Niagara Falls, the Indians he met along the St.Lawrence River told him about it. Samuel de Champlain visited Canada in 1608. He, too, heard stories of the mighty cataract, but never visited it. Etienne Brule, the first European to see Lakes Ontario, Erie Huron and...
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In the early days of the New France settlement, Governor Champlain allied with the Huron and Algonquin nations against their rivals, the Iroquois. The alliance allowed the French to secure greater control of North America by getting the various Indian nations to displace and destroy one another. ...
They were hunters and engaged in a fur trade with the Huron Indians. It appears that they fell victim to the enmity of the Iroquois against the Hurons, during a bellicose era in the mid-1600s referred to as the Beaver Wars. The Hurons were the main rivals of the Iroquois in the fur ...
I’ll admit that I’ve taken a liking to cruise. It must have been the influence of having a sailboat that we took from port to port on Lake Huron. Great Lakes Cruising is making a comeback. Recently, several cruise ships announced routes and stops throughout the Great Lakes region. Cu...
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South Dakota is in the north-central part of the United States. Six states share a border with South Dakota:North Dakotaon the north,MinnesotaandIowaon the east,Nebraskaon the south, andMontanaandWyomingon the west. There are four distinct land regions in South Dakota: the Drift Prairie, th...
Hubert Humphrey (1911 - 1978) Served as vice-president of the United States from 1965-1969; born in Wallace. Cheryl Ladd (1951 - ) Born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor in Huron, South Dakota, she was the daughter of an engineer and a waitress. From very early, she wanted to be a movie st...
-- one near the mouth of the Huron flowing into Lake St. Clair; the other on the Huron east of Sandusky, six or eight miles from Lake Erie. The Lenape, on their arrival, requested permission to settle in their country. The Alligewi refused, but gave them leave to pass through and...