On Feb. 21, the University of Illinois closed the book on a major chapter of its history. Having performed for 81 years, Chief Illiniwek, the mascot for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ...

The University of Illinois archives have the answers ... The school did have a de facto mascot from 1926 until 2007 in Chief Illiniwek, a Native American symbol representing the Illinois ...

It became the official nickname for all of Illinois' athletic teams later that March, as aforementioned in the clip from the ... used to have a mascot named Chief Illiniwek from 1926 through ...