Wichita People

Various Spellings: Wichita, Witchetaw, Wicheta, Ouichita

Ancestral homeland: in area now Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Brief Timeline
1541: early contact Spanish expedition of Francisco vasquez de Coronado

1662: Diego Dionisio de Panalosa led an army against the Wichita, defeated the Wichita

1660's: migrated to Canadian River in what is now Oklahoma

1719: established trade relations with Bernard de la Harpe

1700's: Osage War parties drove the the Wichita further south to the Red River-(Oklahoma and Texas)

1835: Treaty

1850: had moved to Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill of the Indian Territory

1859: assigned a reservation with the Caddo tribe

1872: ceded remaining land to U.S.

Tribal Headquarters
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes P.O. Box 729 Anadarko, OK 73005 Phone: 405.247.2425 Fax: 405.247.2430

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Treaties


 * 1835: with the Comanche http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0435.htm
 * 1846: with the Comanche, Aionai, Anadarko, Caddo, Etc., http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/com0554.htm

Vital Records


 * Kiowa Agency, M595 ,birth and deaths 1930-1936, FHL Film: 576911

Important Web Sites

 * Wichita Tribe Wikipedia