Total population | |
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no longer a distinct tribe, merged into the rest of the Miami people[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
United States (Indiana) | |
Languages | |
Miami–Illinois language | |
Religion | |
Indigenous religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Wea, Piankashaw, and other Miami people[1] |
The Eel River were a historic Native American tribe from Indiana.[1]
At the time of European contact in the mid-18th century, the tribe lived the northern Eel River, a tributary of the Wabash River in what is now Cass County, Indiana.[1]
They were a sub-tribe of the Miami people and spoke an Algonquian language.[1]