Knowra Wyandot people Wyandot people The Wyandot are an Indigenous people of the Great Lakes region, historically known as the Huron and connected to the Wendat confederacy. Their communities today include Wyandot nations in the United States and Canada.
Wendat Confederacy : A political and cultural alliance of Wendat communities in the Great Lakes region before seventeenth-century dispersal. Wyandot history is rooted in this confederacy, whose name is closely related to Wendat identity.
Wendat language : An Iroquoian language historically spoken by Wendat communities and still undergoing revitalization. The language links Wyandot identity to the wider Wendat cultural and historical tradition.
Wyandotte Nation : A federally recognized Wyandot nation headquartered in Oklahoma, descended from Wendat communities displaced westward. It is one present-day nation through which Wyandot political identity continues.
Wyandot Nation of Kansas constitution : The governing document of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas. It makes the nation’s contemporary political organization concrete.
Indian removal : The forced displacement of Indigenous peoples from their homelands by colonial and United States governments. Wyandot communities faced repeated removals that carried them far from the Great Lakes.
Wendake : The historic Wendat homeland in present-day Ontario, centered near Georgian Bay. This homeland was the center of Wendat communities before colonial disruption and migration.
Iroquoian languages : A family of Indigenous languages spoken across eastern North America, including Wendat, Mohawk, and Cherokee. Wendat belongs to this language family, though linguistic kinship does not make its nations interchangeable.
Wyandot Nation of Kansas : A Wyandot nation headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas, with roots in nineteenth-century removal from Ohio. Its history records a distinct Wyandot community’s forced migration and continued sovereignty.
Wendat language revitalization : Efforts by Wendat communities to teach, document, and strengthen use of the Wendat language. Language renewal is one way communities sustain Wendat identity across generations.
Treaty of 1842 : A treaty through which Wyandot people ceded lands in Ohio and agreed to removal westward. It formalized a major displacement in the history of Wyandot communities in the United States.
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