Wea tribe

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The Wea tribe is a Native American people of the Algonquian language family historically associated with the Wabash River region in present-day Indiana and neighboring areas.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wea tribe canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
alliedWith other Wabash River tribes ⓘ
colonialContactWith France ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
United States ⓘ
conflictWith United States during Northwest Indian War ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalAffiliation Algonquian peoples ⓘ
culturalPractice corn-based agriculture ⓘ
seasonal migration within homeland ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
displacementCause 19th-century Indian removal policies ⓘ
U.S. westward expansion ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
geographicFeatureAssociated Wabash River ⓘ
historicalEra colonial era ⓘ
early United States period ⓘ
pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
historicalRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Wabash River valley ⓘ
linked to: Wabash Valley

present-day Indiana ⓘ
language Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
Wea language ⓘ
linked to: Wewewa language
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
originalHomeland Wabash River ⓘ
eastern Illinois ⓘ
present-day western Indiana ⓘ
partOfLargerGrouping Miami-Illinois peoples ⓘ
linked to: Illinois peoples
peopleNameInLanguageFamily Algonquian ⓘ
linked to: Algonquian peoples
presentDayDescendants Miami Tribe of Oklahoma ⓘ
other Miami-Illinois descendant communities ⓘ
region Great Lakes region ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Illinois Confederation ⓘ
Kickapoo ⓘ
Miami tribe ⓘ
Piankashaw ⓘ
religion traditional Native American spirituality ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fur trade ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwams ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyPartyWith United States government ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Treaty of Grouseland → signatory → Wea tribe ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Grouseland (1805)
Treaty of the Wabash → signatory → Wea tribe ⓘ