Who were the first Native Americans to live in Illinois?

Answer 1

Illinois or Illini or Illiniwek is the name given to a group of around 12 connected tribes living in the upper reaches of the Mississippi river. They included the Peoria, the Michigamea, the Cahokia, the Chinkoa and the Kaskaskia. French explorers found the Cahokia tribe living near to an unnamed and abandoned native city on the east bank of the river, so they called the soite Cahokia (we have no idea of its real, original name or the name of the tribe who built it).

The remnant of all 12 tribes were removed to "Indian Territory" in the 1830s - this became the modern state of Oklahoma.

Answer 2

The six tribes of Illinois were the:

• Chickasaw
• Dakota Sioux
• Illini
• Miami
• Shawnee and the
• Winnebago.

Answer 3

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