to a family of languages that include Ojibwe / Chippawa , Odawa, Potawatomi , Cree Shawnee , Illiniwek , Kickapoo , Menominee , Miami , Sac and Fox . (Note: Illiniwek once formed a confederacy (Illinois Confederacy) of the following nations: Kaskaskia , the Cahokia , the Peoria , the Tamaroa