The Illiniwek tribe, or Illini, was made up of 12 to 13 tribes who lived in the Mississippi River Valley spanning from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. The Illini used to have a mascot named ...

Illinois currently does not have a mascot. The school did have a de facto mascot from 1926 until 2007 in Chief Illiniwek, a Native American symbol representing the Illinois Confederation of tribes ...