Mingo people

E273140

The Mingo people were an Iroquoian-speaking Native American group, primarily of Seneca origin, who migrated to the Ohio Country and became known for their role in 18th-century frontier conflicts and alliances.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mingo people canonical 14
Mingo 4
Kanawha (Native American people) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Iroquoian-speaking people
Native American people
alliedWith British Empire
French colonial forces
various American Indian groups in the Ohio Country
alternativeName Mingo Seneca
linked to: Mingo people

Mingoes
Ohio Iroquois
Ohio Seneca
linked to: Seneca nation
conflictedWith American colonial settlers
United States
culturalAffiliation Iroquois Confederacy
descentSystem matrilineal
economy fishing
fur trade
hunting
maize agriculture
ethnicOrigin Iroquois
linked to: Haudenosaunee

Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
ethnogenesisPeriod 18th century
formedFrom Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation

other Iroquois groups
historicalRole participants in 18th-century frontier conflicts
participants in Lord Dunmore's War
participants in the American Revolutionary War
participants in the French and Indian War
languageFamily Iroquoian languages
locatedInThePast Ohio Country
present-day Ohio
present-day West Virginia
upper Ohio River valley
western Pennsylvania
migrationDirection from New York and Pennsylvania into the Ohio Country
modernDescendants Seneca Nation of Indians
linked to: Seneca nation

Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma
Tonawanda Band of Seneca
nameEtymology derived from Algonquian term often glossed as "stealthy" or "treacherous"
notableLeader Guyasuta
Logan the Orator
Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
partOf Iroquois diaspora
linked to: Iroquoian peoples
politicalStatus not a full member of the Iroquois Confederacy
primaryLanguage Seneca language
relatedEthnicGroup Cayuga people
linked to: Cayuga nation

Mohawk people
Oneida people
linked to: Oneida nation

Onondaga people
linked to: Onondaga nation

Seneca people
linked to: Seneca nation
religion traditional Iroquoian spiritual practices
socialOrganization clan-based society
timeOfMajorMigration early 18th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Fort Harmar signatory Mingo
linked to: Mingo people
Battle of the Wabash involvedTribe Mingo
linked to: Mingo people
Battle of Fallen Timbers combatant Mingo
linked to: Mingo people
Mingo County namedAfter Mingo people
Pontiac's War hasParticipant Mingo
linked to: Mingo people
Mingo Junction, Ohio namedFor Mingo people
Michael Cresap associatedWith Mingo people
Kanawha River namedAfter Kanawha (Native American people)
linked to: Mingo people
Lord Dunmore’s War opponent Mingo communities
linked to: Mingo people
Mingo people alternativeName Mingo Seneca
linked to: Mingo people
Muskingum River region inhabitedBy Mingo people
Logan (Mingo leader) memberOf Mingo people
Yellow Creek massacre victim Mingo people
Mingoes alternateName Mingo people
Logan the Orator memberOf Mingo people
Yellow Creek massacre victimGroup Mingo people
subject linked to: Tah-gah-jute (Logan)
Ohio Iroquois alternateName Mingo people