Miami
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| Subdivision of: | North American League |
| Cities: | |
| Capital: | Kekionga (Fort Sainte-Philippe) |
| Largest: | Fort Sainte-Philippe, Pickawillany (Pinkwaawileniaki) |
| Other: | Gnadenhütten, Chillicothe (Chala'ka'tha), |
| Languages: | |
| Official: | Miami, English, Francien |
| Others: | Iroquois dialects, German dialects, Hungarian, Slevanjek, Ruthenian |
| King: | ???]) |
| Area: | c. ??? square miles |
| Population: | ??? persons |
| Established: | 18??, Reunification |
| Admission to NAL: | 1835 (26th) |
Miami is a native province in the northwest, bordering two of the Great Lakes. The Miami nation is closely related to the Illinoise nation.
Administrative Divisions
Miami is divided into 6 provinces
- Atchakangouen (also Atchatchakangouen or Greater Miami)
- Kilatika
- Mengkonkia (Mengakonia)
- Pepikokia
- Piankeshaw (Newcalenous)
- Wea (Ouiatenon)
History
In the early 17th century, when the Miami first encountered Europeans, they were living near Lake Michigan, having been pushed there by the Aquanishuonigy. By the 18th century, they had regained much of their eastern lands, reaching their current extent.
Shortly after the formation of the North American League, leaders from the Six Nations began talking with the Miami and other native nations in the northwest. The various Miami chiefs met in Kekionga to form a more unified entity. They chose to adopt a monarchical system, and the first King, ???, began a program of modernization.
In 1825, King ??? approached the Council Fire to seek admission to the NAL. Though the Aquanishuonigy were welcoming of them, the European provinces were more reluctant.
During the 1828 War, the Miami, along with several other nations, allied with the NAL against Louisianne. This alliance led to greater acceptance by the European provinces, resulting in their admission in 1835.
Geography
Borders
Miami is borders
North: Utawia
West: Ouisconsin
South: Illinoise, Kentucky
East: Aquanishuonigy
The province of Miami has one of the largest Hungarian, Slevan, & Ruthenian populations in the world outside of their respective home countries. Although industry was slow to come to Miami, when it did, new jobs in factory towns attracted many tens of thousands from Eastern Europe once the German immigrants began to spread out and seek higher paying jobs. To this day, many Hunagrian cultural institutes are based in Fort Saint Philippe, and the city hosts the headquarters of the Reformed Church of Hungary's North American diocese, and the American Orthodox Church's exarchate for Ruthenians. The city is home to not one but two Hungarian language book stores and many Reformed, Latin and Uniate Catholic, Orthodox Christian, & Lutheran churches for the descendants of the many Eastern European migrants who left their lives behind in the Old World to work the steel mills of Pinkwaawileniaki.
