Kekionga

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Kekionga was a major Miami Indian village and strategic stronghold near present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana, that served as a key focal point of conflict between Native American nations and the United States in the late 18th century.

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Label Occurrences
Kekionga canonical 3
Kiskakon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Miami village
historic Native American settlement
alsoKnownAs Kekionga Miami town
Kiskakon
linked to: Kekionga
archaeologicalStatus largely destroyed and built over
associatedWithEvent Battle of Fallen Timbers
Battle of Fort Recovery
Harmar campaign of 1790
Harmar’s Defeat
Little Turtle’s War
linked to: Little Turtle's War

Northwest Indian War
St. Clair’s Defeat
associatedWithPerson Little Turtle
Mishikinakwa (Little Turtle)
attackedBy U.S. forces under General Anthony Wayne
U.S. forces under General Arthur St. Clair
U.S. forces under General Josiah Harmar
cededIn Treaty of Greenville (1795)
conflictWith Northwest Indian Confederacy
United States
country United States
defendedBy Miami war chief Little Turtle
ethnicGroup Miami Nation
flourishedIn late 18th century
heritageDesignation important site in Indiana Native American history
inhabitedBy Miami people
languageUsed Miami-Illinois language
locatedIn Allen County, Indiana NERFINISHED
United States
present-day Fort Wayne, Indiana
locatedOn confluence of the St. Joseph, St. Marys, and Maumee rivers
modernSite downtown Fort Wayne area
partOf Great Lakes region
Miami homeland
politicalRole capital of the Miami Confederacy
meeting place for Native American councils
region Northwest Territory
Old Northwest
resultOfConflict U.S. construction of Fort Wayne
servedAs political center of the Miami people
principal village of the Miami
strategicImportance control point for portage between Maumee and Wabash rivers
important crossroads of Native American trails
key stronghold in the Old Northwest
succeededBy Fort Wayne
linked to: Fort Wayne, Indiana
timePeriod 18th century
treatyRelatedTo Treaty of Greenville (1795)

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Miami associatedWithPlace Kekionga
Kekionga alsoKnownAs Kiskakon
linked to: Kekionga
Battle of Kekionga location Kekionga