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| Collection Name | Native American Collection - McLean County Museum of History and ISU |
| View Collection at | http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fisu2 |
| Description | The McLean County Museum of History offers access to a wide range of Native American objects. The collection includes pre-historic lithics and pottery fragments found in Central Illinois used in farming, hunting, and food processing. The collection also contains objects obtained through trade with early European settlers and made by Kickapoo and other Native Americans for use in daily life.
Collection highlights include artifacts gathered from archeological excavations at the Grand Village of the Kickapoo and Kickapoo Stockade, photographs taken at the Kickapoo Reservation in Horton Kansas in 1906, and manuscripts and documents relating to the Kickapoo People collected by Milo Custer. Additional highlights include artifacts excavated from archeological work conducted at the French and Fox Indian battle location known as the Arrowsmith Battlefield. You can also view lithics and pottery fragments from the Woodland and Mississippian eras. |
| Topics Included | Native American artifacts; Arrowheads; Awls; Baskets; Native American tools; |
| Organization | Illinois State University; McLean County Museum of History |
| Type of Organization | Academic library; Museum; |
| City | Normal |
| State | Illinois |
| Country | United States |
| Primary Sources | Native American artifacts; |
| Format of Digital Files | jpg |
| Project Support | LSTA |
| Date Published | 2006-08-01 |
