Moingona

Moingona
French map with the Moingona river
1718 French map showing a river named Moingona, the present-day Des Moines River. Highlighted area is present state of Iowa
Total population
extinct as a tribe, merged into the Peoria tribe[1]
Regions with significant populations
United States (Iowa)
Related ethnic groups
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma,[1] other tribes within the Miami-Illinois Confederacy

The Moingona or Moingwena (Miami-Illinois: mooyiinkweena)[2] were a historic Miami-Illinois tribe. They may have been close allies of or perhaps part of the Peoria. They were assimilated by that tribe and lost their separate identity about 1700. Today their descendants are enrolled in the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma,[1] a federally-recognized tribe.

  1. ^ a b c May, Jon D. "Moingwena". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ Costa, David J. “Miami-Illinois Tribe Names.” Papers of the Thirty-First Algonquian Conferences 31, no. 1 (2000).