Wea people

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The Wea people are a Native American tribe of the Great Lakes region, closely related to the Miami and historically located in what is now Indiana and surrounding areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American people
affectedBy Indian removal policies
closelyRelatedTo Miami people NERFINISHED
culturalArea Eastern Woodlands NERFINISHED
culturallyRelatedTo Kickapoo people NERFINISHED
Piankeshaw people NERFINISHED
Potawatomi people NERFINISHED
Shawnee people NERFINISHED
economyType gatherers
horticulturalists
hunters
encountered American settlers
British colonists
French colonists
engagedIn alliances with French in colonial wars
conflicts with American expansion
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
historicallyLocatedIn Illinois NERFINISHED
Indiana NERFINISHED
Ohio NERFINISHED
Wabash River valley NERFINISHED
languageFamily Algonquian languages
nameMeaning often interpreted as "people of the whirlpool" or related to a place on the Wabash River
nativeTo Great Lakes region
partOf Illinois Confederation NERFINISHED
presentIn Indiana NERFINISHED
Oklahoma NERFINISHED
region Midwestern United States
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
relocatedTo Kansas NERFINISHED
Oklahoma NERFINISHED
signedTreatyWith United States government NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Miami people
traditionalActivity bison hunting
deer hunting
fur trade participation
traditionalClothing buckskin garments
traditionalCrop beans
maize
squash
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalLanguage Miami-Illinois language NERFINISHED
Wea language
traditionalTransport canoes
usedLanguageVariety Miami-Illinois dialect NERFINISHED

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Miami Confederacy hasMember Wea people