- The Huron served as the primary mode of transportation, helping to move fur-trade supplies inland and fur bales back to the St. Lawrence Valley
Negotiated With Algonquian Traders:
- Huron diplomats acted as cultural brokers within the Indigenous world- negotiating with the other Indigenous Peoples - especially Algonquian traders- ensuring access to furs by the
French
Facilitate Exchange:
- Facilitated the fur trade between French traders on their land to native Algonquian and Western Great Lakes people's groups that they had access to
Served as middlemen:
- The Huron used the relationship they had as traders between many of the western Indigenous to negotiate the prices and exchange
between many indigenous communities