Illini

E874605

Illini refers to the group of Native American tribes historically inhabiting the Illinois region, collectively known as the Illinois Confederation.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Illini canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribal confederation ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Illiniwek ⓘ
Illinois Confederation ⓘ
Illinois Nation ⓘ
encounteredBy French explorers ⓘ
Jesuit missionaries ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States ⓘ
hasPart Cahokia ⓘ
Chepoussa ⓘ
Chinkoa ⓘ
Coiracoentanon ⓘ
Espeminkia ⓘ
Kaskaskia ⓘ
Maroa ⓘ
Michigamea ⓘ
Moingwena ⓘ
Peoria ⓘ
Tamaroa ⓘ
Tamarouha ⓘ
linked to: Tamaroa

Tamarouhaoua ⓘ
Tapouaro ⓘ
Tapouaroa ⓘ
historicalPopulationCenter American Bottom region ⓘ
Illinois River Valley ⓘ
influencedToponym Illinois River ⓘ
U.S. state of Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Illinois

University of Illinois athletic nickname “Fighting Illini” ⓘ
language Miami-Illinois language ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
nameEtymology French adaptation of an Algonquian term often glossed as “the men” or “the people” ⓘ
nativeTo Illinois ⓘ
Illinois Country ⓘ
Mississippi River Valley ⓘ
Missouri River Valley ⓘ
Ohio River Valley ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Valley region
relatedEthnicity Kickapoo ⓘ
Meskwaki ⓘ
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)

Miami people ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyPartyTo Treaties with the United States government ⓘ

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