Sample Chapter – Native Amerindian Tribes in Indiana in 1812

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The Algonquin Tribes of Indiana
Native Amerindian Tribes in Indiana in 1812

Algonquin Tribes of Indiana
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The Algonquin, or Eastern Woodlands Indian, tribes inhabited Indiana as the Europeans began penetrating the region in the 17th Century. The tribes in Indiana included the Shawnee, Lenape (Delaware), Miami, Potawatomie, Kickapoo, and others.
The Algonquin Tribes of Indiana relates the general culture, lifestyle, and agriculture of this vast family of Amerindian tribes.
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Native Amerindian Tribes in Indiana in 1812
On the eve of the war of 1812 native tribes still occupied the northern two thirds of the future state of Indiana. These tribes belong to the Algonquian grouping of North American tribes and included the Shawnee, Miami, Wea, Pottawatomie, Lenape (Delaware), Kickapoo, and Piankashaw.
Algonquian Tribes
The Algonquin tribes of Amerindians is a grouping of several tribes in North America with similar language and culture. The Algonquin family was the most widespread group in North America, with tribes located from the northeast to the western United States and into the south. Individual tribes of the Algonquin group originally numbered in the hundreds. Many of these tribes are extinct These tribes spoke different dialects of the language group. These tribes are classified according to geographic regions. These are:
Western Region
These tribes occupied the eastern Slope of the Rocky Mountains.
Blackfoot confederacy, which included the Siksika, Kainah, and Piegan; and other eastern states there are no liv Arapaho and Cheyenne.
Northern Region
This includes the tribes occupying the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes region.
Chippewa group, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Missisauga; Algonkin group, comprising the Nipissing, Temiscaming, into the Ohio valley, together with the Abittibi, and Algonkin.
Northeastern Division
This region includes the eastern part of Quebec, the Maritime Provinces, and eastern Maine in the United States. These tribes included the:
Montagnais group, composed of the Nascapee, Montagnais, Mistassin, Bersiamite, Abnaki group,the Micmac, Malecite, Passamaquoddy , Arosaguntacook, Sokoki, Penobscot, and Norridgewock.
Central Region
This region included the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.
Menominee; the Sauk group, including the Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo; Mascouten ; Potawatomi; Illinois branch of the Miami group, comprising the Peoria , Kaskaskia, Cahokia, Tamaroa, and and Michigamea ; Miami branch, composed of the Miami, Piankashaw and Wea.
Eastern Division
The Eastern division included the area along the Atlantic Coast. These tribes included Pennacook, Massachuset, Wampanoag, Narraganset, Nipmuc, Montauk, Mahican, Wappinger, Delaware, Shawnee, Nanticoke, Conoy, Powhatan, and Pamlico.

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