Hair Styles Hair styles of Illinois man, woman, and child visiting New Orleans, 1735. (colored pen and ink by Alexandre de Batz, 1735)

These people seem to have united both [hair] fashions, having what the Outaouacs [Ottawa] regard as handsome in their short and erect hair, and also what pleases others in their long locks. (Claude Dablon, 1671)

The hair styles of men and boys differed from those of women. On males, the hair on top of the head was clipped short and stood erect, similar to the "roach" style worn by some other Great Lakes tribes. The hair was somewhat longer on the front and back of the head, where it was combed downward and trimmed horizontally. But it was allowed to grow very long on each side of the head, where one or two long locks hung down from the ear to the chest.

Women wore their hair long and braided it down the back. However, on the front and side of the head it was combed forward and neatly trimmed to keep it out of the face, similar to the style worn by men.