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.

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Label Occurrences
Miami canonical 17
Maimi 1

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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)

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