Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma Bloodlines

01/03/2024

Moonlit Council by The Great Lakes.

12/17/2023

Treaty with the Kaskaskia, Peoria, etc., 1854

My Great Grandfathers were both present and signed at this treaty.

Baptiste Peoria, his x mark, U. S. interpreter.

Wm. B. Waugh, witness to signing of Baptiste Peoria.

Ma-cha-co-me-yah, or David Lykins

May 30, 1854. | 10 Stats., 1082. | Ratified August 2, 1854. | Proclaimed Aug. 10, 1854. Articles of agreement and convention made and concluded at the city of Washington, this thirtieth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, by George W. Manypenny, commissioner on the part of the Uni...

12/17/2023

https://kansashistoricalopencontent.newspapers.com/article/osawatomie-graphic-baptiste-peoria-wea/17564785/
A newspaper clip about Baptiste Peoria's association to the history of Paola KS. Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma Bloodlines

12/09/2023

This is a newspaper clipping from a paragraph about our Great grandfather Baptiste Peoria's wishes for the Peoria and the Confederated Tribes. It states he was ever ready to encourage peace and prosperity in his tribe.

As a passionate descendent of Baptiste Peoria, I will do everything in my power, God willing, to make sure this happens! ~GFitz

https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-scott-daily-monitor-chief-baptiste/9371604/about

12/09/2023

Cahokia Mounds: Star Map Of The Pleiades And University For Navigation And Astronomy?

The overlay here has priority for the closest scale match for the Pleiades cluster size and position of the Primary Sol star position. This Primary Sol position of a real measurable Sun star correlates with the mound that has a causeway between itself and Monk’s Mound. The larger volume of Monk’s Mound suggests it favours this Tertiary Sol star as their ‘x’ priority monument that marks the spot place of the American Indian star ancestors.

https://integratingpresence.com/2021/11/26/cahokia-mounds-star-map-of-the-pleiades-and-university-for-navigation-and-astronomy/

12/09/2023

It Is Said That When The River Freezes It Is Dreaming.
The top may be hard and silent but underneath
the frozen layer, life continues, water moves
although a bit slower, fish survive in the water
deep beneath the ice.
When We Sleep, Our Body Is Like The River.
Our heart rate and breathing slow
and our body moves very little.
Yet our blood flows, our mind is very active
and hormones flood your anatomy.
Your Body And The River Do A Lot Of
Important Work During "Dreamtime"....

12/07/2023

This will soon be the way for us all.

12/06/2023

Migration/movement/forced removal

https://sde.ok.gov/sites/ok.gov.sde/files/documents/files/Tribes_of_OK_Education%20Guide_Peoria_Tribe.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3L_dchKWhCnpIIsneBfijPYEJHgEIoRiJrp2OyJrHjYqqd0NRH-xXlaCg

12/04/2023

https://dnrhistoric.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/dnrhistoric/research/documents/illinivol1n1.pdf

12/02/2023

At the dawn of the historic era, when European explorers first entered the land we now call the State of Illinois, they encountered a people who became known to the world as the Illinois or Illiniwek Indians. The Illinois were a populous and powerful nation that occupied a large section of the Mississippi River valley. They became important allies of French fur traders and colonists who came to live among them, and they played a key role in the early history of what would later become the midwestern United States.

The story of the Illinois people is a remarkable tale of adaptation and change. Their world was turned upside down during their long association with French settlers and, later, British and American colonists. As time passed, their population declined and many of their traditional ways of life changed as they adapted to new situations. Eventually the Illinois were forced to leave their traditional lands and move west to Indian Territory. Their descendants, the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, are now scattered throughout the United States but maintain their tribal headquarters in Miami, Oklahoma.

This is the story of the Illinois people when they lived in their traditional homeland, a place the French used to call the "Illinois Country." The story is based, in part, on historical descriptions of the Illinois by French observers like Jacques Marquette and Pierre Delliette, who traveled or lived among them three-hundred years ago. Another part of the story comes from archaeology, as several of the village sites occupied historically by the Illinois people have been excavated by archaeologists. Information also comes from the descendants of the Illinois themselves, who have shared some of their traditional folk tales and have compiled photographs and other documents relating to their history.

Many of the images presented here - including historical maps, paintings, and artifact photographs - are also part of the evidence used to develop the story. For example, the image at the top of this page was painted at New Orleans in 1735 by a French artist named Alexandre de Batz. In his drawing, which shows six Illinois Indians (standing or squatting, upper left), de Batz created one of the earliest known depictions of Illinois clothing, hair styles, body decoration, and weaponry.

This component of the module is divided into nine broad sections that tell different aspects of the story of the Illinois Indians. Each section is subdivided into two or more subsections that focus on specific topics.

12/02/2023

When one speaks the word "Ilinois," it is as if one said in their language, "the men," --As if the other Savages were looked upon by them merely as animals. (Jacques Marquette, 1674)
The Illinois or Illiniwek Nation consisted of several independent American Indian tribes that spoke a common language, had similar ways of life, and shared a large territory in the central Mississippi River valley. The Illinois called themselves "inoca." French explorers and missionaries generally referred to them as "Illinois," but also used some other terms (Eriniouai, Liniouek, Aliniouek, Iliniouek, Ilinois, and Ilinoués).

According to Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary who visited them in 1673, the word "Illinois" meant "the men." However, recent studies of the Illinois language indicate that "Illinois" may have instead come indirectly from the Illinois word "irenweewa," which means "he speaks in the ordinary way." Objibwa Indians of the eastern Great Lakes evidently borrowed this term from the Illinois and used it as a name for them, but in their language irenweewa became ilinwe. French explorers learned the name from the Ojibwa and spelled it "Ilinois" or "Illinois."

The name "Illiniwek" also appears to have come indirectly from the Illinois word "irenweewa" by way of the Ojibwa Indians. In the Ojibwa language, ilinwek is a plural form of ilinwe. Various spellings of ilinwek appear in the French literature, including "Liniouek," "Aliniouek," and "Iliniouek."

The term "Illini" has also been used to refer to the Illinois Indians. However, it does not appear to have any historical or linguistic validity.

In the late 1600s there may have been as many as 12 different Illinois tribes. However, by the end of the century seven of these tribes--including the Chepoussa, Chinkoa, Coiracoentanon, Espeminkia, Maroa, Moingwena, and Tapouaro--had disappeared or merged with other Illinois tribes. Five principal tribes survived into the 1700s: the Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Peoria, and Tamaroa. Only the Kaskaskia and Peoria continued to exist in the early 1800s.