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Indigenous Illinois: The History of American Indian Tribes in and Around Champaign County

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Jul 3, 2019
5 min

Indigenous Illinois: The History of American Indian Tribes in and Around Champaign County

By Jason Peterson In 1874, the campus newspaper at the University of Illinois changed its name from The Student to The Illini. This was...

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