Wyandot of Anderdon Nation

The Wyandot of Anderdon Nation is an unrecognized tribe and nonprofit organization headquartered in Trenton, Michigan, on the Detroit River.

For other Wyandot/Wyandotte groups, see Wyandot_people § Wyandot_groups.

History

The Wyandot people have lived along the Detroit River for centuries, and they had contact with French missionaries as early as 1825. The Wyandot fought alongside the French in the French and Indian War, and they fought on the side of the British in the American Revolutionary War. After the Revolutionary War, the Wyandot claims to land along the Detroit River were not honored by Congress when they petitioned in February of 1812 for their land. 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. In 1842, most of the remaining Wyandot were forced to travel to reservations in Kansas, but a small group of Wyandot eventually returned to their lands along the Detroit River. The descendants of that group of Wyandot make up the modern-day Wyandot of Anderdon Nation.[1]

Modern day

The Wyandot of Anderdon Nation are not federally or state-recognized. In 2015, the Wyandotte Nation, headquartered in Oklahoma, helped the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation buy a 15-acre tract of land which was part of their historical territory.[2]

References
  1. Givens-McGowan, Kay (2003). Honoring Our Detroit River (PDF). Cranbook Institute of Science. pp. 23–34. ISBN 0877370443. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. Hartig, John. "Great Lakes Moment: Sacred Land of the Wyandot of Anderdon Nation". GreatLakesNow. GreatLakesNow. Retrieved 5 July 2023.


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