Kickapoo

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The Kickapoo are a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, known for their resistance to U.S. expansion and later dispersal across areas including the Midwest, Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kickapoo-Fox (in some classifications) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people
indigenous ethnic group
continent North America
country Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalPractice seasonal migration between U.S. and Mexico for work and ceremonies
ethnicGroupOf Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
government tribal governments in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
historicalEvent involved in conflicts during the Northwest Indian War
participated in the War of 1812 on the side of the British and Tecumseh’s confederacy
resisted U.S. expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries
subject to forced removals and dispersal in the 19th century
language Kickapoo language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
legalStatus recognized indigenous community in Mexico
sovereign tribal nations within the United States
migration migrated from Great Lakes region to Illinois and Missouri
migrated from Midwest to Kansas and Oklahoma
migrated from United States to northern Mexico
nameMeaning often interpreted as ‘those who walk the earth’ or ‘he who moves about’
originalRegion Great Lakes region
area around present-day Michigan
area around present-day Wisconsin
populationDistribution Coahuila
surface form: Coahuila, Mexico

Midwestern United States
surface form: Midwest United States

Oklahoma
Texas
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States
indigenous people of Mexico
relatedEthnicGroup Fox
Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki

Sauk
religion Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
traditional tribal religion
reservation Kickapoo Indian Reservation in Oklahoma
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
surface form: Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas

Kickapoo Reservation in Texas
selfDesignation Kiwikapawa
surface form: Kiikaapoa
subgroup Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
surface form: Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
surface form: Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
Mexican Kickapoo community in Coahuila
traditionalEconomy hunting and gathering
maize agriculture

Referenced by (10)

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Fox language alternativeName Kickapoo
this entity surface form: Kickapoo-Fox (in some classifications)
Tecumseh's War belligerent Kickapoo
Kickapoo language ethnicGroup Kickapoo
Northwest Indian War opponent Kickapoo
subject surface form: Meskwaki
Sac relatedEthnicGroup Kickapoo
subject surface form: Sauk
Shawnee relatedEthnicGroup Kickapoo
Sac and Fox relatedGroup Kickapoo