Wea

The Wea (Miami–Illinois: Waayaahtanwa) were a Miami–Illinois-speaking Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana. Historically, they were described as being either closely related to the Miami tribe or a sub-tribe of Miami.

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Ethnic group.image: File:George Catlin - Go-to-ków-páh-ah, Stands by Himself, a Distinguished Brave - 1985.66.248 - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg
Ethnic group.caption: Go-to-ków-páh-ah, He who Stands by Himself, a Wea warrior, oil portrait by George Catlin, 1830, collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Ethnic group.group: WeaWaayaahtanwa
Ethnic group.population: extinct as a tribe
Ethnic group.popplace: United States (Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, descendants in Oklahoma)
Ethnic group.rels: Traditional tribal religion
Ethnic group.langs: Miami–Illinois
Ethnic group.related: Miami, Peoria, Kaskaskia

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Name
Language
History
Former village sites
Signed treaties
Notable Wea people
Notes
References
External links

Today, the descendants of the Wea, along with the Kaskaskia, Piankeshaw, and Peoria, are enrolled in the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, a federally recognized tribe in Oklahoma.