Talk:Miami tribe

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There are still quite a few Miami in Indiana, not all of them descendants of Richardville. Just because they ceased to be federally recognized in the late 19th century doesn't mean they all disappeared. --Jpbrenna 03:03, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tribal relations

The relationship between the Miami, Wea, and Piankeshaw continues to confuse me, at times. Some sources seem to indicate they had a common association and were essentially one people divided by distance. Other sources read more like they had nothing in common.

I'm also trying to figure out if the Kickapoo were somehow related. They had an Algonquian language and had a village on the Wabash between the Wea at Ouiatenon and the Piankeshaw at Vincennes. But I haven't read anything that says they were as close tied to the other nations. Mingusboodle (talk) 17:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The Miami, Wea, Piankashaw, and Peoria all spoke the same language. They were culturally very similar. The Kickapoo were more like cousins in that they spoke a different Algonquian language which was similar to the language of the Miamis, but not mutually intelligible. However, they often had close cultural ties or alliances with the Miamis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.245.42.213 (talk) 04:03, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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