Illinois Confederation

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The Illinois Confederation was a group of Algonquian-speaking Native American tribes centered in the Mississippi River valley, historically significant for their role in early French colonial relations and later U.S. treaty negotiations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American tribal confederation
alternativeName Illini
Illiniwek
Illinois Nation
causeOfPopulationDecline displacement by European settlement
epidemic diseases
warfare with neighboring tribes
continent North America
country United States
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands
Prairie–Plains borderlands
linked to: Osage Plains
engagedIn fur trade with French colonists
ethnicGroupOf Mississippi River valley region
hasPart Cahokia tribe
linked to: Peoria tribe

Kaskaskia tribe
Michigamea tribe
linked to: Peoria tribe

Moingwena tribe
Peoria tribe
Tamaroa tribe
linked to: Tutelo people
influenced naming of the U.S. state of Illinois
languageFamily Algic language family
locatedIn Illinois Country
Mississippi River valley
Upper Mississippi region
present-day Arkansas
present-day Illinois
present-day Iowa
present-day Missouri
present-day Wisconsin
nativeLanguage Algonquian languages
neighboringGroup Fox tribe
linked to: Fox Tribe

Iroquois Confederacy
Miami tribe
Sioux peoples
linked to: Sioux people
notableFor alliances with French explorers and missionaries
land cessions through treaties
participation in colonial-era warfare
partOf Algonquian peoples
populationTrend decline after European contact
religion traditional Native American religions
significantIn French colonial history in North America
early French–Native American relations
early United States–Native American treaty history
history of the Illinois Country
timePeriod 17th century
18th century
early 19th century
treatyPartnerOf British colonial authorities
France
United States

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Treaty of Greenville signatory Illinois Confederation
Eastern Woodlands traditionalInhabitants Illinois Confederation
Chickasaw Wars participant Illinois Confederation
Illinois Country namedAfter Illinois Confederation
Illinois Country indigenousInhabitants Illinois Confederation
Illinois Confederation alternativeName Illinois Nation
linked to: Illinois Confederation
Illinois peoples alsoKnownAs Illinois Confederation
Miami relatedEthnicGroup Illinois Confederation
Illiniwek alternateName Illinois Confederation
Illiniwek language partOfCulturalHeritageOf Illinois Confederation
Peoria tribe partOf Illinois Confederation
Peoria tribe partOf Illiniwek Confederation
linked to: Illinois Confederation
Mascouten associatedWith Illinois Confederation
subject linked to: Mascouten Indigenous peoples