Do You Know All the Illinois Places with Native American Names?
Do You Know All the Illinois Places with Native American Names?
Wondering about that city, river, or road name? Chances are, it can be traced back to the area's original residents.
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Illinois is full of Native American-based place names–just check out this list from the Chicago Sun-Times. It includes towns such as Minooka, Sauk Village, and Chicago itself; roads like Lake County’s Aptakisic; parks like St. Charles’s Pottawatomie; and rivers such as the Kaskaskia, Calumet, and the Mississippi.
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