Wyandot

Wyandot, term given to members of the Huron people who relocated to the United States. Like other Huron, they originally inhabited what is now Ontario Province. Attacked by the Iroquois, the Wyandot fled to what are now Detroit and Sandusky, Ohio, in 1649. They fought with the French in the French and Indian War, sided with the British in the American Revolution, and divided their loyalties in the War of 1812. In 1842 the Wyandot sold their Michigan and Ohio lands and moved to Kansas; in 1867 they were placed on a reservation in Oklahoma where they still live. In the early 1800s they numbered about 1,250. In the 2000 U.S. census about 1,900 people identified themselves as Wyandot only; an additional 1,700 people reported being part Wyandot.

See also Native Americans of North America.