Peoria people
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The Peoria (or Peouaroua) are a Native American people. They are in the federally recognized Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Historically, they were part of the Illinois Confederation.
 Ruthe Blalock Jones, Peoria-Shawnee-Delaware artist | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,925[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( Oklahoma) | |
| Languages | |
| English, formerly Miami-Illinois | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Roman Catholicism), traditional tribal religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kaskaskia, Piankeshaw, and Wea |
Traditionally, the Peoria spoke a dialect of the Miami-Illinois language. The name "Peoria" comes from their autonym (name for themselves) in the Illinois language, peewaareewa (modern pronunciation peewaalia). It first meant "Comes carrying a pack on his back."[2] No speakers of the Peoria language are alive.[3]
Peoria People Media
Peoria moccasins, ca. 1860, collection of Oklahoma History Center
References
- ↑ 2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory. Archived 2012-05-12 at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. 2011: 26. Retrieved 24 Jan 2012.
- ↑ Peoria Indian Tribal History. Access Genealogy: Indian Tribal Records. 2009 (retrieved 8 Feb 2009)
- ↑ Anderton, Alice, PhD. "Status of Indian Languages in Oklahoma", Intertribal Wordpath Society. 2009 (retrieved 8 Feb 2009)
Other websites
- Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, official website
- Tribes of the Illinois/Missouri Region at First Contact (1673)
- The Tribes of The Illinois Confederacy
- Inoca Ethnohistory Project: Eye Witness Descriptions of the Contact Generation, 1667–1700
- Peoria Historical Society at Google Cultural Institute
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