Peoria Indians



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The Peoria Tribe is primarily associated with the state of Oklahoma.

Tribal Headquarters
Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma P.O. Box 1527 Miami, OK 74355 Phone: 1.918.540.2535 Fax: 1.918.540.2538


 * Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Official Website

Brief Timeline
1763: many live Peoria in Illinois

Early 1800: lived in southern Missouri

Treaty of Caster Hill (Missouri) created a reserve on the Osage river in Kansas.

1867: Removed from Kansas to northeastern corner of Indian Territory in Oklahoma

1959: Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma Terminated, Tribal membership 640, No Tribal land

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Peoria tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Treaties

 * 1818 September 25, Edwardsville, Illinois, Cessions
 * 1832 October 27, Casster Hill, St. Louis, Missouri, with the Kaskaskia, cession, reservation
 * 1854 May 30, withthe Peoria, Etc., cession, reservation
 * 1867 February 23, Washington D.C., with the Seneca, Mixed Seneca, Shawnee, Quapaw, Etc.,cession, land to Ottawa university, removal

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
 * Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Official Website
 * Peoria Tribe Wikipedia