“An Illustrated Chronicle of the Inoca in Southern Illinois – From Glaciers to Genocide”-Presentation by Kay Rippelmeyer-Tippy
Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/28/2026
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Location
Giant City State Park
Categories
Giant City State Park
Saturday, February 28th
1-2:30pm
MAKANDA, IL –After a brief focus on the spectacular geography of the Mississippi River Valley created by succeeding
glaciers, we will focus mainly on the tribes of the Inoca nation as they were pushed south into what would be Southern
Illinois, living for four generations in close trade cooperation with the French while suffering from both deadly diseases
and competing native tribes before being briefly used by the English, and eventually shoved off their land and annihilated
by the Americans.
Giant City State Park is administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The mission of the IDNR is to
manage, conserve and protect Illinois’ natural, recreational and cultural resources, further the public’s understanding and
appreciation of those resources, and promote the education, science and public safety of Illinois’ natural resources for
present and future generations.