Illini

E874605
Native American tribal confederation indigenous people

Illini refers to the group of Native American tribes historically inhabiting the Illinois region, collectively known as the Illinois Confederation.

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Label Occurrences
Illini canonical 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribal confederation ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Illiniwek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
encounteredBy French explorers ⓘ
Jesuit missionaries ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasPart Cahokia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chepoussa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinkoa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Coiracoentanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Espeminkia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kaskaskia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maroa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michigamea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Moingwena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamaroa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamarouha NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamarouhaoua NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tapouaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tapouaroa NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPopulationCenter American Bottom region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedToponym Illinois River NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. state of Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Illinois athletic nickname “Fighting Illini” NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Miami-Illinois language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
nameEtymology French adaptation of an Algonquian term often glossed as “the men” or “the people” ⓘ
nativeTo Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Illinois Country NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mississippi River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Missouri River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ohio River Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedEthnicity Kickapoo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Meskwaki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Miami people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ojibwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Potawatomi NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyPartyTo Treaties with the United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Illinois Confederation → alternativeName → Illini ⓘ
Illinois peoples → alsoKnownAs → Illini ⓘ
Illiniwek → alternateName → Illini ⓘ
Illinois Fighting Illini (nearby, university-based) → shortName → Illini ⓘ
subject surface form: Illinois Fighting Illini
Illinois Fighting Illini volleyball program → nickname → Illini ⓘ