Miami

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The Miami are a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, known for their central role in resistance to U.S. expansion in the late 18th century and subsequent displacement to reservations.

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Miami canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
colonialContactWith British colonists
French colonists
United States government
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalRevitalizationEffort Miami cultural education programs
Miami language revitalization
currentReservation Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
surface form: Miami Tribe of Oklahoma jurisdiction
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
experienced displacement to reservations
forcedRemoval
federallyRecognizedTribe Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
historicalPeriodOfProminence 17th century
18th century
historicalTerritory Maumee River
surface form: Maumee River valley

Wabash Valley
surface form: Wabash River valley
involvedIn Battle of Fallen Timbers
Battle of the Wabash
Northwest Indian War
language Miami-Illinois language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
nativeTo Great Lakes region
present-day Illinois
present-day Indiana
present-day Michigan
present-day Ohio
notableLeader Little Turtle
Mishikinakwa
playedRoleIn resistance to U.S. expansion in the Old Northwest
populationTrend decline after European contact
relatedEthnicGroup Illinois peoples
Kickapoo
Potawatomi
Shawnee
signedTreaty Treaty of Greenville
Treaty of St. Marys (1818)
Treaty of the Wabash
stateRecognizedTribe Miami Nation of Indiana
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalReligion animism
shamanism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture

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