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3 (4) Important places for the Miami Indians are Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio.  These places are important to the Miami Indians because this is where they originally began their tribe.  It is also important to them because most of the Miami Indians now live in their original homelands, like Ohio and Illinois.

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“Miami Indians.” Miami Indians, Randall Schaetzl

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The Miami Indians women wore skirts while the men wore breech clothes. They would wear skirts in the summer. The men didn't wear pants in the winter. They would wear leather moccasins on their feet. Sometimes, they would wear a headband with a couple of red feathers in it. The women would have long hair while the men had Mohawks. The men and women would paint their faces for different occasions. This is a picture of a man wearing the red feathers. Also, it shows a guy have a small Mohawk.

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The Miami Indians lived in oval houses that were small. These houses were made with woven reeds. The women wore skirts while the men wore breech clothes. The men would wear pants in the winter. They would have crops, and the men would go hunting for buffalo. Their crops included corn, beans, and squash. The environment affected the Miami Indians because they could grow crops with the weather that they had. They interacted with the environment by going out and hunting, so they could have food and clothing. This is a picture of the Miami Indians getting off of their horses, so they could shoot the buffalo. They would shoot the buffalo for food and clothing.

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The Miami Indians lived in the Midwest region. They lived in the Eastern Woodlands. They had warm summers and cold winters. They lived by the Mississippi River. The soil in the Eastern Woodlands are fertile. Finding food is very easy in the summer because they had multiple animals. In the winter, it is hard to find food. This picture shows the winter. This shows the animals roaming around in a village. The hunter is killing the animals.

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The Miami Indians believed in spirits known as manitous. They would try to gain powers from these spirits. They believed that the spirits could take the shape of animals, humans, and plants. The men would try to contact a manitou in their dream, so the manitou could become the mans guardian spirit. The men would gain power in return for sacrifices and respect. Public and private sacrifices of food were made to gain power from specific mantious. This is a picture of one of the Miami Indians dreaming. They are dreaming about trying to make contact with a spirit, so they could get powers.

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The Miami Indians would trade fur for copper, obsidian, and stone. The Miami Indians were moved down to Oklahoma. They would travel using canoes. They would make the canoes by hollowing out a tree. Whenever they would travel by land, they would use dogs or other animals to help carry their backpacks. Also, the animals would pull sleds. This is a picture of a tree that the Miami Indians hollowed out. It shows how the canoe works in the water.

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The Miamis seemed to have good relationships with other tribes and would trade goods throughout. As they continued to trade with the other tribes they grew wealthier, and as a result, they built European style log houses to live in, and also dressed in European style clothing. Although the Europeans had an influence on new ways of life, the Miami’s continued to follow their own traditions and maintain their active life as a tribe.
The Miami Indians settled near rivers like the Mississippi river, the Ohio River, and the Great Lakes.This picture represents where the Miami Indians settled, along the major rivers in the midwest.

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The Miami Indians spoke Algonquian. This language is spoken primarily around Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and by some parts of the Mississippi River. They first documented the language in the 18th and 19th centuries by French missionaries. A person named Jacques Gravier made a dictionary of the Miami. This has helped people gather information about bringing back the language. This is a dictionary of the language that the Miami Indians spoke.  Their language was called Algonquian and a lot of different tribes spoke this language.

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The Absolute location of Piankashaw brand of the Miami were located at these coordinates: 38°41'23.4"N 87°31'18.0"W.
This map shows the different tribes that were located in Indiana. You can see that the Miamis lived in the northern region of the state.

Relative Location - Caleb
The relative location of the Piankashaw brand of the Miami was located in Vincennes, Indiana. Vincennes is a city off of US 41.  Vincennes University is also in Vincennes.  Vincennes is located on the border between Illinois and Indiana, along the blue line.