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‘In the Hollow of My Hand’ – Memories of the Native Peoples of Pekin and Tazewell County

While Pekin traces its origin to the 1824 arrival of Jonathan Tharp from Ohio,...

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...

Tribal customs of the Central Illinois Pottawatomi

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

Senachwine, war chief of the Pottawatomi

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

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

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

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