Miami people

For the tribe in Florida, see Mayaimi. For the federally recognized tribe, see Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. For people from the Florida city, see List of people from Miami. Otherwise, see Miami (disambiguation).

"Miami Indian" redirects here. For the public art in Montpelier, Indiana, see Miami Indian (sculpture). For the minor league baseball team based in Miami, Oklahoma, see Miami Indians (baseball).

Miami
Myaamiaki

Kee-món-saw, Little Chief, a Miami chief, painting by George Catlin
Total population
3,908 (2011)
Regions with significant populations
U.S. (Oklahoma and Indiana)
Languages
English, Miami–Illinois, formerly French
Religion
Christianity, Indigenous religion
Related ethnic groups
Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankashaw, Wea, and other tribes within the Illinois Confederation

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The Miami (Miami–Illinois: Myaamiaki) are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, whose Miami–Illinois language is one of the Algonquian languages. They are a Great Lakes tribe, who historically occupied territory in present-day north-central Indiana, southwest Michigan, and western Ohio.

The Miami historically included several subgroups, such as the Piankeshaw, Wea, Pepikokia, Kilatika, Mengakonkia, and Atchakangouen. In last few centuries, Miami refers to the Atchakangouen. By 1846, most of the Miami had been forcefully displaced to Indian Territory (initially to what is now Kansas, and later to what is now part of Oklahoma).

The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is the federally recognized tribe of Miami Indians in the United States. The Miami Nation of Indiana is an unrecognized tribe that unsuccessfully sought separate recognition.