Editing Wea (section)

{{Short description|Native American tribe originally located in western Indiana}}
{{Other uses|WEA (disambiguation)}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2009}}
{{Infobox 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
|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]].
|group=Wea
|population=extinct as a tribe
|popplace=[[United States]] ([[Indiana]], [[Illinois]], [[Ohio]], descendants in [[Oklahoma]])
|rels=Traditional tribal religion
|langs= [[Miami–Illinois language|Miami–Illinois]]
|related= [[Miami people|Miami]], [[Peoria people|Peoria]], [[Kaskaskia]]
}}

The '''Wea''' were a [[Miami–Illinois language|Miami–Illinois]]-speaking [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe originally located in western [[Indiana]]. Historically, they were described as being either closely related to the [[Miami people|Miami tribe]] or a sub-tribe of Miami.<ref>Callendar, "Miami," 681</ref> 

Today, the descendants of the Wea, along with the [[Kaskaskia]], [[Piankeshaw]], and [[Peoria people|Peoria]], are enrolled in the [[Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma]], a [[federally recognized tribe]] in [[Oklahoma]].<ref>House, Office of the Law Revision Counsel. [https://books.google.com/books?id=T57ZGCu24t4C&dq=Kaskaskia%20enrolled%20tribe%20-college&pg=PA986 ''United States Code 2006, Volume 15''.] §1224, page 986</ref><ref name="peoria">{{cite web |title=Peoria Tribe |url=https://www.peoriatribe.com/about/ |website=Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma |access-date=25 January 2020}}</ref>