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 in the late 18th century and subsequent displacement to reservations.

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Miami canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
colonialContactWith British colonists ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRevitalizationEffort Miami cultural education programs ⓘ
Miami language revitalization ⓘ
currentReservation Miami Tribe of Oklahoma jurisdiction ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
experienced displacement to reservations ⓘ
forcedRemoval ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe Miami Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
historicalTerritory Maumee River valley ⓘ
linked to: Maumee River

Wabash River valley ⓘ
linked to: Wabash Valley
involvedIn Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
Battle of the Wabash ⓘ
Northwest Indian War ⓘ
language Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
nativeTo Great Lakes region ⓘ
present-day Illinois ⓘ
present-day Indiana ⓘ
present-day Michigan ⓘ
present-day Ohio ⓘ
notableLeader Little Turtle ⓘ
Mishikinakwa ⓘ
playedRoleIn resistance to U.S. expansion in the Old Northwest ⓘ
populationTrend decline after European contact ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Illinois peoples ⓘ
Kickapoo ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
Treaty of St. Marys (1818) ⓘ
Treaty of the Wabash ⓘ
stateRecognizedTribe Miami Nation of Indiana ⓘ
traditionalHousing longhouses ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ

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