Wyandot

A nation today

Brandywine Falls dropping 60 feet over a sandstone ledge into the gorge at Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
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Background

The Wyandot were the last tribe to leave Ohio, in July 1843, after the name had been corrupted into Wyandot sometime between the 1730s and 1750s. The Nation gives its traditional name as Waⁿdát, which is in the Northern Iroquoian language family. It formed between 1649 and 1650, when the Tionontati, Attignawantan, and Wenrohronon united after defeat by the Iroquois Confederacy and took the name Wandat. After removal to Kansas, a second termination, and a move to Indian Territory, about 200 people sought reinstatement as a tribe in 1867, and the name Wyandotte was adopted after that year's treaty. The Nation states that it was never part of the Huron Confederacy proper, and that the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation in Michigan and the Wyandot Nation of Kansas, two other bands of Wyandot people, are the same people. The Wyandotte Nation is a federally recognized tribe headquartered in Wyandotte, Oklahoma.

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Visit and learn

Wyandotte Nation Cultural Center and Museum

5 Council Fire Road, Wyandotte, Oklahoma·museum

The Nation's Cultural Center and Museum says visitors are always welcome to tour it, take part in classes, or use the library. It is open Monday to Thursday from 8 am to 4 pm and Friday from 8 am to 3 pm, and closed on weekends.

https://wyandotte-nation.org/culture/culturalcenter

Waⁿdat Wednesdays

Wyandotte Nation Cultural Center and Museum, Wyandotte, Oklahoma·event

A recurring class on basic Waⁿdat vocabulary with no prior classes needed, held through the autumn and into early winter. The Nation posts the current calendar on its own site.

https://wyandotte-nation.org/culture/events

Wyandotte Beading Class

Wyandotte Nation Cultural Center and Museum, Wyandotte, Oklahoma·event

A monthly beading class at the Cultural Center and Museum. The Nation posts the current calendar on its own site.

https://wyandotte-nation.org/culture/events

Wyandot's own site

Tribal lands have their own laws. Check the nation's site before you visit.

Parks on its homelands

Brandywine Falls dropping 60 feet over a sandstone ledge into the gorge at Cuyahoga Valley National Park.Cuyahoga Valley National Park

In 1843 the US removed the Wyandot, the last tribe to leave Ohio, from Upper Sandusky and resettled them in Kansas. The tribe later split, some staying in Kansas and others moving to Oklahoma as the Wyandotte Nation. Source

Programs

  • Environmental Department

    The Nation's Environmental Department runs recycling, water sampling, and an environmental education program with the local public schools, and manages the Lost Creek Recycling Center and an Indian Environmental General Assistance Program grant.

    https://wyandotte-nation.org/services/planning-natural-resources·land

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Checked September 2026.

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