 Peoria tribal flag | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 3,713[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States (Oklahoma, formerly Illinois) | |
| Languages | |
| English, formerly Miami–Illinois | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Indigenous religions | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kaskaskia, Piankeshaw, and Wea |
The Peoria are a Native American people. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma.[2]
The Peoria people are descendants of the Illinois Confederation. The Peoria Tribe were located east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River.[2] In the colonial period, they traded with French colonists in that territory.
After 1763, when the British took over those lands following victory in the Seven Years' War, the Peoria were moved west across the Mississippi.[3] In 1867 their descendants moved to Indian Territory with remnants of related tribes and were assigned land in present-day Ottawa County, Oklahoma, which was primarily occupied by the Quapaw.
- ^ 2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory. Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. 2011: 26. Retrieved 24 Jan 2012.
- ^ a b "Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma". Southern Plains Tribal Health Board. April 10, 2017.
- ^ "Culture - Peoria Tribe Of Indians of Oklahoma". Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
Upon being removed from their ancestral lands in the late 1 the Kaskaskia, Peoria and Wea tribes all found a new home in Ste Genevieve before being removed to Miami County, Kansas in the early 1800s