The Miami Indians were the predominant tribe of Indiana. The Sovereign Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Tribal Website; Population: 1984: Tribal enrollment 1,900. Real estate booms changed Miami overnight into an expanding metropolis and the construction of the Tamiami Trail in 1928 allowed non-Indians access to the fish and game. Box 1326 Miami, OK 74355 Phone: 1.918.542.1445 Fax: 1.918.542.7260 . The name Miami is used in several places in the United States, such as in Florida, but those names are derived from other Indian terms, and not from the Miami Indians.It is believed that the tribe’s name came from a word meaning “people of the peninsula.” Northeastern Oklahoma is the seat of government for the sovereign nation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. Santa Luces – Tribe briefly mentioned in Spanish records from the middle of the 18th century. 4. Miami Indians, who once primarily lived in the Midwest, now live in Oklahoma and Indiana. Architecture. They were first encountered by Europeans in the mid-1600s, when they were living in the Green Bay area of Wisconsin. Men wore their hair in mohawks, and women wore it braided or in a bun. Wea and Plankashaw, Bands of the Miami Tribe Unrecognized Tribe of Indiana, a 501(c)3 organization [edit | edit source] Santa Lucía was the name the Spanish gave to an Ais town where they had tried to establish a fort and mission in the 17th century. Cherokee men wore breechcloths, and Cherokee women wore skirts. The Miami tribe is a Native American group originally from the area south of Lake Michigan in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. All Miami people wore leather moccasins, a type of shoe. However, the most significant change came in 1947 when the U.S. Department of Interior declared most of the tribe’s ancestral land as part of Everglades National Park . Miami Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. It had a central firepit and a smoke hole to keep the inside smokefree. They also painted their faces on special occasions. The Nation maintains a 1,400-acre land base and many tribal businesses in and around Miami, OK. Surruque – Tribe that lived north of the Ais, possibly related to either Ais or the Jororos and Mayacas. However, all of the lands where the Miami have lived over time are still referred to as "Myaamionki" (the Place of the Myaamia). The Tequesta tribe lived on Biscayne Bay in what is now Miami-Dade County and at least until Pompano Beach. The Miami Indians lived in wigwams, which were small oval houses that had walls made from woven reeds or animal skins. Miami Indians (Chippewa: Omaumeg, ‘people who live on the peninsula’).An Algonquian tribe, usually designated by early English writers as Twightwees (twanhtwanh, the cry of a crane.Hewitt), from their own name, the earliest recorded notice of which is from information furnished in 1658 by Gabriel Druillettes 1 Jes. Erie Indians lived in fort-like communities which were within a palisade made up of logs. Their territory may have also included the northern half of Broward County and southern and central Palm Beach County. Take the Cherokee tribe for instance. The Erie Indians had very little interaction with the Europeans who visited North America, and thus did not acquire the firearms which allowed their Iroquois rivals to dominate them. During earlier times, Miami tribes' members did not don headdresses made with an abundance of feathers nor did they smear paint on their face. Compared to other tribes in the area, this was not too different. During the 1700s and 1800s, Miami women wore leggings and skirts and the men in the tribe wore breech cloths.