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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
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 ⓘ surface form: 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 of America ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Wabash (St. Clair's Defeat) Northwest Indian War ⓘ
recognizedTribalGovernment	Miami Nation of Indiana (unrecognized) ⓘ surface form: Miami Nation of Indians of Indiana (state-recognized) Miami Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ
signedTreaty	Treaty of Greenville ⓘ surface form: 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)

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

Blue Jacket → alliedWith → Miami tribe ⓘ

Little Turtle's War → belligerent → Miami tribe ⓘ

Mayaimi people → distinctFrom → Miami tribe ⓘ

this entity surface form: Miami people (Algonquian-speaking tribe of the Midwest)

Northwest Indian War → opponent → Miami tribe ⓘ