Miami Confederacy

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Native American tribal confederacy historical political alliance

The Miami Confederacy was a powerful alliance of Native American tribes in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley region that resisted United States expansion in the late 18th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Miami confederacy 2
Western Confederacy 2
Miami Confederacy canonical 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribal confederacy ⓘ
historical political alliance ⓘ
activeInPeriod Northwest Indian War ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
alliedWith British Empire ⓘ
cededLandUnder Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
centeredAround Maumee River ⓘ
surface form: Maumee River valley

Wabash Valley ⓘ
surface form: Wabash River valley
conflictedWith United States Army ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
defeated United States forces at the Battle of the Wabash ⓘ
dissipatedBy early 19th century ⓘ
formedInResponseTo American settlement in the Northwest Territory ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Miami Confederacy ⓘ
surface form: Miami-led confederacy

Western Confederacy ⓘ
hasCoreTribe Miami people ⓘ
hasMember Delaware people ⓘ
Kickapoo people ⓘ
Miami people ⓘ
Piankashaw people ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
surface form: Potawatomi people

Shawnee Tribe ⓘ
surface form: Shawnee people

Wea people ⓘ
Wyandot ⓘ
surface form: Wyandot people
ledBy Blue Jacket ⓘ
Buckongahelas ⓘ
Little Turtle ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
locatedInRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
Ohio Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Ohio Valley
opposed United States expansion ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
Battle of the Wabash ⓘ
primaryLanguage Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
recognizedAs major Native resistance coalition in the Old Northwest ⓘ
relatedTo Northwest Territory ⓘ
resultedInTreaty Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
sufferedDefeatAt Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
timeOfPeakPower circa 1785–1794 ⓘ
usedLanguageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Indian Confederacy → alsoKnownAs → Miami Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Confederacy
Northwest Indian Confederacy → alsoKnownAs → Miami Confederacy ⓘ
Treaty of Greenville → signatory → Miami Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Confederacy
Little Turtle's War → alsoKnownAs → Miami Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miami Confederacy War
Wea → ethnicGroupOf → Miami Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miami confederacy
Wea → memberOf → Miami Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miami confederacy
Miami Confederacy → hasAlternativeName → Miami Confederacy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Miami-led confederacy