Kickapoo
1 Americannoun
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a member of an Algonquian tribe of North American Indians that originally lived in the upper Midwest and now reside in Coahuila, Mexico, and in Kansas and Oklahoma.
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the dialect of the Fox language spoken by the Kickapoo.
noun
Example Sentences
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On weekends the couple sometimes rode up to Wildcat Mountain State Park, which overlooks the Kickapoo River valley.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023
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.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023
Kickapoo Principal Bill Powers asked “a handful” of teachers at the school to remove the flags from their classrooms last week, and everyone complied.
From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2022
"The real Matoaka was a pre-teen girl who suffered at the hands of her English captors," Kickapoo comic book artist Arigon Starr wrote to CNN.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2022
That evening at Sandy June’s— talking to him while we listened to a Kickapoo blues band—inspired me to become a musician.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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