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Divine, a citizen of the Wyandot Nation and a tribal cultural historian, offers an extensively researched history of that tribe, from its creation stories, to its members originally being called Hurons by French traders in the Great Lakes region during the mid-1600s, to their joining the Wyandots to fight the Iroquois, to the present day. He illuminates in great detail the never-ending war between whites and Indians in Ohio Country between 1775 and 1813, when Wyandots were considered leaders of the Indian Alliance. There was strong sentiment against removing the Wyandot from their land when John Quincy Adams was president, but that ended when Andrew Jackson took office, in 1829, followed by the signing of the Indian Removal Act, in 1830. The Wyandot tribe was split on where to go: some went west of the Mississippi, and others stayed in Ohio and Michigan. As with countless other Native tribes, the Wyandot were abused in church-run boarding schools. This enlightening book is Divine's way of reviving and preserving traditional Huron-Wyandot culture, which for years was in danger of being lost.--Deborah Donovan Copyright 2019 Booklist
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