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Häme 

a Balto-Finnish tribe that settled in central Finland in approximately A.D. 500 in a region of large lakes. The Häme tribe engaged primarily in forest occupations, hunting, logging, fishing, and trading. Archaeological remains include stone burial mounds with evidence of cremation. The Primary Chronicle mentions that the Häme tribe paid tribute to Novgorod in the llth and 12th centuries. In the mid-13th century, the Swedes subjugated the tribe (whom they called the Tavastians). Eventually, the Häme, Suomi, and Karelian tribes combined to form the Finnish nationality.