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Native Americans remaining in Indiana settled on privately owned land and eventually merged into the majority culture, although some retained ties to their Native American heritage. Members of the Miami Nation of Indiana concentrated along the Wabash River, while other Native Americans settled in Indiana's urban centers. In 2000 the state's ...
The massacre was the first Native American attack against U.S. settlers in Indiana during the War of 1812. It is sometimes stated to be part of the larger conflict between the U.S. and Native Americans in the Northwest Territory, [ 8 ] though other historians point to previous interactions between the Natives and their victims as a source of ...
One of the Indians flourished his tomahawk and exclaimed exultantly "Waugh! Big Indian me". Mr. Harper, the plain white man, replied: "Yes, big Indian you, to run down and brain a defenseless squaw!" Then raising his gun, he added: "For a fip I'd put a bullet through your cowardly heart." But the Indians sneaked off to seek a more appreciative ...
Pages in category "Native American history of Indiana" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Eel River were a historic Native American tribe from Indiana. [1] At the time of European contact in the mid-18th century, the tribe lived the northern Eel River, a tributary of the Wabash River in what is now Cass County, Indiana. [1] They were a sub-tribe of the Miami people and spoke an Algonquian language. [1]
The primary Native American languages in Indiana are Miami-Illinois and Potawatomi; the largest number of place names on this list are from these two languages. Some place names are derived from other native languages, such as Kickapoo, Shawnee, and the Delaware languages Munsee and Unami. These are all Algonquian languages.
The history of human activity in Indiana, a U.S. state in the Midwest, stems back to the migratory tribes of Native Americans who inhabited Indiana as early as 8000 BC. . Tribes succeeded one another in dominance for several thousand years and reached their peak of development during the period of the Mississippian cu
Parker was one of two Native Americans to reach the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War. Many Native Americans served in the military during the Civil War, on both sides. [99] By fighting with the whites, Native Americans hoped to gain favor with the prevailing government by supporting the war effort. [99] [100]