The Eries were a Native American tribe that lived in the Great Lakes region of North America. They were one of the five original Iroquoian-speaking tribes that formed the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Five Nations. The Eries were known for their fishing and hunting skills, and they were also skilled farmers. They were eventually driven out of their homeland by the Iroquois and other tribes, and most of them were eventually assimilated into other tribes.