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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In 1978, 600 residents retreated from the Kickapoo River to avoid its rising flood waters.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2023
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
Texas is now home to only three federally recognized tribes: the Alabama-Coushatta, Tigua and Kickapoo.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2021
Roughly four hours after leaving Chicago, I landed in Soldiers Grove, a village that is halved by the dizzying Kickapoo River and where I had booked a room at the Tobacco Warehouse Inn.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2021
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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