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Explored Lake Michigan, Green Bay, and the Mississippi River
European Settlers
12 Illinois tribes including: Kickapoo, Sauk, Potawatomi, Winnebago, and Fox tribes
Native Americans
Created fur trading businesses that had high profits.
European Settlers (French specifically)
Made alliances with the Illiniwek Confederacy.
European Settlers (French)
Arrived close to 12,000 years ago.
Native Americans
Crossed the Bering land Bridge thousands of years ago
Native Americans
Excellent hunters and fighters. Had to prove themselves before marriage.
Native Americans
Built large dirt mounds.
Native Americans
Followed bison and mammoths across Illinois as hunters and gatherers
Native Americans
Created Monk Mound in present day Cahokia.
Native Americans
Thousands died of disease, warfare, and starvation.
Native Americans
Moved from place to place as the seasons changed.
Native Americans
Left little to no written records, but are studied through pottery, bones, spears, and more.
Native Americans
Planned to convert people to Christianity.
European Settlers
Drew up maps of the region after travelling to present-day Illinois in 1673.
European Settlers
Claimed Louisiana land, including present-day Illinois for France
European Settlers (French)
