Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas

Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas
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Location of Kickapoo Indian Reservation in Kansas
Total population
1,653 (2006)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( Kansas)
Languages
English, formerly Kickapoo[2]
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Native American Church, Drum religion[3]
Related ethnic groups
other Kickapoo people and
Fox, Sauk, and Shawnee people[4]
Ron McKinney (Kickapoo-Potawatomi),
Doniphan County, Kansas (1974)

The Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas is one of three Federally recognized tribes of Kickapoo people. The other Kickapoo tribes in the United States are the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. The Tribu Kikapú are a distinct subgroup of the Oklahoma Kickapoo and reside on a hacienda near Múzquiz Coahuila, Mexico; they also have a small band located in the Mexican states of Sonora and Durango.

The Kansas Kickapoo Tribe runs and owns 50 plus programs that include: a Boys and Girls Club, Kickapoo Head Start and Early Head Start, Senior Center, IHS Health Center, and the Kickapoo Nation school, which teaches grades from kindergarten through 12th grade.[3]

  1. ^ "Kickapoo Tribal Government." Archived December 6, 2013, at the Wayback Machine Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas. Retrieved September 15, 2013
  2. ^ "Kickapoo." Ethnologue. Retrieved September 15, 2013
  3. ^ a b Pritzker 422
  4. ^ Priztker 420