Originally inhabited by the Ioway, Potawatomi, and Sauk nations, the area remained unsettled by immigrants…
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QMQ 30: Wisconsin
Wisconsin was home to the Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi nations before European fur traders…
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QMQ 28: Texas
Texas was home to diverse Native American cultures, including the Caddo, Karankawa, Apache, and Comanche….
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QMQ 26: Michigan
The name “Michigan” comes from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning “large water” or “large lake”…
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QMQ 27: Florida
For more than 12,000 years, the are has been inhabited including the Calusa, Timucua, Tequesta…
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QMQ 24: Missouri
For hundreds of years before European settlers arrived, it was home to the Osage and the…
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QMQ 25: Arkansas
Before the Europeans arrived, the Osage, Quapaw, Caddo, and Cherokee nations (many of whom were…
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QMQ 23: Maine
Long before European boots ever touched Maine’s rocky shores, the land was home to the…
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QMQ 22: Alabama
The Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations all made their mark on this rich territory…
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QMQ 21: Illinois
The Cahokia Mounds, still standing outside Collinsville, was the center of a thriving Mississippian-culture city,…