HR1369 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Yuchi (Tsoyaha) are a tribe of Native Americans who hunted, fished, and farmed much of the land from Florida to Illinois prior to the influx of the Muskhogean, Iroquoian, and Algonkian Peoples and now primarily live in the northeastern part of Oklahoma; and

WHEREAS, Tsoyaha, their own name for themselves, means "Children of the Sun", and the tribe, also called Yuchi, are, along with Muskogee Creeks, the early ancestors of the Seminole Tribes; and

WHEREAS, The Yuchi once resided within southeastern Illinois in the vicinity of the Skillett Fork, Embarras, and Little Wabash Rivers and are directly involved in the Mound Building culture, which flourished throughout Illinois and neighboring states; and

WHEREAS, The Yuchi population plummeted in the 18th century due to foreign diseases and war with the Cherokee, and it is currently estimated that there are approximately 3,000 Yuchi people left; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize and commend the people of the Yuchi; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the People of the Yuchi Tribe as an expression of our esteem.