- Fact 2 - The Indians of
Illinois included many of the Northeast Indians tribes were the Illinois tribe (Illini),
Iroquois,
Chippewa,
Ottawa, and Potawatomi, Kickapoo, Kaskaskia, Miami,
Shawnee,
Sauk and Fox tribes.
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Indiana Iowa Michigan Kentucky Missouri Wisconsin
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Algonquin Indian for "warriors"
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Prairies and fertile plains throughout; open hills in the
southern region
- Fact 6 - The Illinois tribe (Illini or Illiniwek)
were hunters and fishers. The name "Iliniwek" is an old Ojibwe
word borrowed into French as 'Illinois'. In the 17th century,
the Illiniwek declined due to a combination of European diseases
and a war with the local tribes. In 1769 the allied Iroquois,
Kickapoo, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Sac and Fox tribes
massacred the Illinois.
- Fact 7 - The
Iroquois
are also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the
Longhouse". Tribes of Iroquoian-speaking people formed the
Iroquois League referred to as the Five Nations or Iroquois
Confederacy was composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga
and Seneca nations.
- Fact 8 - The
Chippewa people were members of an Algonquian
people who lived west of Lake Superior. The people's name, is
given as Ojibwe in Canada but as Chippewa in the United States.
The Chippewa waged extremely violent war on their enemies - they
were so feared that the French considered the complete
annihilation of this tribe.
- Fact 9 - The Ottawa adopted a
Woodlands culture living in wigwams or longhouses. They allied
themselves with the French and the Huron which automatically
made them the enemies of the Iroquois.
- Fact 10 - The Potawatomi closely
related to the Ojibwa and Ottawa tribes and adopted a Woodlands
culture living in wigwams or longhouses. closely related to the
Ojibwa and Ottawa tribes and adopted a Woodlands culture living
in wigwams or longhouses. The Potawatomi supported Pontiac's
Rebellion, fought against the United States were friendly to the
French and aided them against the English
- Fact 11 - The Kickapoo adopted a Woodlands culture
living in wigwams or longhouses but also hunted buffalo which
they adopted from the neighboring tribes in the Plains area.
Their name is derived from the Algonquin word 'kiwegapawa'
meaning “he stands about” or “he moves about.”
- Fact 12 - The Kaskaskia were one of
about a dozen tribes that made up the Illiniwek Confederation or
Illinois Confederation.
- Fact 13 - The Miami tribe was originally found in
what is now Indiana, southwest Michigan, and western Ohio. The
name Miami derives from the Algonquian term meaning "downstream
people."
- Fact 14 - The Shawnee were Algonquian-speaking
tribes who were spread over a widespread geographic area
although their earliest known home was in the state of Ohio.
Traditionally the Shawnee lived in bark-covered houses grouped
into large villages near cornfields. Many Shawnee fought as
allies of their French trading partners during the early years
of the French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War). In fact, the
warlike Shawnee participated in almost every war of the Old
West. They were greatly feared as it was their custom to torture
their prisoners
- Fact 15 - The Sauk tribe were a member of the
Algonquian people who originated in the Fox River valley. Sauk
resistance to removal from their Illinois lands ended in 1832
with the Black Hawk War.
- Fact 16 - Members of the Fox tribe
(Mesquaki) spread through southern Wisconsin, and the Iowa /
Illinois border after constant battles with the French-backed
Huron tribe
- Fact 17 -
These Indians were static tribes of tribe of hunter fishers. Men
were in charge of hunting for food and protecting the camp and
the women were in charge of the home and land
- Fact 18 - 1800 - Congress
creates the Indiana Territory, which includes Illinois
- Fact 19 - 1803 - Kaskaskia Indians
cede nearly all of their lands
- Fact 20 - 1812 - Potawatomi Indians
massacre at Fort Dearborn
- Fact 21 - 1819 - Kickapoo Indians cede their
lands
- Fact 22 - 1829 - Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi cede lands
- Fact 23 - 1839
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Cherokee Indians pass through Illinois on the
Trail of Tears
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