What are some natural resources that were important to the Native Americans of Illinois?

Answer 1

The Native Americans, of what is now Illinois, were dependent on many of the Natural Resources of the area. There are more but here are a few:

Wood: for cook fires, shelter, and tools;

Fauna: for food, clothing, shelter, tools, supplies, and sinew;

Flora: for food and medicine;

Water;

Arable land: for growing crops;

Fish: for food, supplies, bait, fine bone, and fertilizer;