Illinois peoples

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Algonquian-speaking people Native American people tribal confederation

The Illinois peoples were a confederation of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes historically located in the Mississippi River valley, primarily in what is now Illinois and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Illinois peoples canonical 2
Kaskaskia people 2
Illinois Indigenous peoples 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
tribal confederation ⓘ
affectedBy European colonization ⓘ
epidemic diseases ⓘ
intertribal warfare ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Illini ⓘ
Illiniwek ⓘ
Illinois Confederation ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
Upper Mississippi Valley ⓘ
dwellingType longhouse ⓘ
wigwam ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
encountered French explorers ⓘ
French missionaries ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
historicalPeriod early colonial period ⓘ
pre-Columbian era ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
locatedInThePast Illinois Country ⓘ
Mississippi River valley ⓘ
present-day Arkansas ⓘ
present-day Illinois ⓘ
present-day Iowa ⓘ
present-day Missouri ⓘ
present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
modernDescendant Peoria tribe ⓘ
surface form: Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
nameSourceOf Illinois River ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
surface form: U.S. state of Illinois
recognizedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
relatedEthnicGroup Kickapoo ⓘ
Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki

Miami people ⓘ
religion traditional tribal religion ⓘ
subgroup Cahokia Mounds region ⓘ
surface form: Cahokia

Kaskaskia ⓘ
Michigamea ⓘ
Moingwena ⓘ
Peoria metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Peoria

Tamaroa ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryFeature Illinois River ⓘ
Mississippi River ⓘ
Ohio River ⓘ
treatyParty Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of 1803

Treaty of St. Marys (1818) ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of 1818
writingSystemUsed Latin alphabet (for later records) ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northwest Indian Confederacy → hasEthnicGroup → Illinois peoples ⓘ
Miami-Illinois language → historicallySpokenBy → Illinois peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois people
Louis Jolliet → metWith → Illinois peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois Indigenous peoples
Jesuits in New France → targetGroup → Illinois peoples ⓘ
Kaskaskia, Illinois → namedAfter → Illinois peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaskaskia people
Kaskaskia, Illinois → ethnicGroupAssociated → Illinois peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaskaskia people
Treaty of Fort Meigs → signatory → Illinois peoples ⓘ
this entity surface form: Illinois tribes