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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 Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe headquartered in northeastern Oklahoma. They are descendants of the Wendat Confederacy and Native Americans with territory near Georgian Bay and Lake Huron .
This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. ... Wyandotte Nation: Petun, Wyandot: 4,957 1,218 Wyandotte: Ottawa: See also
In 1907, Lyda Conley, a descent of a Wyandot member, sued to prevent the sale of the Huron Indian Cemetery, a case which reached the Supreme Court.While Conley lost this case, and other cases brought by the members of the Wyandot Nation of Kansas to prevent the sale of the cemetery were unsuccessful, U.S. Congress, led by Charles Curtis (Kaw/Osage/Prairie Potawatomi), repealed the law ...
Federal courts also can take on cases involving Native American victims. Billy Friend, the chief of the Wyandotte Nation in Wyandotte, said he and other leaders had been anticipating the decision ...
Sale proceeds went to the Wyandotte Nation, based in Oklahoma. Indian remains from the Huron Cemetery were to be moved to the Quindaro Cemetery nearby in Kansas City. Over the years as Kansas City developed, the cemetery repeatedly was the center of controversy between preservation interests versus development interests.
Wyandotte Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma; United States geographic names . Wyandotte, Arkansas, ...
The U.S. federal government carved out a 60,000-acre (240 km 2) reservation for the "Mixed Band" or United Nation of Senecas and Shawnees from Cherokee lands in Indian Territory in 1832. A treaty was negotiated between the US and the Seneca and Shawnee in 1867, which made portions of their land available to other tribes, and restored the ...