Piankashaw Indians
The Piankashaw Indians were a branch of the Miami Indians, who spoke an Algonquian language and lived apart from the Miami nation. The Algonquian Indians consisted of various tribes that spoke similar languages. The United States referred to the Piankashaws as a separate tribe in the Treaty of Greeneville. The Piankashaws were a small group of Indians who lived in Illinois and Indiana after 1600. In the late 1700s and the early 1800s, the Piankashaw Indians and the Wea Indians worked closely together, oftentimes sharing the same villages. The Piankashaw Indians did not play a major role in Ohio during the 1700s and the 1800s, but they did sign numerous treaties. In these agreements, the Piankashaws forfeited all claims to the land in what is now Ohio.
References and Suggested Reading
- Barr, Daniel P., ed. The Boundaries Between Us: Natives and Newcomers Along the Frontiers of the Old Northwest Territory, 1750-1850. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2006. - Available from Amazon.com
- Bond, Beverley W., Jr. The Foundations of Ohio. Columbus, OH: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1941.
- Hurt, R. Douglas. The Ohio Frontier: Crucible of the Old Northwest, 1720-1830. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1996. - Available from Amazon.com
- O'Donnell, James H., III. Ohio's First Peoples. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2004. - Available from Amazon.com
- Ricky, Donald B., ed. Encyclopedia of Ohio Indians. St. Clair Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers, Inc., 1998. - Available from Amazon.com
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