This article is about the former Native American tribe. For the site named after the tribe, see Cahokia.
Cahokia
kahokiaki
Total population
extinct as a tribe, descendants may have merged into the Peoria people[1]
Regions with significant populations
present-day United States (Illinois)[1]
Languages
Miami-Illinois language
Religion
Indigenous religion
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.[1]
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.[1] 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.[2]
^ abcdMay, Jon D. "Cahokia". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
^Emerson, Thomas E.; Pauketat, Timothy R. (2000). Cahokia: Domination and Ideology in the Mississippian World. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780803287655.
named the Cahokia Mounds. By then, Cahokia Mounds had been abandoned for centuries. The Cahokiapeople were not related to the residents of Cahokia Mounds...
The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site /kəˈhoʊkiə/ (11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (which existed c. 1050–1350 CE) directly...
are related to, and partially descended from, the Cahokiapeople, not to be confused with Cahokia Mounds. The Peoria were one of the many Illinois tribes...
The Cahokia Woodhenge was a series of large timber circles located roughly 850 metres (2,790 ft) to the west of Monks Mound at the Mississippian culture...
of ritual use of 'black drink' at Cahokia". University of Illinois. Thomas H. Maugh II (2012-08-06). "Cahokiapeople had caffeine drink made from holly...
The Cahokia polity was a political entity that existed with Cahokia as its center and exercising control over outlying areas. Unlike other Mississippian...
Chief Ashkum of the Potawatomi Indians Cahokia – refers to the Cahokiapeople whose village was located nearby Cahokia Township Chautauqua Chebanse – "Chebanse"...
villages linked together by loose trading networks. The largest city was Cahokia, believed to be a major religious center located in what is present-day...
in Teotihuacán The reconstructed Cahokia Woodhenge, a large timber circle located at the Mississippian culture Cahokia archaeological site near Collinsville...
Urbana-Champaign. He is known for his historical theories and his investigations at Cahokia, the major center of precolonial Mississippian culture in the American...
with Ostara. The reconstructed Cahokia Woodhenge, a large timber circle located at the Mississippian culture Cahokia archaeological site near Collinsville...
beginning of its construction dates from 900 to 955 CE. Located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, the mound...
(modern-day Montreal), which had a population of several thousand people, and Cahokia, which may have housed 20,000 residents between 1050 and 1150 CE...
mound located roughly 850 meters (2,790 ft) to the south of Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds near Collinsville, Illinois. Early in the site's history, the location...
sedentary, such as the Pueblo peoples, Mandan, Hidatsa and others, and some established large settlements, even cities, such as Cahokia, in what is now Illinois...
Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas. The five main tribes were the Cahokia, Kaskaskia, Michigamea, Peoria, and Tamaroa. The spelling Illinois was...
Observance at Cahokia Mounds". Collinsville Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2017-12-20. "Cahokia Mounds Mark Spring Equinox : The keepers of Cahokia Mounds will...
cities of Cahokiapeople. The other dominant phase in the region of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers confluence is the Patrick Phase. These people existed...
Missouri and Illinois Rivers, but soon moved to a site near present-day Cahokia, Illinois. In 1682, their village, also called Tamaroa, had about 600 lodges...
the Midwestern United States used palisades. A prominent example is the Cahokia Mounds site in Collinsville, Illinois. A wooden stockade with a series...
between the 9th and 16th centuries. The largest Mississippian settlement was Cahokia, the capital of a major chiefdom that built a six-mile-square city east...
Indiana: A Persistent People, 1654–1994. Indiana Historical Society. ISBN 978-0871951328. Emerson, Thomas E.; Lewis, R. Barry (2000). Cahokia and the Hinterlands:...
13th centuries, Cahokia may have been the most populous city in North America. Monk's Mound, the major ceremonial center of Cahokia, remains the largest...
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