Illini

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

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Illini canonical 5

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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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