The Kickapoo people are an Algonquian-speaking Native American and Indigenous Mexican tribe, originating in the region south of the Great Lakes. Today, three federally recognized Kickapoo tribes are in the United States: the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas. The Oklahoma and Texas bands are politically associated with each other. The Kickapoo in Kansas came from a relocation from southern Missouri in 1832 as a land exchange from their reserve there. Around 3,000 people are enrolled tribal members.
Ron McKinney (Mahuk), Kickapoo-Potawatomi, Documerica project photo, Doniphan County, Kansas, 1974
Babe Shkit, Kickapoo chief and delegate from Indian Territory, c. 1900
Kickapoo people building a Winter House in the town of Nacimiento Coahuila, Mexico, 2008
A Kickapoo wickiup, Sac and Fox Agency, Oklahoma, c. 1880
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.
Ron McKinney (Kickapoo-Potawatomi), Doniphan County, Kansas (1974)