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
Northeast Kansas is home to four Native American nations: the Iowa, the Kickapoo, the Prairie Band Potawatomi and the Sac and Fox.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2022
Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, spinners, topwater baits and jigs closest to the Kickapoo.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2019
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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