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Old 09-23-2013, 03:09 PM
 
Location: Utopia
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When did this wonderful annual event stop? Best as I can guess in 1984.
Does anyone know why the Blackhawk Indians stop coming to this event? I am guessing it was the old ones got too old or died and the younger people felt too far removed from their heritage, but I would rather someone tell me. Maybe it was also the cost of coming from Oklahoma? Or maybe poor attendance--altho the land is what they came back for so the attendance should have been secondary.
Well, those are my guesses. Anyone know for real?
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Old 09-24-2013, 09:57 AM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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It is held every Labor Day weekend at the Black Hawk State Historic Site in Rock Island.

The Black Hawk site in Rock Island is the ancestral home of both the Sac (Sauk) and Fox tribe, now in Oklahoma, and the Meskwakis, now in Tama, Iowa. Not far from Black Hawk is the site of Saukenuk, which was the home of the Sauk and Black Hawk, a village that in 1824 was the largest community in Illinois.

The Sac and Fox were notorious, fierce, fighting clans. Black Hawk's status came from leading war parties, and later taking leadership of Sac warriors during the Black Hawk War of 1832. The majority of the Illinois tribes were removed to SW Kansas and NE Oklahoma after the infamous Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson. A few chose moved into Iowa where they live today.

The Peorias' were first moved to Kansas and thence into NE Oklahoma where descendants of the original Peoria, Illinois tribe live today. There is also a Peoria Tribe in Arizona.

Oklahoma is home to more federally recognized Indian tribes than any other state. I lived for many years in an area of Eastern Oklahoma that is sandwiched between the Nine Tribes and the Cherokee Nation. Good times.

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Old 09-24-2013, 10:17 AM
 
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On a parallel subject, this is the week of the quinquennial (once every 5 years) caravan commemorating the Potawatomi's forcible relocation from north central Indiana to eastern Kansas along what has become known as the "Trail of Death." There are several stops in Illinois over the next couple days.

More info here for the interested:
http://www.potawatomi-tda.org/carav13/carav13.htm
http://www.potawatomi-tda.org/
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Old 09-24-2013, 10:40 AM
 
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The Cherokee were forcibly removed from the East Coast to Tahlequah, Oklahoma on what is called the Trail of Tears. The Peorias' were forced into ceding all their lands in Illinois and Missouri to the government for which they were removed to areas in Kansas Territory and then relocated to Oklahoma Territory where they settled north of the Seneca Agency. It was a mess for a long time.
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Old 09-24-2013, 10:59 AM
 
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Default A rare surprise in Quincy

The Villa Katherine castle in Quincy was built in 1900. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it is a example of old world Mediterranean-style Moroccan architecture that is a rare find in the Midwest.

http://www.villakathrine.org



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On a parallel subject, this is the week of the quinquennial (once every 5 years) caravan commemorating the Potawatomi's forcible relocation from north central Indiana to eastern Kansas along what has become known as the "Trail of Death." There are several stops in Illinois over the next couple days.

More info here for the interested:
2013 Trail of Death Caravan
Potawatomi Trail of Death
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Old 09-24-2013, 05:59 PM
 
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Took this picture today from the Potawatomi caravan. Blessing a new route marker.
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