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Native Americans

‘In the Hollow of my Hand’: Library’s Local History Room features display highlighting Native American life and culture of Central Illinois

Around the time white settlers began flooding into Tazewell County in the 1820s, Potawatomi War Chief...

Black Hawk, Shabbona, and the Clearance of Illinois’ Native Americans

By Jared Olar Library assistant As previously noted in this column, the city of...

When Pekin was only a town

By Jared Olar Library assistant For the first 19 years of its existence, from...

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