Miami tribe

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Indigenous people of North America Native American tribe

The Miami tribe is a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, particularly present-day Indiana and surrounding areas, known for their central role in resistance to U.S. expansion in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Aliases (1)

Miami people (Algonquian-speaking tribe of the Midwest) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people of North America → Native American tribe →
alsoKnownAs	Myaamia → Myaamia people →
associatedWithPlace	Maumee River → Wabash River →
clanSystem	yes →
continent	North America →
culturalRegion	Eastern Woodlands →
culturalRevitalization	Miami language revitalization programs → educational partnerships with universities →
currentPopulationRegion	Indiana → Kansas → Ohio → Oklahoma → other Midwestern states →
ethnicGroupOf	United States →
experienced	forced removals in the 19th century → land cessions through treaties →
historicalRole	central role in resistance to U.S. expansion in the early 19th century → central role in resistance to U.S. expansion in the late 18th century →
languageFamily	Algonquian languages →
nameEtymology	possibly derived from an Algonquian term related to "downstream people" →
notableLeader	Jean Baptiste Richardville → Little Turtle →
originalRegion	Great Lakes region → present-day Illinois → present-day Indiana → present-day Michigan → present-day Ohio →
participatedIn	Battle of Fallen Timbers → Battle of the Wabash (St. Clair's Defeat) → Northwest Indian War →
recognizedTribalGovernment	Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana (state-recognized) → Miami Tribe of Oklahoma →
signedTreaty	Treaty of Greenville (1795) → Treaty of St. Marys (1818) →
timeDepth	pre-contact Indigenous society in the Great Lakes region →
traditionalDwellings	longhouses → wigwams →
traditionalLanguage	Miami-Illinois language →
traditionalReligion	animism → shamanism →
traditionalSubsistence	fishing → gathering wild plants → hunting → maize agriculture →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blue Jacket →	alliedWith
Little Turtle's War →	belligerent
Mayaimi people ("Miami people (Algonquian-speaking tribe of the Midwest)") →	distinctFrom
Northwest Indian War →	opponent