Wea
Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see WEA (disambiguation).
The Wea were a Miami-Illinois-speaking Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana. Historically, they were described as either being closely related to the Miami Tribe or a sub-tribe of Miami.[1]
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United States (Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, descendants in Oklahoma) | |
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Miami-Illinois | |
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Miami, Peoria, and Kaskaskia |
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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.[2][3]