Publisher's Synopsis
It was the Attawandaron Tribe (1500s-1650) was the first settler in Around the 1500s "The story of this land begins with the Attawandaron (Neutral) people who were one of the earliest known Indigenous nations to live in the area we now call Waterloo Region. The name "Attawandaron" comes from the Huron- Wendat people or it means "people of slightly different language." Samuel de Champlain later referred to them as "la Nation neutre" because of the peace they held with the Haudenosaunee and HuronWendat. In the 1400s, the Attawandaron people lived in villages of 800-1000 people. These villages were populated with longhouses and surrounded by large fields of maize, beans or squash, which made up a large portion of their diet. Every 10-30 years, when the land could no longer support the agricultural or hunting needs of the community, the villages moved to a new location nearby.
