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910:, Rootsweb
614:References
529:Peoria War
493:Piankeshaw
460:Under the
434:After the
416:Michigamea
400:Piankeshaw
398:, Peoria,
342:dictionary
336:. Father
284:Algonquian
234:Government
174:Ohio River
131:Piankeshaw
1260:Chickasaw
1210:Wyandotte
1055:Chickasaw
1013:Federally
511:Namesakes
497:Kaskaskia
462:Dawes Act
455:Dawes Act
436:Civil War
424:Pepikokia
412:Moingwena
396:Kaskaskia
383:near the
365:St. Louis
325:. French
228:peewaalia
214:The name
127:Kaskaskia
86:Languages
1305:Muscogee
1280:Delaware
1275:Comanche
1255:Cheyenne
1250:Cherokee
1175:Seminole
1110:Kickapoo
1105:Kialegee
1070:Comanche
1045:Cherokee
1005:Oklahoma
777:Archived
774:History.
635:Archived
587:Sagamite
581:See also
377:Missouri
346:Illinois
315:Illinois
300:Missouri
296:Michigan
288:Illinois
102:Religion
79:Illinois
75:Oklahoma
1355:Wyandot
1350:Wichita
1345:Shawnee
1285:Koasati
1270:Choctaw
1235:Arapaho
1230:Alabama
1205:Wichita
1195:Tonkawa
1185:Shawnee
1060:Choctaw
952:. 1905.
936:. 1913.
808:Peoria.
420:Tamaroa
408:Cahokia
267:History
220:autonym
92:English
1340:Seneca
1335:Quapaw
1320:Pawnee
1315:Ottawa
1245:Cayuga
1165:Quapaw
1155:Peoria
1150:Pawnee
1145:Ottawa
1035:Apache
1017:tribes
537:, and
499:, and
440:Quapaw
402:, and
381:Kansas
327:Jesuit
298:, and
216:Peoria
193:Quapaw
146:are a
144:Peoria
133:, and
1360:Yuchi
1325:Ponca
1310:Osage
1240:Caddo
1160:Ponca
1135:Osage
1125:Modoc
1120:Miami
1115:Kiowa
1040:Caddo
594:Notes
544:Many
60:3,713
1095:Iowa
694:2022
527:The
464:and
418:and
363:and
321:and
292:Ohio
142:The
1100:Kaw
1003:in
501:Wea
404:Wea
135:Wea
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