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  2. Jogah - Wikipedia

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    Jogah (Drum Dancers) are the mythical "little people" in Iroquois lore. Usually invisible, there are ways of telling if they are around. For example, drumming with no visible drummers around. They also leave rings of bare earth and "bowls" in stones or mud; offerings like tobacco and fingernails can be offered at these "bowls."

  3. List of city nicknames in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Melrose Park – Corporate King of the Suburbs; Metropolis – The Home of Superman [45] Moline – Plow Capital of the World [8] Monmouth – The Maple City [46] Morton – Pumpkin Capital of the World [47] Naperville – Naperthrill [48] The Dirty Six-Thirty [5] Olney – Home of the White Squirrels [49] Park Ridge – Home of the Hawks [50 ...

  4. List of Illinois placenames of Native American origin - Wikipedia

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    Genesee – from the Iroquois word Genesee, meaning "shining valley" or "beautiful valley" Geneseo – "Geneseo" is a variation of the Iroquois word Genesee, meaning "shining valley" or "beautiful valley" Geneseo Township; Half Day – named after Potawatomi Chief Aptakisic, the chief at the time the area was settled. The name, meaning "sun at ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Illinois

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    Junction of 1200E and 2600N in Sand Ridge State Park [8 40°26′08″N 89°54′00″W  /  40.43555°N 89.90000°W  / 40.43555; -89.90000  ( Clear L Manito

  6. Mythologies of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Myths of the Navajo, Apache, and Pueblo peoples tell how the first human beings emerged from an underworld to the Earth. According to the Hopi Pueblo people, the first beings were the Sun, two goddesses known as Hard Being Woman (Huruing Wuhti) [32] and Spider Woman.

  7. Park Ridge, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Park Ridge is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census , the population was 39,656. [ 3 ] It is located 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown Chicago.

  8. Chebanse, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Chebanse is located on the border between Iroquois and Kankakee counties. Interstate 57 passes the eastern edge of the village, with access from Exit 302. I-57 leads north 9 miles (14 km) to Kankakee and south 65 miles (105 km) to Champaign. Chicago is 68 miles (109 km) north of Chebanse.

  9. List of Illinois townships - Wikipedia

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    Oak Park Township, Cook County (Oak Park, Illinois) Quincy Township, Adams County (Quincy, Illinois) River Forest Township, Cook County (River Forest, Illinois) Warsaw Township, Hancock County (Warsaw, Illinois) Zion Township, Lake County (Zion, Illinois)