Petun

A Petun medicine man.

Meaning

Noun

  • 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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