Wyandot Timeline

1536

January 12

Huron

French explorers encountered the Wyandotte around 1536 and dubbed them the Huron

1601

January 12

Migration to the area near Georgian Bay

1649

February 2

Quebec

Migration southwest for safety, where they settled with Odawa and Illinois tribes. Others moved east into Quebec.

1700

February 2

Ohio

Remnants of the associated Wendat and Petun peoples came together as a new group, which became known as the Wyandot of Wyandotte. By the beginning of the 18th century, the Wyandotte people had moved into the Ohio River Valley

1843

July 12

Kansas

July 12, 1883 Wyandot’s were removed from Ohio and headedd west to the Delaware Reservation in present-day Kansas, then considered Indian Territory. In 1867 removed a final time in to present-day Oklahoma.