Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
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| Total population | |
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| 700 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( Texas) |
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| Languages | |
| English, Kickapoo | |
| Religion | |
| traditional tribal religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| other Kickapoo people and Fox, Sauk, and Shawnee people |
The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, formerly known as the Texas Band of Traditional Kickapoo, is one of three Federally recognized tribes of Kickapoo people. The other Kickapoo tribes are the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. The tribe had a village under the international bridge spanning the Rio Grande.
The Kickapoo Indian Reservation of Texas is located at 28°36′37″N 100°26′19″W / 28.61028°N 100.43861°W on the Rio Grande on the U.S.-Mexico border in western Maverick County, just south of the city of Eagle Pass, as part of the community of Rosita South. It has a land area of 0.4799 square kilometres (118.6 acres) and a 2000 census population of 420 persons. Thanks to the efforts of Cherokee elder and medicine woman, Nakai Breen, the Texas Indian Commission officially recognized the tribe in 1977. Nakai became the first Native American woman to represent another tribe in congress on behalf of the Kickapoo people. This brought the tribe federal recognition and aid in Texas and a small allotment of reservation land.
The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas is headquartered in Eagle Pass, Texas. Their tribal chairman is Juan Garza.
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