Mingo people

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The Mingo people were an Iroquoian-speaking Native American group, primarily of Seneca origin, who migrated to the Ohio Country and became known for their role in 18th-century frontier conflicts and alliances.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mingo people canonical 8
Mingo 4
Kanawha (Native American people) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iroquoian-speaking people
Native American people
alliedWith British Empire
French colonial forces
various American Indian groups in the Ohio Country
alternativeName Mingo Seneca
linked to: Mingo people

Mingoes
Ohio Iroquois
Ohio Seneca
linked to: Seneca nation
conflictedWith American colonial settlers
United States
culturalAffiliation Iroquois Confederacy
descentSystem matrilineal
economy fishing
fur trade
hunting
maize agriculture
ethnicOrigin Iroquois
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
ethnogenesisPeriod 18th century
formedFrom Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation

other Iroquois groups
historicalRole participants in 18th-century frontier conflicts
participants in Lord Dunmore's War
participants in the American Revolutionary War
participants in the French and Indian War
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
locatedInThePast Ohio Country
present-day Ohio
present-day West Virginia
upper Ohio River valley
western Pennsylvania
migrationDirection from New York and Pennsylvania into the Ohio Country
modernDescendants Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation

Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma
Tonawanda Band of Seneca
nameEtymology derived from Algonquian term often glossed as "stealthy" or "treacherous"
notableLeader Guyasuta
Logan the Orator
Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
partOf Iroquois diaspora
linked to: Iroquoian peoples
politicalStatus not a full member of the Iroquois Confederacy
primaryLanguage Seneca language
relatedEthnicGroup Cayuga people
linked to: Cayuga nation

Mohawk people
Oneida people
linked to: Oneida nation

Onondaga people
linked to: Onondaga nation

Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
religion traditional Iroquoian spiritual practices
socialOrganization clan-based society
timeOfMajorMigration early 18th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

Treaty of Fort Harmar signatory Mingo
linked to: Mingo people
Battle of the Wabash involvedTribe Mingo
linked to: Mingo people
Battle of Fallen Timbers combatant Mingo
linked to: Mingo people
Mingo County namedAfter Mingo people
Pontiac's War hasParticipant Mingo
linked to: Mingo people
Mingo Junction, Ohio namedFor Mingo people
Michael Cresap associatedWith Mingo people
Kanawha River namedAfter Kanawha (Native American people)
linked to: Mingo people
Lord Dunmore’s War opponent Mingo communities
linked to: Mingo people
Mingo people alternativeName Mingo Seneca
linked to: Mingo people
Muskingum River region inhabitedBy Mingo people
Logan (Mingo leader) memberOf Mingo people