| Lcnaf uri | http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85145819 |
| Organization name | Wea indians |
| Other names | Weas;Ouachtenons;Wea Tribe |
| Org type | Indian group |
| Bio notes | Also known as Ouiatenon, Ouiateno. Speakers of the Miami-Illinois branch of the Algonquian dialect, the Wea were historically located in western Indiana. They were involved with, but distinct from, the Miami Nation, as indicated by their separate treatment in the Treaty of Greenville (1794). In the late 18th and early 19th century they enjoyed a close relationship with the Piankeshaw tribe, with whom they often shared villages. In 1820 the Wea ceded Indiana land, remaining in Missouri and Illinois until 1832, when at the height of Indian Removal they agreed to relocate to a Kansas Reservation. Here they formed the Peoria confederacy with their relative tribes the Kaskaskia, Peoria, and Piankeshaw, in 1854. |
| Citations | http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Wea_Indians?rec=642 |
A Brief Account of the Proceedings of the Committee Appointed by the Yearly Meeting of Friends, Held in Baltimore for Promoting the Improvement and Civilization of the Indian Natives
Baltimore Yearly Meeting Indian Committee Minutes, 1795-1815
A Mission to the Indians from the Indian Committee of Baltimore Yearly Meeting to Fort Wayne, in 1804
Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook
Life of Thomas Eddy