- Fact 2 - The Indians of
Missouri were the Caddo, Dakota, Delaware, Fox, Illinois, Iowa, Kickapoo, Missouri, Omaha, Osage, Otoe, Sauk and Shawnee tribes
- Fact 3 - Names of Border States:
Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma
and Tennessee
- Fact 4 - Origin of the name of the
state: Named after Missouri Indian tribe whose name means "town
of the large canoes"
- Fact 5 - Features of the area:
Rolling hills, plains and prairie
north of the Missouri river; south of the river land is rough
and hilly with deep, narrow valleys
- Fact 6 - The Caddo Indians are
plains Indians related to the Wichita and Pawnee tribes
- Fact 7 - The Sioux were the largest
Indian tribe and also referred to as the Lakota or Dakota Sioux.
- Fact 8 - The Delaware: The Lenape,
also referred to as Lenapi or the Delaware Indians, are a group
of several organized bands who lived along the Delaware River.
The "three sisters," corn (maize), beans and squash were the
staples of their diet, supplemented by fish and game.
- Fact 9 - Members of the Fox tribe (Mesquaki)
spread through southern Wisconsin, and the Iowa / Illinois
border after constant battles with the French-backed Huron tribe
- Fact 10 - The Illinois tribe (Illini or Illiniwek)
were hunters and fishers. The name "Iliniwek" is an old Ojibwe
word borrowed into French as 'Illinois'. In the 17th century,
the Illiniwek declined due to a combination of European diseases
and a war with the local tribes. In 1769 the allied Iroquois,
Kickapoo, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Sac and Fox tribes
massacred the Illinois.
- Fact 11 - The Iowa, also called the
Ioway, were a Woodland tribe with some Plains area traits. The
tribe originated from north of the of the Great Lakes. The Iowa,
the Missouri, the Omaha, the Otoe, and the Ponca indians are
believed to have once formed part of the Winnebago people
- Fact 12 - The Kickapoo adopted a Woodlands
culture living in wigwams or longhouses but also hunted buffalo
which they adopted from the neighboring tribes in the Plains
area. Their name is derived from the Algonquin word 'kiwegapawa'
meaning “he stands about” or “he moves about.”
- Fact 13 - The Missouri lived near
the mouth of the Grand River in Missouri. They were, however a
nomadic tribe, that inhabited parts of the Midwestern United
States before the explorers from Europe arrived.
- Fact 15 - The culture of the Osage Indians was
marked by the combination of village agriculture and buffalo
hunting. Their language is Siouan
- Fact 16 - The Oto, also spelt Otoe,
had a Plains Indians type of culture. They were once part of the
Sioux tribes of the Great Lakes area, commonly known as the
Winnebago
- Fact 17 - The Sauk tribe were a member of the
Algonquian people who originated in the Fox River valley. Sauk
resistance to removal from their Illinois lands ended in 1832
with the Black Hawk War.
- Fact 18 - The Shawnee were
Algonquian-speaking tribes who were spread over a widespread
geographic area although their earliest known home was in the
state of Ohio. Traditionally the Shawnee lived in bark-covered
houses grouped into large villages near cornfields. Many Shawnee
fought as allies of their French trading partners during the
early years of the French and Indian War (aka Seven Years War).
In fact, the warlike Shawnee participated in almost every war of
the Old West. They were greatly feared as it was their custom to
torture their prisoners.
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