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Chief Illiniwek was the
mascot of the
University of
Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), ****ociated with the university's
intercollegiate athletic programs...
- The
Illinois Confederation, also
referred to as the
Illiniwek or Illini, were made up of 12 to 13
tribes who
lived in the
Mississippi River Valley. Eventually...
- the
Illiniwek or
Illinois Confederation of 12 or 13 tribes. The name "Tamaroa" is a
derivative of the word
tamarowa meaning "cut tail" in
Illiniwek and...
- Woodlands. They were one of
about a
dozen cognate tribes that made up the
Illiniwek Confederation, also
called the
Illinois Confederation.
Their longstanding...
- Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas,
United States; Coa****la,
Mexico Peoria (
Illiniwek),
formerly Illinois now
Oklahoma Menominee (kāēyas-mamāceqtaw) of Wisconsin...
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University of
Illinois official team name is the
Fighting Illini. The
Illiniwek,
Illinois Confederation, or Illini, were made up of 12 to 13
tribes who...
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Illiniwek cannot be named, and the
university retains control of the name. However, an "unofficial"
chief has been
selected by
former Chief Illiniwek...
- word for "man" is ireniwa, and
plural of "man" is ireniwaki. The name
Illiniwek has also been said to mean 'tribe of
superior men',
which is a
false etymology...
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Cahokia Heights. The name
refers to one of the
clans of the
historic Illiniwek confederacy, who met
early French explorers to the region.
Early European...
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major power in the
region was the
Illiniwek Confederation, a
political alliance among several tribes. The
Illiniwek gave
Illinois its name. The Ho-Chunk...
