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Pages in category "Native American tribes in Illinois" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The lake was named by the Erie people, a Native American people who lived along its southern shore. The tribal name "erie" is a shortened form of the Iroquoian word erielhonan, meaning "long tail" Erie Township; Village of Mount Erie; Genesee – from the Iroquois word Genesee, meaning "shining valley" or "beautiful valley"
Map of states with US federally recognized tribes marked in yellow. States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1]
Most of the tribal land base in the United States was set aside by the federal government as Native American Reservations. In California, about half of its reservations are called rancherías. In New Mexico, most reservations are called Pueblos. In some western states, notably Nevada, there are Native American areas called Indian colonies ...
Babcock; Babylon; Bader; Baileyville; Baker; Bakerville, Jefferson County; Bakerville, Logan County; Balcom; Bald Mound; Ballou; Barclay; Bargerville; Barnes; Barnhill
Painted hide with geometric motifs, attributed to the Illinois Confederacy by the French, pre-1800. Collections of the Musée du quai Branly. The Illinois Confederation, also referred to as the Illiniwek or Illini, were made up of a loosely organized group of 12 to 13 tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley.
List of placenames of indigenous origin in the Americas; List of federally recognized tribes by state: As of May 2013, there were 566 Native American tribes legally recognized by the U.S. Government, according to the article, "List of federally recognized tribes." Native Americans in the United States
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Illinois" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,213 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .