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General Overview: The Miami is a group of Algonquin speaking Indian tribes. The Miami tribe was one of the largest and most influential groups on the Ohio Valley during the 18th century. They called themselves Twatwa, a word for the cry of the crane, the symbol of one of their principal clans. The Miami were driven out of their homelands by marauding Iroquois war parties in the 1640's and began a series of migrations to the present day Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio before resettling in Indiana early in the 18th century.
The Miami tribes were divided into clans. They could not merry within their own clan. All the children were counted with the clan of their father. Miami men were allowed to merry more than once. They had many wives which were thought of as wealth.
diseases killed off many of the Miami people. Diseases like the smallpox, measles, bubonic plague were the worst diseases of all.

	Food- Corn was their main crop. Their villages were completely surrounded by fields of corn. they raised corn, small fruits, and vegetables. They also hunted game, fish, nuts, berries, and roots for food.
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	*Shelter- They had dome shaped houses for shelter.*
	*Culture-* Entertainment: Forms of gambling were popular. The bowl game was popular with the women, they would sometimes play for days at a time. Shooting arrows at things thrown in the air was also a way of passing time. Miami tribes also liked games of strength and skill like swimming and wrestling. *Religion:* *Arts:* Family Life: The Miami were divided into clans. They could not marry within their own clan. All children were counted with the clan of their father. Each clan had its own chief. The chief was an hereditary office and was handed down to the father's eldest son. If he had no son then it went to his oldest sister's son. One account said that it always went to the oldest sister's son. If there were more than one then the mother would purposefully put her son forward in the clan.