Miami Tribe Research Paper

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The Miami Tribe now lives in all fifty states, but home started in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The tribe was forced out of their homes during the Indian Removals (History). According to the Kansas Historical Society, “At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson believed that American Indians could be moved from the East to lands in the new territory” (Indian Removal Act). Nowadays, there are two main Miami groups. There is one group in Indiana that has about two thousand five hundred members in it. There is also a group in Oklahoma that is about five thousand people who are associated with the Miami Tribe. Although there are two seperate Miami Tribes, they still have similar values (Redish).
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