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Ancestral homeland: in area now Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. | '''Various Spellings''': Wichita, Witchetaw, Wicheta, Ouichita | ||
'''Ancestral homeland''': in area now Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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'''1541:''' early contact Spanish expedition of Francisco vasquez de Coronado | '''1541:''' early contact Spanish expedition of Francisco vasquez de Coronado | ||
'''1662:''' Diego Dionisio de Panalosa led an army against the Wichita defeated the Wichita | '''1662:''' Diego Dionisio de Panalosa led an army against the Wichita, defeated the Wichita | ||
'''1660's:''' migrated to Canadian River in what is now Oklahoma | '''1660's:''' migrated to Canadian River in what is now Oklahoma | ||
'''1719:''' | '''1719:''' established trade relations with Bernard de la Harpe | ||
'''1700's:''' Osage | '''1700's:''' Osage War parties drove the the Wichita further south to the Red River-(Oklahoma and Texas) | ||
'''1835: '''Treaty | '''1835: '''Treaty | ||
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'''1850:''' had moved to Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill of the Indian Territory | '''1850:''' had moved to Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill of the Indian Territory | ||
'''1859: '''assigned a reservation with the Caddo tribe | '''1859: '''assigned a reservation with the Caddo tribe | ||
'''1872:''' ceded remaining land to U.S. | '''1872:''' ceded remaining land to U.S. | ||
==== Brief History ==== | ==== Brief History ==== | ||
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'''Correspondence and Census''' | '''Correspondence and Census''' | ||
{| | {| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" | ||
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! scope="col" | Tribe | ! scope="col" | Tribe | ||
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| Washington D.C. and Fort Worth | | Washington D.C. and Fort Worth | ||
| Rolls 383-86 | | Rolls 383-86 | ||
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| Rolls 211-23 | | Rolls 211-23 | ||
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| Wichita | | Wichita | ||
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| Washington D.C. | | Washington D.C. | ||
| Rolls 858-61 | | Rolls 858-61 | ||
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| Wichita | | Wichita | ||
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| Washington D.C. | | Washington D.C. | ||
| Rolls 928-30 | | Rolls 928-30 | ||
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|} | |} | ||
'''Treaties''' | |||
*'''1835: '''with the Comanche | |||
*'''1846: '''with the Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Cadddo, Etc., | |||
'''Vital Records''' | '''Vital Records''' | ||
*Kiowa Agency, M595 birth and deaths 1930-1936 FHL Film: 576911 | *Kiowa Agency, M595 ,birth and deaths 1930-1936, FHL Film: 576911 | ||
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== Important Web Sites == | == Important Web Sites == | ||
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