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LRB094 21036 HSS 59361 r |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Yuchi (Tsoyaha) are a tribe of Native |
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| Americans who hunted, fished, and farmed much of the land from |
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| Florida to Illinois prior to the influx of the Muskhogean, |
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| Iroquoian, and Algonkian Peoples and now primarily live in the |
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| northeastern part of Oklahoma; and
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| WHEREAS, Tsoyaha, their own name for themselves, means |
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| "Children of the Sun", and the tribe, also called Yuchi, are, |
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| along with Muskogee Creeks, the early ancestors of the Seminole |
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| Tribes; and
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| WHEREAS, The Yuchi once resided within southeastern |
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| Illinois in the vicinity of the Skillett Fork, Embarras, and |
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| Little Wabash Rivers and are directly involved in the Mound |
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| Building culture, which flourished throughout Illinois and |
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| neighboring states; and
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| WHEREAS, The Yuchi population plummeted in the 18th century |
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| due to foreign diseases and war with the Cherokee, and it is |
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| currently estimated that there are approximately 3,000 Yuchi |
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| people left; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we recognize and commend the people of the Yuchi; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the People of the Yuchi Tribe as an expression of |
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| our esteem.
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