How do Wyandot Indian children live, and what did they do in the past?
They do the same things all children do–play with each other, go to school and help around the house. Many Wyandot children like to go hunting and fishing with their fathers. In the past, Indian kids had more chores and less time to play, just like colonial children. But they did have corn husk dolls, toys, and games to play, such as snowsnake, where kids tried to glide a game piece furthest across the snow. Lacrosse was a popular sport among Wyandot teenagers as it was among adult men. Like many Native Americans, Wyandot mothers traditionally carried their babies in cradleboards on their backs–a custom which many American parents have adopted now. What were men and women’s roles in the Wyandot tribe? Like their distant cousins the Iroquois, the Wyandots had an even division of power between men and women. Wyandot men were in charge of hunting, war, and diplomacy. Wyandot women were in charge of farming, property, and family. Men made political decisions for the tribe, and women made
