Wyandot people

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/wyandot-people

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the confederacy formation?Formed a confederacy of five nations in the St. Lawrence River Valley
2. What is the major historical event?Dispersed in 1649 following warfare with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy)

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