Kickapoo+before+and+today

KICKAPOO BEFORE AND TODAY Today we have four Kickapoo tribes left in America. They now live in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Mexico. All of these mostly live on trust land or in reservations. Every reservation is like a country, it has its own laws and police. Many Kickapoo’s do now speak English, and not their native language. These are mostly the Kickapoo’s that live in Kansas and Texas, while the Kickapoo’s in Mexico and Oklahoma speak their native language. Therefore every Kickapoo has to learn the traditional language, because then they can communicate with each other. Kickapoo’s are just like us, and they really like to go hunting, fishing and camping. The way they live are a little different now than it was before. Before they lived in houses that they called “wickiups”, but today they live in normal modern houses just like us, except the Mexican Kickapoo’s who still live in the traditional houses. Usually the Kickapoo’s did not paddle canoes because they were farmers so they usually didn’t travel. When they were out hunting they usually rode on horsebacks. Traditional food was often corn, squash and beans. The women often baked a cornbread called “pugna”. While the women were baking the men were out hunting.

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