Wyandot

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The Wyandot are a Native American people of the Great Lakes region, historically known for their influential role in regional alliances and conflicts with European and American powers.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Huron-Wendat 5
Wyandot people 3
Huron people 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
alliedWith French colonial authorities
other Great Lakes tribes
colonialEraStatus important regional power in Great Lakes
culturalRevitalization language revitalization efforts
maintenance of traditional ceremonies
preservation of oral history
currentPopulationRegion Kansas
Michigan
Oklahoma
Ontario
ethnicallyRelatedTo Wyandot language
surface form: Huron-Wendat
experienced displacement due to European colonization
epidemics after European contact
forced migration
hasAlternativeName Huron
Wyandotte
hasRecognizedTribe Wyandotte Nation
surface form: Wyandot Nation of Kansas

Wyandot of Anderdon Nation
Wyandotte Nation
historicalRole key intermediary in fur trade
participant in conflicts with American powers
participant in conflicts with European powers
participant in regional alliances
inConflictWith British colonial authorities
Iroquois Confederacy
United States government
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
laterReligion Christianity
originalRegion Great Lakes region
Michigan
Ohio
Ontario
religion traditional Indigenous spiritual practices
socialOrganization clan system
village-based communities
traditionalCrops beans
corn
squash
traditionalEconomy agriculture
fishing
fur trade
hunting
traditionalLanguage Huron-Wendat language
Wyandot language
treatyHistory subject to land cessions
subject to multiple treaties with United States

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Wendat
this entity surface form: Wyandot tribe
Tecumseh's War belligerent Wyandot
Ohio Country claimedBy Wyandot
this entity surface form: Wyandot people
this entity surface form: Huron-Wendat people
this entity surface form: Huron-Wendat
this entity surface form: Huron-Wendat
this entity surface form: Huron-Wendat
this entity surface form: Huron people
Wyandotte namedAfter Wyandot
this entity surface form: Wyandot people
this entity surface form: Wyandot people
Beaver Wars opponent Wyandot
this entity surface form: Huron-Wendat
this entity surface form: Huron-Wendat