Huron / Wendat Confederacy

Overview

The Wyandot people are an Indigenous people who emerged in the Great Lakes region in the mid-17th century. The Wyandot developed through a process of ethnogenesis during the Beaver Wars, when refugees from the Etionnontateronnon (Petun) and Wendat (Huron) coalesced following their dispersal by the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois). The Petun/Wendat relocated several times until settling at Michilimackinac in 1671. They migrated to the Détroit area in 1701 and by the mid-18th century had spread into the Ohio Country where they became known as the Wyandot. The Wyandot actively supported the French during the French and Indian War and the British during the American Revolutionary War. They were part of the Northwestern Confederacy formed after the war to resist American expansionism. In the early 1840s, American removal policies forced the Wyandot to relocate to Indian Territory (Kansas) west of the Mississippi River and a few years later to northeastern Oklahoma.

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Borders & accuracy

A confederation of independent groups; member territories shifted and overlapped, so the perimeter is approximate.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps:1500:huron
• SNAPSHOT1500
• MATCHEDhuron
• POLITY TYPEconfederation

Upgraded from aourednik/historical-basemaps (was: hand-crafted-cultural-extent)

Also during this period

No conflict record yet names this polity as a belligerent; these overlap its dates only.

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• Portuguese Conquest of Brazil1500–1750
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• American Indian Wars1500–1800
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