Kekionga

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Miami village historic Native American settlement

Kekionga was a major Miami Indian village and strategic stronghold near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, that served as a key focal point of conflict between Native American nations and the United States in the late 18th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kekionga canonical	3
Kiskakon	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Miami village ⓘ historic Native American settlement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kekionga Miami town ⓘ Kekionga ⓘ surface form: Kiskakon
archaeologicalStatus	largely destroyed and built over ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ Battle of Fort Recovery ⓘ Harmar's Campaign, 1790 ⓘ surface form: Harmar campaign of 1790 Harmar's Campaign, 1790 ⓘ surface form: Harmar’s Defeat Little Turtle's War ⓘ surface form: Little Turtle’s War Northwest Indian War ⓘ Battle of the Wabash ⓘ surface form: St. Clair’s Defeat
associatedWithPerson	Little Turtle ⓘ Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle) ⓘ
attackedBy	U.S. forces under General Anthony Wayne ⓘ U.S. forces under General Arthur St. Clair ⓘ U.S. forces under General Josiah Harmar ⓘ
cededIn	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)
conflictWith	Northwest Indian Confederacy ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defendedBy	Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle) ⓘ surface form: Miami war chief Little Turtle
ethnicGroup	Miami Nation of Oklahoma ⓘ surface form: Miami Nation
flourishedIn	late 18th century ⓘ
heritageDesignation	important site in Indiana Native American history ⓘ
inhabitedBy	Miami people ⓘ
languageUsed	Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
locatedIn	Allen County, Indiana NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana ⓘ
locatedOn	confluence of the St. Joseph, St. Marys, and Maumee rivers ⓘ
modernSite	downtown Fort Wayne area ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes region ⓘ Miami homeland ⓘ
politicalRole	capital of the Miami Confederacy ⓘ meeting place for Native American councils ⓘ
region	Northwest Territory ⓘ Old Northwest ⓘ
resultOfConflict	U.S. construction of Fort Wayne ⓘ
servedAs	political center of the Miami people ⓘ principal village of the Miami ⓘ
strategicImportance	control point for portage between Maumee and Wabash rivers ⓘ important crossroads of Native American trails ⓘ key stronghold in the Old Northwest ⓘ
succeededBy	Fort Wayne, Indiana ⓘ surface form: Fort Wayne
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ
treatyRelatedTo	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Greenville (1795)

Referenced by (4)

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

Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → target → Kekionga ⓘ

Miami → associatedWithPlace → Kekionga ⓘ

Kekionga → alsoKnownAs → Kekionga ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kiskakon

Battle of Kekionga → location → Kekionga ⓘ