ARE A NATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MICHIGAN AND WESTERN OHIO. THE EARLY MIAMI BELONG TO THE FISHER TRADITION OF MISSISSIPPI CULTURE. THEY ARE MAIZE BASED AGRICULTURE, WITH CHIEFDOM SOCIAL STRUCTURE, WITH EXTENSIVE TRADE NETWORKS. THE MIAMI ENGAGED IN HUNTING. THEY MIGRATED FROM WISCONSIN IN 1650'S TO 1750'S AND SETTLED ON WABASH RIVER. THEY SPOKE ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGE MEANING "DOWNSTREAM PEOPLE".
FRENCH MISSIONARIES FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE MIAMI IN 1650'S AROUND LAKE MICHIGAN. THEY WERE PRESSURED THERE FROM THE IROQUOIS. IN 1696 THE FRENCH OUTPOSTS BEFRIENDED THE MIAMI. THEY ESTABLISHED A TRADING POST AT FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. BY THE 18TH CENTURY THE MIAMI HAD FOR THE MOST PART RETURNED TO INDIANA AND OHIO. NATIVE AMERICANS CREATED LARGE TRIBAL CONFEDERACIES. THE BRITISH MOVED INTO THEIR AREA AS WELL.
BY 1846 INDIAN REMOVAL SEPARATED THE MIAMI THOSE WHO HELD SEPARATE LAND ALLOTMENTS WERE ALLOWED TO STAY AS CITIZENS IN INDIANA. THOSE WHO AFFILIATED WITH THE TRIBE WERE MOVED TO A RESERVATION WEST OF MISSISSIPPI. THIS DIVIDE EXISTS TODAY. THE WESTERN TRIBE IS FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED AS 3500 FOLKS AND THEY LIVE IN OKLAHOMA. IN 1993 THE EASTERN MIAMI WERE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. IN A TREATY OF 1854.
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