THE ERIE TRIBE WAS HISTORICALLY LIVING ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE. THEY WERE AN IROQUOIAN GROUP AND LIVED IN NORTHWEST NEW YORK, NORTHWEST PENNSYLVIA, AND NORTHERN OHIO. THEY WERE REDUCED BY WARFARE WITH WITH NEIGHBORING IROQUOIS. THEY WERE ABSORBED BY OTHER TRIBES AS THEY LOST THEIR IDENTITY. THE NAMES ERIE MEANS LONG TAIL. THEY LIVES IN MULTI FAMILY LONG HOUSES ENCLOSED BY PALASADES. THEY GREW THE THREE SISTERS. THEY EXPERIENCED VIOLENCE BETWEEN TRIBES WHICH RESPONDED TO DEMAND FOR BEAVER AND FURS. THE IROQUOIS DESTROYED THE ERIE CONFEDERACY. THE REST WERE ABSORBED BY THE IROQUOIS. SOME ERIE FLED TO VIRGINIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
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