Mingo people

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The Mingo people were an Iroquoian-speaking Native American group, primarily of Seneca origin, who migrated to the Ohio Country and became known for their role in 18th-century frontier conflicts and alliances.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mingo people canonical 8
Mingo 4
Kanawha (Native American people) 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iroquoian-speaking people
Native American people
alliedWith British Empire
French colonial forces
various American Indian groups in the Ohio Country
alternativeName Mingo people
surface form: Mingo Seneca

Mingoes
Ohio Iroquois
Seneca nation
surface form: Ohio Seneca
conflictedWith American colonial settlers
United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalAffiliation Iroquois Confederacy
descentSystem matrilineal
economy fishing
fur trade
hunting
maize agriculture
ethnicOrigin Haudenosaunee
surface form: Iroquois

Seneca nation
surface form: Seneca people
ethnogenesisPeriod 18th century
formedFrom Seneca nation
surface form: Seneca people

other Iroquois groups
historicalRole participants in 18th-century frontier conflicts
participants in Lord Dunmore's War
participants in the American Revolutionary War
participants in the French and Indian War
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
locatedInThePast Ohio Country
present-day Ohio
present-day West Virginia
upper Ohio River valley
western Pennsylvania
migrationDirection from New York and Pennsylvania into the Ohio Country
modernDescendants Seneca nation
surface form: Seneca Nation of Indians

Seneca-Cayuga Nation
surface form: Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma

Tonawanda Band of Seneca
nameEtymology derived from Algonquian term often glossed as "stealthy" or "treacherous"
notableLeader Guyasuta
Logan the Orator
Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
partOf Iroquoian peoples
surface form: Iroquois diaspora
politicalStatus not a full member of the Iroquois Confederacy
primaryLanguage Seneca language
relatedEthnicGroup Cayuga nation
surface form: Cayuga people

Mohawk people
Oneida nation
surface form: Oneida people

Onondaga nation
surface form: Onondaga people

Seneca nation
surface form: Seneca people
religion traditional Iroquoian spiritual practices
socialOrganization clan-based society
timeOfMajorMigration early 18th century

Referenced by (15)

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Treaty of Fort Harmar signatory Mingo people
this entity surface form: Mingo
Battle of the Wabash involvedTribe Mingo people
this entity surface form: Mingo
Battle of Fallen Timbers combatant Mingo people
this entity surface form: Mingo
Mingo County namedAfter Mingo people
Pontiac's War hasParticipant Mingo people
this entity surface form: Mingo
Mingo Junction, Ohio namedFor Mingo people
Michael Cresap associatedWith Mingo people
Kanawha River namedAfter Mingo people
this entity surface form: Kanawha (Native American people)
Lord Dunmore’s War opponent Mingo people
this entity surface form: Mingo communities
Mingo people alternativeName Mingo people
this entity surface form: Mingo Seneca
Muskingum River region inhabitedBy Mingo people
Logan (Mingo leader) memberOf Mingo people