The Wea (Miami–Illinois: Waayaahtanwa) were a Miami–Illinois-speaking Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana. Historically, they were described as being either closely related to the Miami tribe or a sub-tribe of Miami.
Key facts
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- File:George Catlin - Go-to-ków-páh-ah, Stands by Himself, a Distinguished Brave - 1985.66.248 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg
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- Go-to-ków-páh-ah, He who Stands by Himself, a Wea warrior, oil portrait by George Catlin, 1830, collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- Ethnic group.group
- WeaWaayaahtanwa
- Ethnic group.population
- extinct as a tribe
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- United States (Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, descendants in Oklahoma)
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- Traditional tribal religion
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- Miami–Illinois
- Ethnic group.related
- Miami, Peoria, Kaskaskia
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- Name
- Language
- History
- Former village sites
- Signed treaties
- Notable Wea people
- Notes
- References
- External links
The Wea (Miami–Illinois: Waayaahtanwa) were a Miami–Illinois-speaking Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana. Historically, they were described as being either closely related to the Miami tribe or a sub-tribe of Miami.
Today, the descendants of the Wea, along with the Kaskaskia, Piankeshaw, and Peoria, are enrolled in the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe in Oklahoma.