Kickapoo

Oklahoma indigenous nation

Kickapoo refers to a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, now primarily in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Mexico, or to their Algonquian language.

The name also appears in American culture through the fictional "Kickapoo Joy Juice" from the Li'l Abner comic strip, later a real soft drink brand.

tribe

Algonquian

North American language family

Kansas · Mexico · Indigenous · clan · band · nation · community · enrollment · membership · treaty

ethnonyms

Fox

Prominent media surname

  • ShawneeOhio Valley indigenous nation
  • PotawatomiGreat Lakes indigenous nation
  • OjibweAlgonquian-speaking indigenous nation

Menominee · Miami · Peoria · Delaware · Cherokee · Cheyenne · Cree · Lakota · Navajo · Mohawk

culture

powwow

Ceremonial tribal gathering

customs · folklore · legends · rites · observance · regalia · drumming · storytelling · elders · tradition

homeland

Illinois

Midwestern state, sixth-largest

woodland · heartland · Ohio · migration · territory · ancestral · Wabash · removal · Oklahoma · Texas

sovereignty

self-determination

Control over one's fate

nationhood · government-to-government · consultation

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G