Mexican Kickapoo

Mexican Kickapoo
Kikapú building a traditional winter home (wickiup) at El Nacimiento, Coahuila.
Total population
63 (2020)
Regions with significant populations
Mexico ( Coahuila, Sonora, Durango)
Languages
Kickapoo, Spanish, English
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Animism, Drum religion
Related ethnic groups
other Kickapoo people and
Meskwaki, Sauk, and Shawnee people
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The Mexican Kickapoo (Spanish: Tribu Kikapú) are a binational Indigenous people, some of whom live both in Mexico and in the United States. In Mexico, they were granted land at Hacienda del Nacimiento near the town of Múzquiz in the state of Coahuila in 1850. A few small groups of Kickapoo also live in the states of Sonora and Durango.

In 1979, the Mexican Kickapoo who were dual residents requested clarification of their status, as they had no clear legal status in either the United States or Mexico. An act was passed in 1983 by the United States Congress, which recognized them as a distinct subgroup of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. It also granted federal recognition to the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas. A 1985 law gave the Texas band the option of selecting Mexican or U.S. citizenship. Some 145 of the tribe members chose to become U.S. citizens, and the remaining 500 or so chose to obtain Mexican citizenship.