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  2. Wyandot people - Wikipedia

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    Huron-Plume group – Spencerwood, Quebec City, 1880 William Walker (1800–1874), a leader of the Wyandot people and a prominent citizen of early-day Kansas. In the late 17th century, elements of the Huron Confederacy and the Petun joined and became known as the Wyandot (or Wyandotte), a variation of Wendat.

  3. Wyandotte, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    The Wyandot were Iroquoian-speaking and part of the Huron nation from the Georgian Bay area of Canada. They generally lived peacefully with the few white French farmers, exchanging products and favors. [6] During the French and Indian War (part of the Seven Years' War in Europe), the Wyandot were allied with the Potawatomi and the French ...

  4. Kondiaronk - Wikipedia

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    The Michilimackinac area is the strait between Lakes Huron and Michigan (or, the area between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas) in the present-day United States. [ 3 ] Noted as a brilliant orator and a formidable strategist, Kondiaronk led the pro-French Petun and Huron of Michilimackinac against their traditional Iroquois enemies.

  5. Huron Feast of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    The Huron Feast of the Dead was a mortuary custom of the Wyandot people of what is today central Ontario, Canada, which involved the disinterment of deceased relatives from their initial individual graves followed by their reburial in a final communal grave. A time for both mourning and celebration, the custom became spiritually and culturally ...

  6. Wyandotte Nation - Wikipedia

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    For decades, the Huron Cemetery (also known as Huron Park Cemetery, and now formally known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground) was a source of controversy between the Wyandotte Nation and individual Wyandot descendants in Kansas. The former wanted to sell the property for redevelopment.

  7. Huron - Wikipedia

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    HMCS Huron (DDG 281), an Iroquois-class destroyer active from 1972 to 2005; United States lightship Huron (LV-103), a lightvessel launched in 1920 and now a museum ship moored in Pine Grove Park; USS Huron (1861), a gunboat acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War; USS Huron (1875), an iron sloop-rigged screw steam gunboat

  8. Wyandot of Anderdon Nation - Wikipedia

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    The Wyandot subsequently fought on the side of the British in the War of 1812, disrupting the American supply line to the city of Detroit. Partly in response to the Wyandot siding with the British, the Wyandot were removed from their remaining villages along the Detroit River to a reservation on the Huron River in 1816.

  9. Huron-Wendat Nation - Wikipedia

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    The Huron-Wendat Nation (or Huron-Wendat First Nation) is an Iroquoian-speaking nation that was established in the 17th century. In the French language, used by most members of the First Nation, they are known as the Nation Huronne-Wendat .