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    The Peoria are a Native American people. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma headquartered in Miami, Oklahoma...
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  • Peoria, Colorado Peoria, Illinois Peoria, Franklin County, Indiana Peoria, Miami County, Indiana Peoria, Iowa Peoria, Kansas Peoria, Missouri Peoria,...
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    Peoria (/piˈɔːriə/ pee-OR-ee-ə) is a city in and county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States. Located on the Illinois River, the city had a population...
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    Peoria (/piˈɔːriə/ pee-OR-ee-ə) is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. Most of the city is located in Maricopa County...
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  • Will it play in Peoria? is an American English figure of speech that is traditionally used to ask whether a given product, person, promotional theme, or...
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    Peoria is a town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. It was named for the Peoria people, a tribe of Native Americans who were removed to Indian...
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    Peoria. Peoria County is part of the Peoria metropolitan area. Peoria County was formed in 1825 out of Fulton County. It was named for the Peoria, an Illiniwek...
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    Peoria. As of the 2020 census, the area had a population of 402,391. The City of Peoria, according to the 2020 US Census Bureau, has 113,150 people....
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  • with the Michigamea, were absorbed by the Kaskaskia and finally the Peoria people. Five Cahokia chiefs and headmen joined those of other Illinois tribes...
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  • notable people who were born or have lived in Peoria, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from...
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    Peoria Heights is a village lying in Peoria County in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 6,156 at the 2010 census, down from 6,635 in 2000...
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    East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,484 at the 2020 census. East Peoria is part of the Peoria, Illinois...
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    West Peoria is a city in Peoria County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,458 at the 2010 census. West Peoria is a suburb of Peoria and is...
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  • The history of Peoria, Illinois began when French explorers constructed Fort Crevecoeur in 1680. The County of Peoria was organized in 1825, the town in...
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    Peoria Charter Coach Company is a family-owned bus company based in Peoria, Illinois, which provides charter bus services, custom group tours, and transportation...
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  • The Peoria Party (/piˈɔːriə/ pee-OR-ee-ə) was a group of men from Peoria in the U.S. state of Illinois, who set out about May 1, 1839, with the intention...
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    population of about 10,000 people. Although the number has significantly reduced, many of their descendants are today part of the Peoria Tribe of Miami, Oklahoma...
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    Fulton J. Sheen (category People from Peoria, Illinois)
    especially his work on television and radio. Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois, in 1919, Sheen quickly became a renowned theologian, earning...
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  • Peoria City is an American soccer club from Peoria, Illinois, that plays in the Heartland Division in USL League Two. The team's colors are gold and black...
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    My name is Jon Daker (category People from Peoria, Illinois)
    internet viral video of an Easter recital at First United Methodist Church in Peoria, Illinois, in 1990 that was broadcast as part of a public access TV program...
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    downtown Peoria, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The congregation was established in the early 1800s. It is the oldest Protestant church in Peoria. The history...
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  • Treaty of Castor Hill (category Kickapoo people)
    United States and the Kickapoo, Delaware (Lenape), Shawnee, Kaskaskia, Peoria people, Piankeshaw, and Wea. This treaty renounced rights to the lands assigned...
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    of the Illinois people. The Native American term was /mooyiinkweena/, a derogatory name applied to the Moingouena by the Peoria people, a closely related...
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  • Rivers. Tamaroan culture is presumed to be similar to that of the Kaskaskia, Peoria, and other Illinois tribes. An estimated 3000 Tamaroa lived along the Mississippi...
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    Peoria metropolitan area, after Peoria itself. As of the 2020 census, its population is 31,731. A small portion of the city limits extend into Peoria...
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    The Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette, is a historic 14-story hotel in downtown Peoria, Illinois, United States. Built in 1926, the building is Peoria's only...
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    by Native Americans, specifically the Miami people, the Peoria people, and Potawatomi peoples. These people inhabited this land for thousands of years...
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    Peoria Mineral Springs is 14,500-year-old natural spring in the city of Peoria, Illinois, United States. The site, also known as Spring Hill, is located...
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    Darin LaHood (category Politicians from Peoria, Illinois)
    outside the Farm Bureau building in Peoria who had come to push for a town hall, saying: "We live in a democracy. People may not always agree with me and...
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  • Peoria Koshiba (born June 27, 1979, in Ngerbeched, Koror) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Palau. Koshiba represented...
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