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.
Pah-mee-ców-ee-tah, Man Who Tracks, a Chief by George Catlin
Peoria moccasins, ca. 1860, collection of Oklahoma History Center
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
Peoria people
…recognized Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma. The Peoria people are the remnants of the nations that constituted the Illinois Confederation. The Peoria Tribe was located east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River. In the colonial period, they traded with French colonists in…
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