Kickapoo (Noun)
Meaning 1
A member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The Kickapoo tribe was forcibly relocated from their ancestral lands in the mid-19th century.
- Traditional Kickapoo clothing featured intricate beadwork and quill decorations.
- Many Kickapoo people eventually settled in Mexico and Oklahoma after being removed from their native homelands.
- A delegation of Kickapoo leaders traveled to Washington D.C. to negotiate with government officials in the 1850s.
- Historians have worked to preserve the language and cultural practices of the Kickapoo people for future generations.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
The Algonquian language of the Kickapoo.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.