Native American Authors: Browsing by TribeIllinois TribeOnline resources about the Illinois TribeIllini ConfederacyAuthor: R. Fester Type: tribal Description: Information about the Illinois Confederacy. URL: http://members.tripod.com/~RFester/ Illinois Author: Virginia Haase Type: tribal Description: This page on the tribe is part of a Native North American Cultures online exhibit created by Minnesota State University - Mankato. URL: http://www.anthro.mankato.msus.edu/cultural/northamerica/illinois.html Illinois History by Lee Sultzman Author: Lee Sultzman Type: tribal Description: History of the Illinois people by Lee Sultzman from the First Nations website. URL: http://www.dickshovel.com/ill.html Legend of the Piasa Author: Glenn Welker Type: tribal Description: The Illinois tribe has handed down the legend of a flying dragon that lived in the cliffs of the Illinois River. Glenn Welker tells the tale of this monster -- "It was big--bigger than a horse--and scaly with horns. It had a long snakish tail that curled around its body and teeth like daggers. Its eyes flashed fire. It lived amongst the bluffs of the Illinois River where it watched for prey. Anyone so unwise as to paddle canoe or pirogue too close to the monster's den would suddenly find the sun blotted out by leather wings..." URL: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/piasa.htm Return to Native American Authors Home |