Illinois Confederation
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The Illinois Confederation, also referred to as the Illiniwek or Illini, were a loosely organized group of 12 or 13 tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley. Eventually, member tribes occupied
Engraving from drawing by General Georges-Henri-Victor Collot (1796)
Painted hide with geometric motifs, attributed to the Illinois Confederacy by the French, pre-1800. Collections of the Musée du quai Branly.
This Painted Skin represents the Thunderbird, before 1800.
Illiniwek Village State Historic Site, Clark County, Missouri
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.
Illinois Confederation
…Valley. Eventually, member tribes occupied an area reaching from Lake Michigan to Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. The five main tribes were the Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Mitchigamea, Peoria, and Tamaroa. Other related tribes included the Maroa (which may have been the same as the Tamaroa), Tapourao…
Reconstructed model of Monks Mound, upon which a French Mission was built in 1735.