A Little HistoryThe Peoria Tribe formerly belonged to the group of Algonquian Tribes forming the Illinois Confederacy.� Unpon Marquette�s return from his expedition down the Mississippi in 1673, he found the Peoria living near what is now Peoria, Illinois.� During the general removal of the eastern Indiansto West in 1832, the Peoria, together with remnant of the Kaskaskia (once a leading tribe of the Illinois Confederacy), emigrated to a new reservation assigned to them on the Osage River, Kansas.� In 1854, the two tribes were joined by the Wea and Piankshaw, two bands of the Miami, and in 1857-58, these united tribes moved to the Quapaw Reservation in Oklahoma. The Act of August 2, 1956-Public Law 84-921- terminated Federal supervision over the property of the Peoria Tribe.� This act was repealed by the Act of May 15, 1978, which restored the Peoria as a federally recognized tribe. |