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Grand Village of the Illinois
The Grand Village of the Illinois was a large settlement of the Kaskaskia and other Illinois peoples on the upper Illinois River, opposite Starved Rock in present-day Illinois. Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet visited it in 1673, and it then held thousands of people in many lodges. The French built Fort Saint-Louis on Starved Rock nearby in 1682–1683, making the area a centre of the Illinois Confederation's trade and alliance with France.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Grand Village of the Illinois. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-village-of-the-illinois
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- “Grand Village of the Illinois.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-village-of-the-illinois. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Grand Village of the Illinois.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-village-of-the-illinois.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Grand Village of the Illinois’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/grand-village-of-the-illinois (Accessed: ).
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