Miami

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The Miami were a Native American people of the Great Lakes region, known for their involvement in 18th-century conflicts with European powers and the United States before their forced relocation westward.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Miami canonical 29
Maimi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
alliedWith British Empire ⓘ
New France ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalArea Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
currentPopulationCenter Indiana ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Kansas, Georgia

Oklahoma ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
ethnonym Myaamia ⓘ
experienced forced relocation ⓘ
federalRecognitionStatus Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is federally recognized ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
involvedIn American Revolutionary War (as Native allies and opponents of U.S. expansion) ⓘ
French and Indian War ⓘ
Northwest Indian War ⓘ
Seven Years' War in North America ⓘ
language Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
linguisticBranch Central Algonquian ⓘ
mainRiverBasin Maumee River ⓘ
Wabash River ⓘ
notableLeader Jean Baptiste Richardville ⓘ
Little Turtle ⓘ
Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle) ⓘ
Pacanne ⓘ
opposed United States westward expansion ⓘ
originalRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
present-day Illinois ⓘ
present-day Indiana ⓘ
present-day Michigan ⓘ
present-day Ohio ⓘ
present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
religion traditional Native American spirituality ⓘ
relocatedTo Indian Territory ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
stateRecognitionStatus Miami Nation of Indiana is state-recognized only ⓘ
traditionalHousing longhouses ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyPartyTo Treaty of Greenville (1795) ⓘ
Treaty of Mississinewas (1826) ⓘ
Treaty of St. Mary's (1818) ⓘ
Treaty of Wabash (1840) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

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

Mayami → nameVariant → Maimi ⓘ
linked to: Miami
Odawa → relatedEthnicGroup → Miami ⓘ
Little Turtle → ethnicity → Miami ⓘ
Miami → ethnonym → Miami ⓘ
Miami Nation of Indiana → ethnonym → Miami ⓘ
Miami-Illinois → hasDialect → Miami ⓘ
Mishikinakwa → ethnicity → Miami ⓘ
Tacumwah → ethnicity → Miami ⓘ
Tacumwah → culture → Miami ⓘ
Mishikinakwa → culturalHeritage → Miami ⓘ
subject linked to: Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle)
Peoria → relatedEthnicGroup → Miami ⓘ
Francis Godfroy → tribe → Miami ⓘ