The Kickapoo are an Algonquian-speaking people originally of the western Great Lakes region, whose communities were pushed successively through Illinois and Missouri under nineteenth century United States removal pressure before groups settled in Kansas, Oklahoma and, following a further migration, in Coahuila, Mexico, where the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas maintains ties today. In the 1820s the reformer Kenekuk, known as the Kickapoo Prophet, led a religious revitalization movement among the Kansas Kickapoo blending traditional belief with elements of Catholic practice, historians crediting his leadership as a significant factor in the Kansas Kickapoo retaining a land base that outlasted many neighboring nations' relocations.
Facts
Overview
Diaspora PresenceLiving Kickapoo communities remain in Kansas and Oklahoma, and, following a further nineteenth century migration, in Coahuila, Mexico, home to the federally recognized Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas. 1 Origins
Origin RegionOriginally western Great Lakes (Illinois); later Kansas, Oklahoma and Coahuila, Mexico 1 Language Family Connections
Associated With
This source names Illinois directly: "were pushed successively through Illinois and Missouri under nineteenth century United States removal pressure before groups settled in Kansas, Oklahoma and, following a further migration, in..."
Source Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet (Herring)Joseph B. Herring
This source names Kansas directly: "pressure before groups settled in Kansas, Oklahoma and, following a further migration, in Coahuila, Mexico, where the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas maintains ties today."
Source Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet (Herring)Joseph B. Herring
Source Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet (Herring)Joseph B. Herring
This source names Missouri directly: "successively through Illinois and Missouri under nineteenth century United States removal pressure before groups settled in Kansas, Oklahoma and, following a further migration, in Coahuila, Mexico..."
Source Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet (Herring)Joseph B. Herring
This source names Oklahoma directly: "before groups settled in Kansas, Oklahoma and, following a further migration, in Coahuila, Mexico, where the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas maintains ties today."
Source Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet (Herring)Joseph B. Herring
This source names Texas directly: "the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas maintains ties today."
Source Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet (Herring)Joseph B. Herring
Sources
1. Kenekuk, the Kickapoo Prophet (Herring)
Joseph B. Herring, University Press of Kansas, 1988
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