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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 it occupied territory that is now identified as Indiana southwest Michigan and western Ohio. By 1846 most of the Miami had been removed to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is the only federally recognized tribe of Miami Indians in the United States.

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language
French language, Miami-Illinois language, English language
related
Kaskaskia, Peoria tribe, Illinois Confederation, Piankeshaw, Algonquian peoples, Wea
religion
Christianity
total population
3908

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