Illiniwek

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The Illiniwek were a confederation of Native American tribes historically inhabiting the Mississippi River Valley region, particularly in what is now Illinois.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribal confederation ⓘ
indigenous people of North America ⓘ
affectedBy European colonial expansion ⓘ
epidemic diseases introduced by Europeans ⓘ
intertribal warfare ⓘ
alternateName Illini ⓘ
Illinois Confederation ⓘ
archaeologicalAssociation Mississippian and Late Woodland cultural traditions in the Illinois region ⓘ
conflictWith Iroquois Confederacy ⓘ
Sioux tribes ⓘ
linked to: Sioux people
culturalPractice village-based sedentary agriculture combined with seasonal hunting camps ⓘ
encountered French explorers ⓘ
French missionaries ⓘ
fur traders ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
historicalRegion present-day Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Illinois

present-day Iowa ⓘ
present-day Missouri ⓘ
present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
memberTribe Cahokia ⓘ
Chepoussa ⓘ
Kaskaskia ⓘ
Michigamea ⓘ
Moingwena ⓘ
Peoria ⓘ
Tamaroa ⓘ
nameEtymology French adaptation of an Algonquian term related to “Illini” meaning “the men” or “the people” ⓘ
nameSourceFor Illinois River ⓘ
U.S. state of Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Illinois
populationTrend declined sharply after European contact ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Miami people ⓘ
other Central Algonquian peoples ⓘ
religion traditional indigenous spiritual practices ⓘ
spokeLanguage Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
successorGroup Kaskaskia descendants within Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma ⓘ
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma ⓘ
linked to: Peoria tribe
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
pre-contact North America ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyHistory entered into land cession treaties with the United States ⓘ

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Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball → shortName → Illini ⓘ
linked to: Illiniwek
Illinois Country → indigenousInhabitants → Kaskaskia (Illinois subgroup) ⓘ
linked to: Illiniwek
Illinois Country → indigenousInhabitants → Michigamea (Illinois subgroup) ⓘ
linked to: Illiniwek
Illinois Country → indigenousInhabitants → Tamaroa (Illinois subgroup) ⓘ
linked to: Illiniwek
Illinois peoples → alsoKnownAs → Illiniwek ⓘ
Miami-Illinois → spokenBy → Illiniwek ⓘ
Kaskaskia tribe → partOf → Illiniwek ⓘ
Kaskaskia tribe → memberOf → Peoria-Kaskaskia group ⓘ
linked to: Illiniwek
Illini → alsoKnownAs → Illiniwek ⓘ
Kaskaskia → memberOf → Illiniwek ⓘ
Moingwena → partOf → Illiniwek ⓘ
Moingwena → associatedWith → Illiniwek ⓘ
Tamaroa → relatedEthnicGroup → Illiniwek ⓘ
Tamaroa → partOf → Illiniwek ⓘ