Editing Wyandot people (section)

==Culture==
Like other Iroquoian-speaking peoples, the Wyandot have historically been sedentary farmers who supplemented their diet with hunting and fishing.{{sfnp|Dickason|1996|pages=263–65}} The women historically cultivated several varieties of maize, squash, and beans (the "[[Three Sisters (agriculture)|Three Sisters]]") as the mainstay of their diet, saving seeds of various types, and working to produce the best crops for different purposes. They have also collected nuts, fruit, and wild root vegetables, with their preparation of this produce supplemented primarily by fish caught by the men. The men historically hunt deer and other animals available during the game seasons.{{sfnp|Heidenreich|1978|p=378}} Women have traditionally done most of the crop planting, cultivation, and processing, although men help with the heaviest work of clearing fields or, historically, fortifying villages with wooden palisades. Wood has traditionally been gathered and brush cleared by the [[slash-and-burn]] method.{{sfnp|Heidenreich|1978|pp=380, 382–383}} Each family has traditionally owned a plot of land which they farmed, which then reverted to the common property of the community when the individual family no longer used it.{{sfnp|Heidenreich|1978|p=380}}

Historically, the Huron have lived in villages spanning from one to ten acres (40,000&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>), most of which were strongly fortified and enclosed by high and strong palisades of wood in double and sometimes triple rows for defense against enemy attack. They have also lived in longhouses covered with tree bark similar to other Iroquoian cultural groups, which could house twenty or more families in one dwelling, and were in different lengths, some being thirty or forty feet in length. A typical village or town historically had 900 to 1,600 people organized into 30 or 40 longhouses.<ref name="Warren"/> Villages were moved about every ten years as the soil became less fertile and the nearby forest – from which they took firewood – grew thin.{{sfnp|Heidenreich|1978|p=381}} The Huron engaged in trade with neighboring nations, notably for tobacco with the neighboring Petun and [[Neutral Nation|Neutral]] nations.{{sfnp|Heidenreich|1978|p=385}}
[[File:Huron Hunters Camping at the Big Rock of Lake Lagon by Cornelius Krieghoff.jpg|thumb|''Huron Hunters Camping at the Big Rock of Lake Lagon'', by [[Cornelius Krieghoff]], 1862]]
The Huron way of life was in antiquity very gender-specific in practice. Men set off for war or hunted for game to feed their people. Women made the clothes, cooked and processed game, farmed, and raised the children.{{sfnp|Axtell|1981|p=8}}

Like other Iroquoian peoples, the Wyandot have traditionally followed a matrilineal kinship system, with children considered born to the mother's lineage, their status inherited from hers. In this way her older brother is traditionally more important to her sons than their biological father.{{sfnp|Axtell|1981|p=8}}

As children grow older, they slowly grow into their roles within their society. Both genders learn from adults how to do certain things that later will help the community. For example, as children, girls learn how to make doll clothing, which teaches them the skills needed to make garments for people. Boys are given miniature bows so they may practice hunting very small game. All young children are integrated into society, and given small tasks and responsibilities based on their age. Boys accompany men on some hunting events to learn firsthand how to hunt, receive tips on what to do while hunting, and develop needed skills for when they are older. Girls learn the same way, by following and watching the women conduct their daily routines, mimicking them on a smaller scale.{{sfnp|Axtell|1981|p=42}}