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The Tribes of The Illinois Confederacy; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Lenville J. Stelle, Inoca Ethnohistory Project: Eye Witness Descriptions of the Contact Generation, 1667 - 1700; Texts on Wikisource: "Illinois, a confederacy of five tribes of North American Indians". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. "Illinois Indians".
Macoupin County – Miami-Illinois term for the American lotus. Macoupin Creek; Peoria County – named after the Peoria Tribe which previously lived in the area City of East Peoria; City of Peoria; City of Peoria Heights; City of West Peoria; Sangamon County – from a Pottawatomie word Sain-guee-mon meaning "where there is plenty to eat ...
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. C.
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] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
Native American tribes in Illinois (4 C, 12 P) P. Pontiac's War (3 C, 26 P) S. Sculptures of Native Americans in Illinois (5 P) Pages in category "Native American ...
Now, Native Americans whose ancestors' remains ended up held for study in sterile, nondescript boxes on shelves in educational facilities or displayed in cultural locales hope a new Illinois law ...
In 2019, West introduced legislation that would have required schools to get permission from a Native American tribe within 500 miles to use a native mascot or imagery.
The tribes of the Illinois Confederation faced much relocation during this century, as various attacks from other tribes took place. In 1673 when French explorers Jolliet and Marquette made contact with the region, the Illini occupied various corners of the midwest, with the Cahokia and Tamaroa occupying western Illinois and eastern Missouri.