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Pages in category "Native American tribes in Indiana" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Indigenous Tribes of Indiana. [2] Miami. Wea - The Wea were a Miami-Illinois-speaking people. Piankeshaw - The Piankeshaw, Piankashaw or Pianguichia Peoples are members of the Miami Indians. Potawatomi - The Potawatomi call themselves Neshnabé. Kickapoo - The Kickapoo People (Kickapoo: Kiikaapoa or Kiikaapoi) are an Algonquian-speaking people.
In July 2018 the United States' Federal Register issued an official list of 573 tribes that are Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. [ 1] The Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana became the 574th tribe to gain federal recognition on December 20, 2019.
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
Anderson, Indiana, is named after Chief William Anderson (Kikthawenund), whose father was Swedish. The Lenape village in Indiana was called Anderson's Town, while the Lenape village in Missouri on the James River was often called Anderson's Village. The tribes' cabins and cornfields were spread out along the James River and Wilsons Creek. [90]
Miami people. The Miami ( Miami–Illinois: Myaamiaki) are a Native American nation originally speaking one of the Algonquian languages. Among the peoples known as the Great Lakes tribes, they occupied territory that is now identified as north-central Indiana, southwest Michigan, and western Ohio.
The Miami Nation of Indiana (also known as the Miami Nation of Indians of the State of Indiana) is a group of individuals who identify as Miami and have organized as a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization. The group's headquarters are at Peru, Indiana. The Indiana Miami, or Eastern Miami, signed a treaty with the United States on June 5, 1854 ...
Okeechobee County – from the Hitchiti words oki (water) and chobi (big), a reference to Lake Okeechobee, the largest lake in Florida. Osceola County – named after Osceola, the Native American leader who led the Second Seminole War. Sarasota County. Seminole County – named after the Seminole Native American tribe.