Wichita People

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: establishe 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

Vital Records


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

Important Web Sites

 * Wichita Tribe Wikipedia