Related to Kickapoo Nation:Kickapoo Tribe of Indians Kick·a·poo (kĭk′ə-po͞o′) n.pl.KickapooorKick·a·poos 1.A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, with small present-day populations in Kansas, Oklahoma, southern Texas, and...
They also ceded lands in the valley of the Illinois River, of which “the said Kickapoo tribe claim a large portion by descent from their ancestors, and the balance by conquest from the Illinois nation, and uninterrupted possession for more than half a century.” In consideration of these ces...
13.Supreme Court’s landmark 2020 McGirt ruling on tribal land in Oklahoma, the state lacked criminal jurisdiction because the crimes occurred within the historic boundaries of the Kickapoo Nation. 14.At that meeting Tecumseh had delegates with him from several nations, including Kickapoos, Wyandot...
1.a member of an American Indian people that formerly lived in the upper Midwest and now reside in Kansas, Oklahoma, and the state of Coahuila in Mexico. 2.the dialect of the Fox language spoken by the Kickapoo. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries ...
1.A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, with small present-day populations in Kansas, Oklahoma, southern Texas, and northern Mexico. 2.The Algonquian language of the Kickapoo. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth ...
1.A member of a Native American people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois, with small present-day populations in Kansas, Oklahoma, southern Texas, and northern Mexico. 2.The Algonquian language of the Kickapoo. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth ...
Those speaking the same language are generally referred to as a tribe or nation, but this naming convention frequently masks the existence of a number of completely autonomous political divisions, or bands, within a given tribe. For instance, the Blackfoot (Blackfeet) tribe included three ...