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'''Various Spellings''': Wichita, Witchetaw, Wicheta, Ouichita
'''Various Spellings''': Wichita, Witchetaw, Wicheta, Ouichita  


'''Ancestral homeland''': in area now Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.   
'''Ancestral homeland''': in area now Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.   
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==== Brief Timeline  ====
==== Brief Timeline  ====


'''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  
 
*'''1719:''' established trade relations with Bernard de la Harpe  
'''1660's:''' migrated to Canadian River in what is now Oklahoma  
*'''1700's:''' Osage War parties drove the the Wichita further south to the Red River-(Oklahoma and Texas)  
 
*'''1835: '''Treaty  
'''1719:''' established trade relations with Bernard de la Harpe  
*'''1850:''' had moved to Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill of the Indian Territory  
 
*'''1859: '''assigned a reservation with the Caddo tribe  
'''1700's:''' Osage War parties drove the the Wichita further south to the Red River-(Oklahoma and Texas)  
*'''1872:''' ceded remaining land to U.S.
 
'''1835: '''Treaty  
 
'''1850:''' had moved to Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill of the Indian Territory  
 
'''1859: '''assigned a reservation with the Caddo tribe  
 
'''1872:''' ceded remaining land to U.S.  


==== Brief History  ====
==== Brief History  ====
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Wichita and Affiliated Tribes <br>P.O. Box 729<br>Anadarko, OK 73005<br>Phone: 405.247.2425<br>Fax: 405.247.2430 <br>
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes <br>P.O. Box 729<br>Anadarko, OK 73005<br>Phone: 405.247.2425<br>Fax: 405.247.2430 <br>


== Records ==
==  ==
 
'''Agency Records'''


'''Correspondence and Census'''  
'''Correspondence and Census'''  
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'''Treaties'''  
'''Treaties'''  


*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0435.htm 1835] August 24, at Camp Holmes, with the Comanche&nbsp;
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0435.htm 1835] August 24, at Camp Holmes, with the Comanche&nbsp;  
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0554.htm 1846]&nbsp;May 15, at Council Springs, with the Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., &nbsp;
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0554.htm 1846]&nbsp;May 15, at Council Springs, with the Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., &nbsp;


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