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In modern times, Miami is used more specifically to refer to the Atchakangouen. By 1846, most of the Miami had been forcefully displaced to Indian Territory (initially to what is now Kansas, and later to what is now part of Oklahoma). The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma are the federally recognized tribe of Miami Indians in
The first written mention of the tribe is from 1673. [5] French explorers wrote about them in the 17th and early 18th centuries. Another Miami sub-tribe, the Pepikokia were a separate tribe until 1742 but then later became part of the Wea tribe. [6] In the 18th century, the Wea, Miami, and Piankashaw remained distinct tribes. [7]
Miami County is a county located in east-central Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. [3] Its county seat and most populous city is Paola. [4] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 34,191. [1] The county was named for the Miami tribe.
The Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma is headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma. [2] Their tribal jurisdictional area is in Ottawa County, in the northeast corner of the state. Of the 3,713 enrolled tribal members, some 777 live within the state of Oklahoma. Craig Harper is the tribe's elected Chief, and is serving a four-year term. [1]
Paola / p eɪ ˈ oʊ l ə / is a city in and the county seat of Miami County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 5,768. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The word Cahokia has several different meanings, referring to different peoples and often leading to misconceptions and confusion. Cahokia can refer to the physical mounds, a settlement that turned into a still existing small town in Illinois, the original mound builders of Cahokia who belonged to a larger group known as the Mississippians, or the Illinois Confederation subtribe of peoples who ...
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Treaties signed with the Miami in 1838 and 1840 forced Slocum's Miami community to consider removal from Indiana to Kansas Territory. In these treaties the Miami ceded all but a small portion of their remaining tribal lands in Indiana to the federal government, and in 1840 they also agreed to move west of the Mississippi River within five years.