Miami people

The Miami (Miami–Illinois: Myaamiaki) are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, whose Miami–Illinois language is one of the Algonquian languages. They are a Great Lakes tribe, who historically occupied territory in present-day north-central Indiana, southwest Michigan, and western Ohio.

The Miami historically included several subgroups, such as the Piankeshaw, Wea, Pepikokia, Kilatika, Mengakonkia, and Atchakangouen. In last few centuries, Miami refers 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 is the federally recognized tribe of Miami Indians in the United States. The Miami Nation of Indiana is an unrecognized tribe that unsuccessfully sought separate recognition.