A member of the Iroquoian "Tobacco nation" or "Tabacco people", or Tionontati a First Nation located on the southwest edge of the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, west of the Huron territory in Southern Ontario.
Origin
From French pétun or petun, an early name for tobacco, which the people grew and traded.
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