Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
 United States ( Kansas) | |
| Languages | |
| English, formerly Kickapoo[1] | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion, Native American Church, Drum religion[2] | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Kickapoo people and Fox, Sauk, and Shawnee people[3] |
The Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas is one of three federally recognized tribe of Kickapoo people. The other Kickapoo tribes are the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma.
The Kansas Kickapoo owns a gymnasium, day care center, senior center, and the Kickapoo Nation school, which teaches grades from kindergarten through 12th grade.[2]
Reservation
The Kickapoo Indian Reservation in Kansas is located in Brown County in northeastern Kansas. The reservation is approximately five miles by six miles in size[4] or 19,200-acres.[5]
Government
The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas is headquartered in Horton, Kansas. The tribe is government by a democratically-elected Kickapoo Tribal Council. The current administration is as follows.
- Chairman: Steve Cadue
- Vice-Chairman: Bill Simon
- Treasurer: Bobbi Darnell
- Secretary: Adolph Cadue Jr.
- Member: Lester Randall
- Member: Russell Bradley
- Member: Tina Wahwasuck[4]
Language
The Kansas Kickapoo speak English. Formerly they spoke the Kickapoo language, which is a Fox language, part of the Algonquian language family.[1]
Economic development
The tribe owns and operates the Golden Eagle Casino, buffet, and snack bar, located in Horton.[6]
History
Kickapoo people traditionally lived near the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers in Wisconsin until the mid-17th century.[3] After the War of 1812, two Kickapoo groups moved to Missouri. In 1832, they signed the Treaty of Castor Hill and moved to Kansas.[7] Later some Kickapoo groups moved south to Oklahoma, Texas, and Nacimiento, Mexico.
The tribe created a government under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act.[4]
Notes
- ^ a b "Kickapoo." Ethnologue. Retrieved 15 Sept 2013.
- ^ a b Pritzker 422
- ^ a b Priztker 420
- ^ a b c d "Kickapoo Tribal Government." Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas. Retrieved 15 Sept 2013.
- ^ Pritzker 421
- ^ "Golden Eagle Casino." 500 Nations. Retrieved 15 Sept 2013.
- ^ "Welcome to the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas." Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas. Retrieved 15 Sept 2013.
References
- Pritzker, Barry M. A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-513877-1
External links
- Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, official website
- Constitution and By-Laws of the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas