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Since the mid-century, the Wyandot pursued land claims in the United States since they had not been fully compensated for lost lands. The US federal government set up the Indian Claims Court in the 1940s to address grievances filed by various Native American tribes. The court adjudicated claims, and Congress allocated $800 million to compensate ...
The tribe operates the Bearskin Fitness Center, the Wyandotte Nation Environmental Department, and the Bearskin Health and Wellness Center. The Turtle Speaks is the tribal newspaper. [3] The tribe owns the Wyandotte Nation Casino in Wyandotte, Oklahoma. [4] It owns a truck stop, a fuel station, and a smoke shop. They issue their own tribal ...
Roundhead (c. 1760 – 1813), also known as Bark Carrier, Round Head, Stayeghtha, and Stiahta, was an American Indian chief of the Wyandot tribe. He was a strong member of Tecumseh's confederacy against the United States during the War of 1812.
An 1855 treaty attempted to dissolve the Wyandot tribe, but not all members agreed to leave the tribe by accepting United States citizenship.A contingent of these members was given land in an 1867 treaty with the United States government, which now forms the federally recognized Wyandotte Nation, but a smaller contingent of members of the Wyandot Tribe remained in Kansas and attempted to ...
The Wyandot people have lived along the Detroit River since the early 18th century. [2] The Wyandot fought alongside the French in the French and Indian War, and they fought on the side of the British in the American Revolutionary War. After the Revolutionary War, the Wyandot claims to land along the Detroit River were not honored by Congress ...
[5] The murder of a Wyandot chief and his family finally persuaded the Wyandot that the American government would not protect them in Ohio and, in 1843, 664 Wyandot left Ohio by steamboat for their new home in Kansas. Their new lands, purchased from the Delaware people, another Indian tribe in Kansas, encompassed the present Kansas City, Kansas ...
Tarhe (c. 1742–1818) was a leader of the Wyandot people in the Ohio Country. His nickname was "The Crane". [1] He fought American expansion into the region until the Northwestern Confederacy was defeated at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Although the exact number of Wyandot chiefs who entered the battle is still debated, Tarhe was the ...
Myeerah also known as "Princess Myeerah", "White Crane", and "Walk-in-the-Water" (c. 1758 – February 1816) was a Native American woman, belonging to the Wyandot people, notable for bringing "peace and goodwill" between white settlers and Native people. [1]