What is Miami people?
{{Infobox ethnic group | group = Miami<br />''Myaamiaki'' | image = [[File:Kee-món-saw, Little Chief, a Chief (George Catlin).jpg|200px]] | image_caption = ''Kee-món-saw, Little Chief'', Miami chief, painted by [[George Catlin]], 1830 | population = 3,908 (2011)<ref>[http://www.ok.gov/oiac/documents/2011.FINAL.WEB.pdf 2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424052416/http://www.ok.gov/oiac/documents/2011.FINAL.WEB.pdf |date=2012-04-24 }} ''Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission.'' 2011: 21. Retrieved 30 June 2013.</ref> | popplace = [[United States]]<br /> [[Oklahoma]] and [[Indiana]] | langs = [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Miami-Illinois language|Miami-Illinois]] | rels = [[Christianity]], Traditional tribal religion | related = [[Peoria (tribe)|Peoria]], [[Kaskaskia]], [[Piankashaw]], [[Wea]], [[Illinois Confederation|Illinois]], and other [[Algonquian peoples]] }} The '''Miami''' are a [[Native American]] Nation. They lived around the [[Great Lakes]] in parts of [[Indiana]], [[Michigan]] and [[Ohio]]. They were part of the [[Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands|Northeastern Woodlands]]. They are also part of the [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian language]] family. The Miami included the [[Piankeshaw]], [[Wea]], Pepikokia, Kilatika, Mengakonkia, and Atchakangouen. Most were forced to move to [[Indian Territory]] in the 19th century. The '''Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is''' the only Miami people tribe recognized by the [[Federal government of the United States|US Government]]. == History == The Miami were originally part of the [[Mississippian culture|Mississippian Culture]]. They moved North around the [[Great Lakes]]. Conflict with the [[Iroquois]] in the [[Beaver Wars]] reduced the population. The Miami eventually went back to their territory in the 18th century. There was conflict with American settlers after the [[Treaty of Paris (17