| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85063182 |
| Organization name | Wyandot indians |
| Other names | Wiandot;Guyandot;Huron;Wanat;Wandot;Weinondot;Wendat;Wundat;Wyandott;Wyandotte |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | Also known as Huron, Guyandot, Wendat. Iroquian-speaking. The Wyandot formed out of the remaining Petun and Huron peoples who, after battles with the Iroquois in the mid 17th century, relocated to the Upper Great Lakes area. Due to their propensity for alliance-making, they played an important role in the field of European-Indian relationships, alternately playing off the French and the Iroquois for advantages in the fur trade. They relocated to Detroit 1704 and began to hunt in Ohio (around Sandusky River), where English first contacted them. The Wyandot sided with the British in the Revolutionary War, after which they made major Ohio and Michigan land cessions through the Treaties of Greenville (1795), Detroit (1807), and Maumee Rapids (1817), retaining only some reservations along the Sandusky River. In 1842, pressured by the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Wyandot ceded their remaining Ohio and Michigan lands to relocate to Kansas (near what would become Kansas City). After the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Act, they signed a treaty in 1855 that alloted Wyandot lands individually and gave the option of US citizenship. In 1858, the Seneca offered a stip of land stretching between the Missouri and Neosho Rivers in Oklahoma, where most Wyandot relocated after the Civil War. |
| Citations | Handbook of the North American Indians ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyandot_people |
The Committee appointed in the 5 mo 1795
A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee Appointed by the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in Baltimore for Promoting the Improvement and Civilization of the Indian Natives
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Sketch of the Customs, Religion and Government of the Seneca Indians, in 1800
Joseph Clark's Account of a Journey to the Indian Country, 1797
Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793
Joseph Moore's Journal
Letter to the Shawanese, Delawares & others from Quakers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1795
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Life of Thomas Eddy
Wm. Hartshorne's Journal of Journey to Detroit 1793