Cahokia people
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 |
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.
At the time of European contact with the Illini or Illinois Confederation, 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, the Cahokia Mounds had been abandoned for centuries. The Cahokia people were not related to the residents of the Cahokia Mounds, who were most likely Dhegiha Siouan-speaking peoples.