{"id":1952,"date":"2024-07-01T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/?page_id=1952"},"modified":"2025-12-19T14:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:25:57","slug":"indiana-native-peoples","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/indigenous-inclusion-and-engagement\/indiana-native-peoples\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Native Peoples"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Indigenous Inclusion and Engagement Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/indigenous-inclusion-and-engagement\/about-the-working-group\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >About the Working Group<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/indigenous-inclusion-and-engagement\/engagement-at-butler\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Engagement at Butler<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/indigenous-inclusion-and-engagement\/programs-and-events\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Programs and Events<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/indiana-native-peoples\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Indiana Native Peoples<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/indigenous-inclusion-and-engagement\/land-acknowledgements\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Land Acknowledgements<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.butler.edu\/indigenous\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" target=\"_blank\">Indigenous Studies LibGuide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/indigenous-inclusion-and-engagement\/recommended-resources\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Recommended Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-indiana-native-peoples\">Indiana Native Peoples<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Written histories of the native peoples in the Great Lakes region begin in the 1600s when French Jesuit missionaries described the people they encountered. Oral histories of the native peoples who were living there, however, extend thousands of years earlier, describing important developments in the creation of the land, the people, and their traditions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many Indigenous groups lived in what is now the state of Indiana, including the Myaamiaki (Miami), Bodewadmi (Potawatomi), Lenape (Delaware), Saawanwa (Shawnee), Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo), and Peouaroua (Peoria). These groups were all named in the Treaty of St. Mary&#8217;s (1818), which ceded lands to the United States. Historical records name other Indigenous groups that lived in Indiana as well, including the Ottawa, Wea, Piankashaw, Wyandot, Kaskaskia, and Eel River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within only a few years, however,&nbsp;government officials&nbsp;in Indiana began petitioning&nbsp;the federal government to invalidate this and other treaties&nbsp;and remove&nbsp;Native Peoples entirely from&nbsp;the state. Eventually they&nbsp;succeeded.&nbsp;In November 1840, the Miami&nbsp;signed The Treaty of the Forks of the Wabash which ceded all of their land in Indiana in exchange for&nbsp;lands&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Kansas Territory.&nbsp;Despite efforts by&nbsp;some Miami&nbsp;to remain on&nbsp;family&nbsp;allotments&nbsp;established years earlier,&nbsp;the U.S. Army rounded up and forcibly&nbsp;expelled&nbsp;the Miami&nbsp;from their ancestral homelands&nbsp;in 1846 as&nbsp;part of a&nbsp;larger&nbsp;federal policy of Indian Removal&nbsp;to remove all Native Peoples east of the Mississippi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While\u00a0this\u00a0Removal was devastating, it was not entirely successful. Some Native Peoples remained.\u00a0Others returned in the decades that followed. Today, there are approximately 25,000 Native American people living in Indiana. However, this number is less than 1% of the population, and\u00a0none of the\u00a0three\u00a0largest groups\u00a0represented are from the ancestral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.incontext.indiana.edu\/2013\/nov-dec\/article4.asp\">tribes who lived in the state before Removal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While&nbsp;there are no federally recognized tribes in Indiana, two\u2014the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi based in Michigan&nbsp;and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma\u2014have regained lands in Indiana.&nbsp;Further, the&nbsp;many Native Peoples who live in Indiana continue to&nbsp;practice their traditional customs&nbsp;as they \u201cwalk in two worlds,\u201d an expression that captures the challenges of living in ways faithful to one\u2019s ancestors in a world&nbsp;structured by capitalism and settler colonialism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Indiana\u2019s&nbsp;Native&nbsp;communities, check out the resources below and look for local events such as powwows&nbsp;to witness firsthand the resiliency, power, and vibrancy of&nbsp;contemporary Indiana Native cultures today.&nbsp;As you do, be sure to&nbsp;explore each Native community to get a sense of the diverse traditions&nbsp;that distinguish one group from another.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-learn-more\">Learn More<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Powwows in Indiana: <a href=\"https:\/\/firstnations.indiana.edu\/powwow\/index.html\">IU,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andersontownpowwow.org\/\">Andersontown,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiindians.org\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All Nations Gathering<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ala.org\/aboutala\/diversity\/land-acknowledgement\/indgenous-tribes-indiana\">Brief History and Links to Native Nations in Indiana<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/iara\/services-for-public\/search-archives-holdings\/land-records\/#Native%20American%20Land%20Records\">Indiana Archives<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/inaiac\/\">Indiana Native American Indian Affairs Commission<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianamuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/ED_Trunk_Manual_Native_American_2020_Links.pdf\">K-12 Learning Resources on Indigenous Peoples in Indiana<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The American Indian Center of Indiana, Inc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"parent":904,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1952","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Indiana Native Peoples - Diversity, Equity &amp; 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