2. The Tribes in Illinois are...
Shawnee tribe
Chickasaw tribe
Dakota tribe
Miami tribe
Illini tribe (Most land)
Delaware tribe
Kickapoo tribe
Ottawa tribe
Potawatomi tribe
Sac and Fox tribe
3. The Potawatomi tribe.
Potawatomi hunters and warriors used bows and arrows
and wooden clubs. Fishermen used spears and nets.
Other Potawatomi tools included spouts and buckets for
tapping maple sap, knockers for harvesting wild rice, and
snowshoes for traveling in winter. For travel the
potawatomi used birchbark canoes that were made from
hand.They also used dogs as pack animals. For food the
potawatomi used the sap from trees, and they also ate
fish, and deer, and lots of other foods.
4. Sac and Fox Tribe
They were originally two tribes: the Sauk (or
Sac) tribe and the Meskwaki (or Fox) tribe.
The Meskwaki and Sauk Indians were related
to each other and spoke the same language,
but they were politically independent.
However, the Fox tribe was nearly destroyed
in a war with the French, and the surviving
Fox Indians fled to the Sauk villages for
protection. The two tribes merged into a
single tribe called the Sac and Fox. Most
Sac and Fox people still live together today
5. Shawnee Tribe
They have the spring and fall bread dance
every year. The Shawnees were farming
people. Shawnee women planted and
harvested corn and squash. Shawnee men
hunted in the forest for deer, turkeys, and
small game and went fishing in the rivers
and lakes. Shawnee Indian food included
soup, cornbread, and stews.
6. Dakota Tribe
Dakota women were in charge of the home.
Besides cooking and cleaning, a Dakota
woman built her family's house and dragged
the heavy posts with her whenever the tribe
moved. Houses belonged to the women in
the Dakota tribes. Men were hunters and
warriors, responsible for feeding and
defending their families. Usually only men
became Dakota chiefs, but both genders
took part in storytelling, artwork and music,
and traditional medicine.
7. Chickasaw tribe.
Chickasaw tribe was one of the tribes of Illinois. The men
wore a breech cloth and sometimes wore leather
leggings to protect their legs. Chicksaw women wore
wrap around skirts made from woven fiber or deerskin.
They also wore moccasins on their feet. Chickasaw men
hunted for food, and sometimes went to war to protect
their families. Chickasaw women were farmers, and did
most of he work like taking care of the chidren.
8. The Ottawa tribe of Illinois.
There are about 15,000 citizens of Ottawa Indian bands in
Michigan, Ontario, and Oklahoma today. There are also
other people who are Ottawa descendants but are not
tribal members.Ottawa women were farmers and did
most of the child care and cooking. Ottawa men were
hunters and sometimes went to war to protect their
families. Both genders practiced, Story Telling,artwork
and music, and traditional medicine. In the past, Ottawa
chiefs were always men, but today an Ottawa Indian
woman could be chief too.
9. The Illini tribe.
The Illini tribe was nearly wiped out in a war in the 1700's
and the survivors had to move to Kansas and Oklahoma.
The Illini did not live in teepees they lived in villages of
large rectangular houses with walls made of woven reed.
Illini women wear skirts with leggings. Illini men wore
breechcloths. the Illini made dugout canoes by hollowing
large trees The Illini women did most of the farming by
harvesting and planting beans corn and other crops. The
Illini men hunted for mostly deer. They also used dogs
as pack animals.
11. Potawatomi Tribe
The Potawatomi Indian tribe used birchbark canoes
(made of birch bark stretched over a wooden frame)
and dugout canoes (made from hollowed-out logs).
Canoeing is still popular within the Potawatomi nation,
though few people handcraft their own canoe anymore.
Over land, the Potawatomi tribe used dogs as pack
animals. (There were no horses in North America until
colonists brought them over from Europe.) Today, of
course, Potawatomi people also use cars... and non-
native people also use canoes.
