Miami

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The Miami are a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, known for their central role in resistance to U.S. expansion during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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Label Occurrences
Miami canonical 12
Miami (Myaamia) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
activePeriodInResistance early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Fort Wayne, Indiana ⓘ
Kekionga ⓘ
colonialContactWith British colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
culturalInstitution Myaamia Center at Miami University (Ohio) ⓘ
culturalRevitalizationEffort Miami-Illinois language revitalization ⓘ
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Miami Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ
currentStateRecognizedTribe Miami Nation of Indiana ⓘ
ethnonym Miami ⓘ
experiencedProcess forced removal ⓘ
involvedInConflict Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
Battle of the Wabash ⓘ
Northwest Indian War ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
nativeName Myaamia ⓘ
notableLeader Francis Godfroy ⓘ
Jean Baptiste Richardville ⓘ
Little Turtle ⓘ
Mishikinakwa ⓘ
originalRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
present-day Illinois ⓘ
present-day Indiana ⓘ
present-day Michigan ⓘ
present-day Ohio ⓘ
present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
playedRoleIn resistance to United States expansion in the Old Northwest ⓘ
primaryLanguageHistorically Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Illinois Confederation ⓘ
Peoria ⓘ
Piankashaw ⓘ
Wea ⓘ
removedTo Indian Territory ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
Treaty of St. Marys (1818) ⓘ
Treaty of the Wabash (1840) ⓘ
traditionalHousing longhouses ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ
traditionalReligion Midewiwin practices ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ

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