Peoria Indians
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The Peoria Tribe is primarily associated with the state of Oklahoma[1].
Contents
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
History
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.
Reservations
Records
Agency Records
Correspondence and Census
| Tribe | Agency | Location of Original Records |
Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number |
FHL Film Number |
Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Number |
FHL Film Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peoria | Miami (Quapaw) Agency, 1870-1952 | Washington D.C. and Fort Worth | Rolls 703-13 | - | Rolls 410-16 | - |
| Peoria | Seneca Agency, 1901-7, 1910-21 | Washington D.C. | - | - | Rolls 487-89 | FHL Films: 581498-581499 |
| Peoria | Ft. Leavenworth / Osage River, 1824-71 | Washington D.C. | Rolls 300-02, 642-51 | - | Roll 48 | - |
Treaties
- 1818September 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
References
- ↑ Indian Entities Recognized and Eligible To Receive Services From the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Federal Register, Vol. 67, No. 134, 12 July 2002 Available online
Bibliography
- Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
- Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
- Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.
- Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
- Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
- Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
- Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands
- Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
- Volume 1 -- Not yet published
- Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751
- Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371
- Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.
- Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.
- Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.
- Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311
- Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.
- Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.
- Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.
- Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.
- Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.
- Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643
- Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176
- Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.
- Volume 16 -- Not yet published
- Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746
- Volume 18 -- Not yet published
- Volume 19 -- Not yet published
- Volume 20 -- Not yet published
- Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
- Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.
