who were the cahokia
Cahokia is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It is part of Greater St. Louis, the metropolitan area around St. Louis. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 15,241, a decline from 16,391 in 2000. The name is a reference to one of the clans of the historic Illini confederacy, who were encountered by early French explorers to the region. Early European settlers also named Cahokia Mounds after the Illini.