Wea tribe

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The Wea tribe is a Native American people of the Algonquian language family historically associated with the Wabash River region in present-day Indiana and neighboring areas.

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Label Occurrences
Wea tribe canonical 5

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American tribe
alliedWith other Wabash River tribes
colonialContactWith France
Great Britain
United States
conflictWith United States during Northwest Indian War
continent North America
country United States
culturalAffiliation Algonquian peoples
culturalPractice corn-based agriculture
seasonal migration within homeland
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands
displacementCause 19th-century Indian removal policies
U.S. westward expansion
ethnicGroupOf United States
geographicFeatureAssociated Wabash River
historicalEra colonial era
early United States period
pre-Columbian North America
historicalRegion Midwestern United States
Wabash River valley
linked to: Wabash Valley

present-day Indiana
language Miami-Illinois language
Wea language
linked to: Wewewa language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
originalHomeland Wabash River
eastern Illinois
present-day western Indiana
partOfLargerGrouping Miami-Illinois peoples
linked to: Illinois peoples
peopleNameInLanguageFamily Algonquian
linked to: Algonquian peoples
presentDayDescendants Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
other Miami-Illinois descendant communities
region Great Lakes region
relatedEthnicGroup Illinois Confederation
Kickapoo
Miami tribe
Piankashaw
religion traditional Native American spirituality
traditionalEconomy fur trade
traditionalHousing wigwams
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
maize agriculture
treatyPartyWith United States government

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Referenced by (5)

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

Treaty of Grouseland signatory Wea tribe
subject linked to: Treaty of Grouseland (1805)
Treaty of the Wabash signatory Wea tribe