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'''Various Spellings:''' Kickapoo, Kikapo, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma | '''Various Spellings:''' Kickapoo, Kikapo, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma | ||
'''Ancestral Homeland''': Great Lakes area; closely related to the Sac and Meskwaki (Fox); all three tribes lived in Wisconsin | '''Ancestral Homeland''': Great Lakes area (Illinois); closely related to the Sac and Meskwaki (Fox); all three tribes lived in Wisconsin | ||
'''Band: '''Vermilion | '''Band: '''Vermilion | ||
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==== Brief Timeline ==== | ==== Brief Timeline ==== | ||
'''1600's:''' Jesuit priest Claude Jean Allouez visited the tribe between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers | *'''1600's:''' Jesuit priest Claude Jean Allouez visited the tribe between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers | ||
*'''1790-94:''' Little Turtles' War; tribes stands against non-Indians | |||
'''1790-94:''' Little Turtles' War; tribes stands against non-Indians | *'''1763: The tribe '''joined Pontiac in his rebellion. | ||
*'''1809-11:''' Tecumseh's Rebellion, the tribe joined Tecumseh | |||
'''1763: The tribe '''joined Pontiac in his rebellion. | *'''1832: '''Black Hawk War | ||
*'''1832:''' The tribe removed to Missouri | |||
'''1809-11:''' Tecumseh's Rebellion, the tribe joined Tecumseh | *'''1839:''' Part of tribe moved to Texas and Mexico | ||
*'''1860's: '''The tribe many migrated to the Illinois River in Illinois | |||
'''1832: '''Black Hawk War | *'''1873: '''part of the tribe move to Indian Territoy, granted a reservation along the North Canadian River; their descandants became the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. | ||
*'''1873:''' Colonel Ranald Mackenzie lead troop into Mexico and destored the main village at Nacimiento on the Remolino River. Survivors lead back to Indian Territory - Oklahoma | |||
'''1832:''' The tribe removed to Missouri | |||
'''1839:''' Part of tribe moved to Texas and Mexico | |||
'''1860's: '''The tribe many migrated to the Illinois River in Illinois | |||
'''1873: '''part of the tribe move to Indian Territoy, granted a reservation along the North Canadian River; their descandants became the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. | |||
'''1873:''' Colonel Ranald Mackenzie | |||
'''Brief History''' | '''Brief History''' | ||
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== Tribal Headquarters == | == Tribal Headquarters == | ||
== Records == | == Records == | ||
'''Allotment''' | '''Allotment''' | ||
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'''Correspondence and Census''' | '''Correspondence and Census''' | ||
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*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/wya0039.htm 1795] August 3, with the Wyandot | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/wya0039.htm 1795] August 3, with the Wyandot | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/del0064.htm 1803] June 7, at Fort Wayne, with the Delaware | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/del0064.htm 1803] June 7, at Fort Wayne, with the Delaware | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/eel0066.htm 1803] August 7, at Vincennes, with the Eel River, Etc., | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/eel0066.htm 1803] August 7, at Vincennes, with the Eel River, Etc., | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0104.htm 1809] December 9, at Vincennes, | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0104.htm 1809] December 9, at Vincennes, | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0116.htm 1815] September 2, at Portae des Sioux | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0116.htm 1815] September 2, at Portae des Sioux | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0131.htm 1816] June 4, at Fort Harrison, with the Wea | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0131.htm 1816] June 4, at Fort Harrison, with the Wea | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0182.htm 1819] June 30, at Edwardsville, Illinois | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0182.htm 1819] June 30, at Edwardsville, Illinois | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0184.htm 1819] August 30, at Fort Harrison | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0184.htm 1819] August 30, at Fort Harrison | ||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0189.htm 1820] July 19, at St. Louis | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kic0189.htm 1820] July 19, at St. Louis | ||
Revision as of 10:07, 23 February 2010
Various Spellings: Kickapoo, Kikapo, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
Ancestral Homeland: Great Lakes area (Illinois); closely related to the Sac and Meskwaki (Fox); all three tribes lived in Wisconsin
Band: Vermilion
Federally recognized
History[edit | edit source]
Currently, there are groups of Kickapoo Indians in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]
- 1600's: Jesuit priest Claude Jean Allouez visited the tribe between the Wisconsin and Fox Rivers
- 1790-94: Little Turtles' War; tribes stands against non-Indians
- 1763: The tribe joined Pontiac in his rebellion.
