Transcript The Illini Tribe

The Illini Tribe
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* Food
The Illini were farming people. The women did
most of the farming, harvesting corn, beans ,
and squash. Men hunted deer, wild turkeys,
and buffalo . They also ate soup, cornbread ,
and stew.
* Language
The Illinois Indians speak English today. In the
past the Illini spoke their Native Miami-Illinois
language it has this long name because two
tribes the Miami and Illini tribes spoke the same
language with different accents just like
Americans and Canadians both speak English.
* Clothing
Illini women wore skirts with leggings and
men wore breechcloths Illini also wore
moccasins on their feet.
*
The Illini traded with all of the tribes of the
Great Lake region and sometimes with tribes
who lived further away.