Kickapoo Indian Reservation (Kansas)

The Kickapoo Indian Reservation is located in north eastern Kansas (Brown County).


 * Established -- 28 June 1862
 * Agency (BIA) -- Kickapoo Agency
 * Principal tribes -- Kickapoo Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas)
 * Population -- 1969: Tribal enrollment 750 est.

History
The Kickapoo Reservation was established by Treaty of June 28, 1862 ( XXIII. 623).

Records
The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:


 * Allotment records
 * Annuity rolls
 * Census records
 * Correspondence
 * Health records
 * Reports
 * School census and records
 * Vital records

Land Records
Tribal Land: 980 acres. Allotted land: 3,930 acres.

The original reservation was an area of 19,200 acres allotted to 237 individuals, the Kickapoo ceded their lands in Missouri for 768,000 acres in northeastern Kansas in 1832. In 1854, 618,000 acres were ceded to the United States for $300,000. Allotments to 351 individuals took place in 1862.

Web Sites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas