Cahokia people
The Cahokia (Miami-Illinois: kahokiaki) were an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe and member of the Illinois Confederation; their territory was in what is now the Midwestern United States in North America.
kahokiaki | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| extinct as a tribe, descendants may have merged into the Peoria people | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| present-day United States (Illinois) | |
| Languages | |
| Miami-Illinois language | |
| Religion | |
| Indigenous religion |
At the time of European contact with the Illini, the peoples were located in what would later be organized as the states of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Arkansas. In the 17th-century, the Cahokia lived near the massive precontact earthwork complex that Americans named the Cahokia Mounds. By then, Cahokia Mounds had been abandoned for centuries. The Cahokia people were not related to the residents of Cahokia Mounds, who were most likely Dhegiha Siouan-speaking peoples.
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