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The tribe was granted land in Nacimiento, Coahuila, by the Mexican government in 1852. Tribal members returned to Texas periodically and over the years became seasonal migrant farmers in the U.S. The tribe was officially recognized by the Texas Indian Commission under Senate Bill 168, 65th Legislature, Regular Session, in 1977.
Other Kickapoo in Maverick County, Texas, constitute the "South Texas Subgroup of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma". That tribe formerly owned 917.79 acres (3.7142 km 2 ) of non-reservation land in Maverick County, primarily to the north of Eagle Pass, but has sold most of it to a developer.
Wah-Pah-Ho-Ko (born c. 1862) was a Kickapoo tribal leader who served as the last hereditary chief of the Kickapoo tribe, leading her people during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as they faced internal divisions and U.S. government pressure to accept land allotments.
The three federally recognized tribes in Texas are: Alabama–Coushatta Tribes of Texas, originally from Tennessee and Alabama; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, originally from the Great Lakes; Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas [5] originally from New Mexico.
The Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas tribal school is the Kickapoo Nation School. The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma maintains the Kickapoo Community Day Care facility and the Kickapoo Nation Head Start Program to serve both enrolled members and non members residing within the boundaries of the original Kickapoo Tribe Reservation lands.
North Texas was home to several Native American tribes before 1900. An interactive map will show you which groups lived in your area.
The Mexican Kickapoo often work as migrants in Texas and move throughout the Midwest and the Western United States, returning in winter to Mexico. [6] They are affiliated with the federally recognized tribes of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, and Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas.
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