what native american tribe inhabited what is now chicago
Illinois Confederation
The Illinois lived in a seasonal cycle related to cultivation of domestic plants and hunting , with movement from semi-permanent villages to hunting camps . They seasonally lived in long houses and wigwams of wood and woven mats . They planted crops of maize ( corn ) , beans , and squash , known as the `` Three Sisters '' . They prepared dishes such as sagamite . They also gathered wild foods such as nuts , fruit , roots , and tubers . In the hunting season , the men hunted bison , deer , elk , bear , cougar , lynx , turkey , geese and duck . Women prepared the meat for preservation and the hides for equipment and clothing . They tapped maple trees and made the sap into a drink or boiled it for syrup and sugar .
The Illinois lived in a seasonal cycle related to cultivation of domestic plants and hunting , with movement from semi-permanent villages to hunting camps . They seasonally lived in long houses and wigwams of wood and woven mats . They planted crops of maize ( corn ) , beans , and squash , known as the `` Three Sisters '' . They prepared dishes such as sagamite . They also gathered wild foods such as nuts , fruit , roots , and tubers . In the hunting season , the men hunted bison , deer , elk , bear , cougar , lynx , turkey , geese and duck . Women prepared the meat for preservation and the hides for equipment and clothing . They tapped maple trees and made the sap into a drink or boiled it for syrup and sugar .