Tuscarora, sometimes called , is an
Iroquoian language of the
Tuscarora people, spoken in southern
Ontario,
Canada, and northwestern
New York around
Niagara Falls, in the
United States. The historic homeland of the Tuscarora was in eastern
North Carolina, in and around the
Goldsboro,
Kinston, and
Smithfield areas. Some Tuscarora descendants, though few, still live in this region. The name
Tuscarora ( ) means "hemp people," after the
Indian hemp or
milkweed which they use in many aspects of their society.
Skarureh refers to the long shirt worn as part of the men's regalia, hence "long shirt people".