- 1809-11: Tecumseh's Rebellion, the tribe joined Tecumseh
- 1832: Black Hawk War
- 1832: The tribe removed to Missouri
- 1839: Part of tribe moved to Texas and Mexico
- 1860's: The tribe many migrated to the Illinois River in Illinois
- 1873: part of the tribe move to Indian Territoy, granted a reservation along the North Canadian River; their descandants became the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma.
- 1873: Colonel Ranald Mackenzie lead troop into Mexico and destored the main village at Nacimiento on the Remolino River. Survivors lead back to Indian Territory - Oklahoma
Brief History
Reservations[edit | edit source]
Additional References to the History of the Tribe[edit | edit source]
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Kickapoo tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.
Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
Records[edit | edit source]
Allotment
- 1862 Kansas Kickapoo Land Allotments http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
- 1890 Kansas Kickapoo Land Allotments http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
Correspondence and Census
| Tribe | Agency | Location of Original Records |
Pre-1880 Correspondence M234 RG 75 Rolls 962 Roll Numbers |
FHL Film Numbers |
Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls 693 Roll Numbers |
FHL Film Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kickapoo | Shawnee Agency, 1890-1952 | Fort Worth | - | - | Rolls 210, 392-95 | 576899 |
| Kickapoo | Ft. Leavenworth Agency, 1824-51 | Washington D.C. | Rolls 300-03 | - | - | - |
| Kickapoo, Kansas | Great Nemaha, 1851-55 | Washington D.C. | Rolls 307-14 | - | - | - |
| Kickapoo Kansas | Kickapoo Agency, 1855-76 | Washington D.C. | Rolls 371-74 | - | - | - |
| Kickapoo, Kansas | Horton (Potawatomi) Agency, 1874-1963 | Washington D.C. and Kansas CIty | Rolls 691-95 | Rolls 176, 210, 392-95 | 580771-774 | |
| Kickapoo, Mexican | Kickapoo Agency, 1873-75 | Washington D.C. | Rolls 373-74 | - | - | - |
| Kickapoo, Mexican | Sac and Fox Agency, 1874-80 | Washington D.C. and Chicago | Rolls 740-44 | - | - | - |
| Kickapoo, Mexican | Shawnee Agency, 1890-1952 | Fort Worth | - | - | - | - |
Treaties
- 1795 August 3, with the Wyandot
- 1803 June 7, at Fort Wayne, with the Delaware
- 1803 August 7, at Vincennes, with the Eel River, Etc.,
- 1809 December 9, at Vincennes,
- 1815 September 2, at Portae des Sioux
- 1816 June 4, at Fort Harrison, with the Wea
- 1819 June 30, at Edwardsville, Illinois
- 1819 August 30, at Fort Harrison
- 1820 July 19, at St. Louis
- 1820 September 5, Kickapoo of the Vermillion
- 1832 October 24, at Castor Hill
- 1854 May 18, at Washington
- 1862 June 28, at Kickapoo Agency
Vital Records
- Horton (Potawatomi) Agency, M595, births and deaths 1918-1935, FHL Film: 580774
Important Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- Constitution of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas.
- Constitution and By-Laws of the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, Approved February 26, 1937
- Constitution and By-Laws of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, Ratified September 18, 1937.
- Kickapoo Tribe Wikipedia
References[edit | edit source]
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
- Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
- Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.
- Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
- Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
- Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
- Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands
- Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
- Volume 1 -- Not yet published
- Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751
- Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371
- Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.
- Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.
- Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.
- Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311
- Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.
- Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.
- Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.
- Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.
- Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.
- Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643
- Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176
- Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.
- Volume 16 -- Not yet published
- Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746
- Volume 18 -- Not yet published
- Volume 19 -- Not yet published
- Volume 20 -- Not yet published
- Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
- Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.