Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Babe Shkit, Kickapoo chief and delegate from Indian Territory, c. 1900 The Kickapoo are an Algonquian-language people who likely migrated to or developed as a people in a large territory along the southern Wabash River in the area of modern Terre Haute, Indiana, where they were located at the time of first contact with Europeans in the 1600s.
Kickapoo River in Wisconsin; Lake Kickapoo in Archer County, Texas; Kickapoo Cavern State Park, a park in Texas; USS Kickapoo, the name of two ships in the U.S. Navy "Kickapoo", a song by Tenacious D on the soundtrack album The Pick of Destiny; Kickapoo Joy Juice, a carbonated soft drink by Monarch Beverage Company distributed in South-East Asia
The hacienda occupied by the Mexican Kickapoo is located about 32 km northeast of the city of Múzquiz, and is called by them El Nacimiento de la Tribu Kikapú (The Birthplace of the Kickapoo Tribe). Their property contains around 17,300 acres of semiarid land sourced with water from the Río Sabinas .
The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, based in Eagle Pass, is a federally recognized tribe that uses revenue from its gaming and business operations to provide housing, education, and social services to its members.
The Kickapoo Agent George G. Wren reported destitution and near starvation in 1933 and 1934, alleviated only by the tribe's ability to help each other and work projects offered by the Indian Service. [27] Location of the Kickapoo Reservation and the Sac and Fox Nation Trust Land joint-use area in Kansas
The Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma owns a gas station, and 2 casinos. Their estimated annual economic impact was $16 million in 2010. [1] Kickapoo Casino is located north of McLoud, Oklahoma, near the Tribal Headquarters.
The Kickapoo language and members of the Kickapoo tribe were featured in the movie The Only Good Indian (2009), directed by Greg Wilmott and starring Wes Studi. This was a fictionalized account of Native American children forced to attend an Indian boarding school , where they were forced to speak English and give up their cultural practices.
Kickapoo Joy Juice is a citrus-flavored soft drink brand owned by the Monarch Beverage Company. [2] [3] [4] The name was introduced in Li'l Abner, a comic strip that ran from 1934 through 1977. [5] [6] [7] Although Li'l Abner's Kickapoo Joy Juice was an alcoholic drink, the real-life beverage is a lightly carbonated soft drink. [1] [8]