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Logan County Genealogical &
Historical Society hears
presentation on Kickapoo Tribes
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 [March
02, 2018]
LINCOLN
Local Master Naturalist Dr. Pamela
Moriearty shares a book "The Rhoades
Site: A historic Kickapoo village on
the Illinois prairie" written by
Mark J. Wagner with Logan County
Genealogical and Historical Society
member Bill Donath. Moriearty spoke
at the February meeting of the
LCG&HS on the topic of the Kickpoo
Tribes, citing Wagner's book as one
of her topic sources.
In her presentation, Moriearty
described the history and lifestyle
of a small band of Kickapoo Indians
whose village was just outside the
city of Lincoln.
She explained how the tribe came to
settle in this area and how they
fared in the turbulent
confrontations of the incoming
settlers in the late 18th century,
finally leaving the area in the
1820s.
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There are only three Kickapoo Tribes
left, one in Kansas, one in Oklahoma
and one in Texas.
The Logan County site where the
Kickapoo village was located is at
the off-ramp of I–155 and I–55.
[Information provided by JoAnne
Marlin]
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