A tribe of American Indians that speaks an Algonquian language (Kickapoo) related to the Saux-Fox language. The Kickapoo resided in southern Wisconsin at the time of European contact but moved to central Illinois during the 1700s. Descendants of the Kickapoo maintain tribal headquarters in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico.

a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois

the Algonquian language of the Kickapoo people

(KICK a poo) An American Indian tribe living in southern Illinois at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. They hunted and raised crops for their livelihood. The Kickapoo lived in houses made of bark, thatch, or hides.

The Kickapoos are one of the Algonquian speaking Native American tribes. According to the Anishinaabeg, they claim the Kickapoo name (Giiwigaabaw in the Anishinaabe language) means "Stands Here and there" and refers to the tribes migratory patterns, but this is merely a folk etymology which is not supportable within the Kickapoo language.