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Kickapoo

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kickapoo , Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages ) and who in the late 17th cent. occupied SW Wisconsin. They were closely related to the Sac and Fox . The culture of the Kickapoo was essentially that of the Eastern Woodlands area, but they also hunted buffalo, one of the few traits that the Kickapoo adopted from their neighbors in the Plains area. After the allied Kickapoo, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Sac and Fox tribes massacred (c.1769) the Illinois , they partitioned the... Read more
Kickapoo
Kickapoo Major tribe of Algonquian-speaking Native North Americans, originally occupying south-central Wisconsin. In 1852 part of the tribe went to Texas, and then to Mexico, where many of their descendants still inhabit a reservation area in Chihuahua. Eventually most of the Kickapoo moved to Oklahoma, where some ... Read more
Kickapoo
Kickapoo, Illinois/USA Named after the Algonquian‐speaking Kickapoo tribe. Read more

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Company files suit against Kickapoo Tribe
; ...investors who funded construction of the Kickapoo Casino allege that the tribe has exploited...investors, the Nevada-based First American Kickapoo Operations LLC, announced Friday that they were suing the Kickapoo Tribe to recover their lost investments... Read more
Uphill struggle:Kickapoo school fights negative perception
; ...acknowledges many residents view the Kickapoo Nation School - where he's worked...differences, Arnold admits, between the Kickapoo Nation School and nearby public...in Northeast Kansas. For one, the Kickapoo Nation School - located about 40... Read more
Kickapoo Creek seeks more 'friends'
; ...Here's the story of the Friends of the Kickapoo Creek. The themes of the tales are the...and restoring the 90 or so miles of the Kickapoo Creek watershed, which runs through southern...Champaign honored the Friends of the Kickapoo Creek earlier this month with the first-ev... Read more
Kickapoo woman breaks cycle of poverty, drug use, prison
; ...Country Today (Lakota Times) 08-15-2001 Kickapoo woman breaks cycle of poverty, drug use...Ramirez said she received help from Kickapoo Social Services to get a car. Kansas...look up. Ramirez had been hired by the Kickapoo Tribe for a temporary job. Although it... Read more
Talks stalled in tribal pursuit Kickapoo Indians seek creation of Plum Creek Reservoir
; For nearly 20 years, Kickapoo tribal chairman Steve Cadue has talked...people living on tribal lands. The Kickapoos' existing water system also supplies...Until the acreage is acquired by the Kickapoos, the reservoir project can't begin... Read more
Kickapoo Tribe's video wins national honor
; KICKAPOO NATION - A 15-minute video illustrating the Kickapoo Tribe's attempts to secure a permanent water source for...Institute Festival Saturday night in San Francisco, said Kickapoo planning director and film producer Chris Dunn. The film... Read more
Institute of Texan Cultures Hosts Kickapoo Photographic Exhibit
; ...05-04-1997 Institute of Texan Cultures Hosts Kickapoo Photographic Exhibit An exhibit by Abilene...Texan Cultures from May 6 to June 29. The Kickapoo: Traditional Indians of Texas include...branch of the Algonquin Indian tribe. The Kickapoo Tribe of Texas prides itself on safe... Read more
Christian, Kickapoo schools accredited
; St. Joseph Christian School and Kickapoo Nation School were granted continuing...City on Oct. 4. St. Joseph Christian and Kickapoo Nation School join more than 9,000 schools...said Pat McAfee, superintendent of the Kickapoo Nation School in Powhattan, Kan., and... Read more
KICKAPOO LAND GOES TO STATE, HO-CHUNK.(Weekend)
; ...officials have released the 8,500-acre Kickapoo Valley Reserve into the hands of the...Marcy West, executive director of the Kickapoo Valley Reserve Board. The Corps transferred...and controlled by a local agency. The Kickapoo Valley Reserve Board has established... Read more
Kickapoo dance sacred moves Grandfather remembered at powwow
; ...George Kishketon Jr., was a full blooded Kickapoo who was world known for his Fancy Dancing...annual Pow Wow at the Grand Village of the Kickapoo Park near LeRoy. This year's ceremony...place on land that used to belong to the Kickapoo tribe. That land is now known as The... Read more

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