Cahokia people
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The Cahokia were an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe and member of the Illinois Confederation; their territory was in what is now the Midwestern United States in North America.
Reconstructed model of Monks Mound, upon which a French Mission was built in 1735.
Peoria people
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The Peoria are a Native American people. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma.
Cahokia people
…Christianization, which further disrupted their society. The remnant Cahokia, along with the Michigamea, were absorbed by the Kaskaskia and finally the Peoria people. Five Cahokia chiefs and headmen joined those of other Illinois tribes at the 1818 Treaty of Edwardsville (Illinois); they ceded to the United States…
Pah-mee-ców-ee-tah, Man Who Tracks, a Chief by George Catlin
Peoria moccasins, ca. 1860, collection of Oklahoma History Center