THEIR ORIGINAL NAME WAS ILLINOIS MEANING THE "BEST PEOPLE". THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL TRIBE IN ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MISSOURI, AND IOWA. THEY WERE NEARLY WIPED OUT BY WAR IN THE 1970'S. THE SURVIVORS MOVED TO KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. THESE FOLKS ARE CALLED PEORIA TRIBE AND THEY ARE U.S. CITIZENS. ILLINI CHIEFS MADE GROUP DECISIONS IN LONG COUNCILS. THEY SPOKE THEIR NATIVE LANGUAGE. TODAY THEY SPEAK ENGLISH. THEY TEACH THEIR CHILDREN THE ILLIUM LANGUAGE.
THEY LIVED IN RUSTIC LONG RECTANGULAR HOUSES OF WOVEN REEDS. TODAY THEY LIVE IN MODERN HOUSES. WOMEN WORE SKIRTS AND LEGGINGS AND MEN WORE BREECH CLOUTS OF DEER SKIN. THEY ALL WORE MOCCASINS.
THEY USED CARVING TOOLS TO MAKE DUGOUT CANOES CANOES, HOLLOWING OUT A TREE. THEY USED PACK ANIMALS. THE WOMEN FARMED CORN, BEANS AND SQUASH. THE MEN HUNTED COMMUNALLY BUFFALO. THEY MADE SHIELDS OF BUFFALO HIDE TO DEFLECT ENEMY ARROWS.
THEY MADE CRAFTS FROM QUILLWORK AND BEADWORK., AND EMBROIDERY. THE ILLINOIS TRADED WITH OTHER TRIBES IN THE GREAT LAKES. THEY FOUGHT WITH MOST TRIBES NEARBY. IN 1769 AN INDIAN WORKING FOR THE BRITISH KILLED AN OTTAWA CHIEF. THE OTTAWAS ATTACKED THE ILLINI AND DEFEATED THEM. TODAY THE PEORIA TRIBE STILL EXISTS.
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