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 14
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 (21)

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 ⓘ
Yellow Creek massacre → victim → Mingo people ⓘ
Mingoes → alternateName → Mingo people ⓘ
Logan the Orator → memberOf → Mingo people ⓘ
Yellow Creek massacre → victimGroup → Mingo people ⓘ
subject linked to: Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
Ohio Iroquois → alternateName → Mingo people ⓘ