Heather Miller will stand in a Dublin library meeting room Aug. 9, and tell the story of Kihue, a Wyandot man known locally as Bill Moose, who spent his final days in the Columbus area as the last native Wyandot in the region. Miller, the Wyandotte Nation's coordinator for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), will also walk the audience through her work documenting the 150-mile Wyandot Removal Trail across Ohio.
The free talk, titled "The Legacy and Learnings of Wyandot Removal: An intertwined history of the Wyandot and Dublin, Ohio," runs 3 to 4:30 p.m. in the lower-level meeting room at the Dublin Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, 75 N. High St.
It's the latest installment in the Dublin Historical Society's Second Sunday Speaker Series, which returned in March after a nearly 10-year hiatus.
"At first, we thought 'We can probably seat about 20 people, and that's about how many people we're going to get,'" Dublin Historical Society President Mike Jewell told CityScene's Dublin Life in July. "We got 50-60 people starting (to sign) up."
The crowds forced a venue change. Events moved from the Dublin History Museum to the library, where Dublin Branch Manager Trish Piliado said in July that the partnership lets the library provide space and technology while the Historical Society supplies the speakers.
Miller's work beyond Dublin
In 1843, more than 600 Wyandots were forced to walk roughly 150 miles from Upper Sandusky to Cincinnati before boarding steamboats heading west. The Wyandotte Nation is now headquartered in Oklahoma.
Miller has led the nation's participation in a project with the University of Cincinnati to document that removal route and place 13 historic markers across Ohio. The first marker was unveiled in Upper Sandusky in October 2025. In an interview with WYSO that month, Miller said the markers give the Wyandotte Nation the chance to tell its own story in its own words.
A naming note from the Historical Society's program brochure: "Wyandotte" refers to the present-day tribal nation in Oklahoma, while "Wyandot" refers to the tribe and its peoples at the time of their settlement in Ohio.
Fall lineup
All talks are free, run 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Dublin Branch Library, and include a Q&A. Registration is available at DublinOhioHistory.org.
- Sunday, Sept. 13: Kevin Wood, professional Abraham Lincoln portrayer, presents "Abraham Lincoln: A New Birth of Freedom" in first person.
- Sunday, Oct. 11: Dublin Ghost Walk founder Becky Schisler shares stories from 15 years of ghost walks, followed by a visit to one of Dublin's most haunted locations.
- Sunday, Nov. 8: Dr. Chris Harlasz, president of the Kosciuszko Foundation Ohio Chapter, presents on Polish patriot Thaddeus Kosciuszko and his connection to Dublin.
Sunday's talk with Heather Miller begins at 3 p.m. at 75 N. High St. No ticket required.
