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	Encyclopedia: Wichita (tribe)
		The Wichita are a tribe of Native Americans, indigenous inhabitants of North America, who speak Wichita, a Caddoan language.
		The Wichita were known to tattoo their faces and bodies with solid and dotted lines and circles.
		Wichita, the Air Capital, is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, as well as a major aircraft manufacturing hub and cultural center.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wichita-(tribe) (975 words)

	WICHITA - LoveToKnow Article on WICHITA
		WICHITA, a city and the county-seat of Sedgwick county, Kansas, U.S.A., on the Arkansas river, at the mouth of the Little Arkansas, 208 m.
		Wichita is served by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Missouri Pacific, the St Louis and San Francisco, and the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railways.
		Wichita, named from an Indian tribe, was settled in 1870, and was chartered as a city in 1871.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WICHITA.htm (316 words)

	Wichita (tribe) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Wichita were known to (A drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters) tattoo their faces and bodies with solid and dotted lines and circles.
		The first records of the Wichita Tribe come to us from Francisco Vazques de Coronado, a Spanish explorer who encountered a belt of villages in 1541 in what is now south-central (A state in midwestern United States) Kansas.
		They eat meat raw like the Querechos [the (Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma) Apache] and Teyas [the Jumano].
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/wichita_(tribe).htm (276 words)

	Native Americans - Wichita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Wichita are an agricultural people, and even before the coming of the white man raised large quantities of corn, which they ground into meal upon stone metates or in wooden mortars, or boiled in pottery of their own making.
		TRIBE NAME: The name Wichita was apparently first used in 1719 by French trader Benard de la Harpe when he visited several Indian bands on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
		Beginning in 1894, the tribe was assigned individual allotments, and in 1901, the remaining land was opened to homesteaders.
	www.nativeamericans.com /Wichita.htm (1233 words)

	Wichita Falls CVB - Historical & Cultural (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Wichita Tribe is the oldest group of American Indians in the Texoma area.
		Wichita Falls was a mecca for wildcatters and bankers alike as the nation entered the Roaring Twenties.
		Wichita Falls was building a strong, diversified economic base before the development of the nearby oil fields.
	www.wichitafalls.org /historical.htm (2294 words)

	The Wichita Indians
		The tribes called the Wacos and the Tawakonis, the Taovayas, the Tawehash, the Yscani and the Kichai are not tribes at all.
		In the Wichita tribe proper (not the little bands), one of their main duties was to elect the chief.
		The Wichita were troublesome to have as neighbors.
	www.texasindians.com /wichita.htm (3669 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: WICHITA INDIANS
		The Wichita band of Indians was one of several bands that composed the Wichita confederacy.
		The Wichitas, during this period, were prominent middlemen in the trade between the Comanches on the plains and Louisiana merchants and were at the zenith of their power and prestige.
		Significant and continuing influence of the name Wichita is found in North Texas in the name of a river, the name of a county, and the name of a prominent city, Wichita Falls.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/WW/bmw3.html (796 words)

	Wichita (tribe)\|Wichita Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		*Wichita County, Kansas is a county in the state of Kansas.
		*Wichita County, Texas is a county in the state of Texas.
		*Wichita Falls, Texas is a city in the state of Texas.
	www.echostatic.com /Wichita_(tribe)\|Wichita.html (75 words)

	Wichita & Caddo Nations I.T.
		Both tribes were forced further westward, until in 1854 the Wichita were settled together with the Caddos, Wacos and Tawakonis on the Brazos Reserve (now Young County, Texas).
		The 5 miserable years the Caddos and Wichitas spent together in Kansas worked to tighten the bonds between them, ensuring that their fates would be intertwined for many years to come.
		The return to the Wichita Agency occurred in 1867, and the tribes' reservation experience was begun, to last another 34 years.
	www.rootsweb.com /~itwichit (1272 words)

	Meador Manor: Indian Tribes
		That Delaware Tribe of Indians was the 25th largest tribe in the U.S. with a membership of approximately 10,500 until its tribal status was revoked in 2005.
		The ruling forced the tribe, which was Bartlesville's 4th-largest employer, to lay off the majority of its employees, discontinue most tribal services, and remove or reduce the space at its headquarters devoted to tribal operations.
		The majority of the tribe, under chief John Ross (1827-1866), resisted removal and were forced by the U.S. to migrate west on the tragic "Trail of Tears".
	myweb.cableone.net /gmeador/indian.htm (1936 words)

	Differences in Wichita Indian Camp Sites as Revealed by Stone Artifacts, by Arch O'Bryant, Kansas Historical Quarterly, ...
		Typical is the triangular arrowhead, known variously as the war point, the poison point and, erroneously by a few, as the bird point.
		Another typical artifact of the Wichita tribe is the tiny planconvex scraper, an artifact that is finished beautifully.
		It is possible that the Wichitas did the trading miles to the west of their homes and in turn traded small quantities of precious obsidian to their brothers to the east in Marion and Butler counties.
	www.kshs.org /publicat/khq/1947/47_2_obryant.htm (2926 words)

	Wichita Tribe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Wichita Tribe The Wichita belong to a small tribe of only about 320 and reside on a reservation in southern Oklahoma.
		Wichita Tribe The Wichita native Americans are closely related to the Caddo native Americans and also lived near them in east Texas.
		Wichita, Kansas, owes its name to the early presence of the tribe in that area.
	www.travelkansas.info /browse/wichita-tribe.html (166 words)

	NPS Archeology Program: Common Ground Online
		The tribes and the park decided to keep the remains in the museum until affiliation was determined for the rest of the inventory.
		The Kiowa Tribe, the Wichita Tribe, and the Texas SHPO concurred.
		The park's request for its regional experts; the blending of ethnography and archeology in consultation, excavation, and analysis; the Wichita's request for radiometric dating-all were essential to the outcome.
	www.cr.nps.gov /archeology/Cg/vol2_num3-4/common.htm (1431 words)

	Wichita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wichita (film), a 1955 American Western movie directed by Jacques Tourneur
		Wichita Mountains, a small mountain range in southwest Oklahoma
		Wichita River, a tributary of the Red River in Texas
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wichita (97 words)

	Travel USA — Kansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wichita was originally settled by the Wichita tribe of Native Americans.
		By 1865, the tribe had been driven out of the area and it became a stop along the Chisholm Trail, a famous cattle trail running across the southwest.
		While not a major cosmopolitan center, downtown Wichita and the nearby Old Town area have been redeveloped and the city does have some good museums and a reasonably lively cultural scene.
	www.peakenglish.com /travel/states/ks/witchita_essay.jsp (254 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Wichita Indians
		The names of nine of the tribes formerly comprising the confederacy have been preserved, but the only divisions now existing are the Tawakoni, the Waco, and the Wichita proper.
		Previous to the annexation of Texas (140-5), the Wichita proper dwelt north of the Red River and around the Wichita Mountains.
		In 1719 the Wichita were visited by La Harpe, a French soldier, who found them given to cannibalism; somewhat later they were forced to the southwest by the Osago and Chickasaw.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15616b.htm (480 words)

	KSWO 7 Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		These tribes passed through the Texomas area, but none elected to settle here, moving on to other pastures.
		A less notorious people made what is now Texoma its permanent home: the tribe of the Wichitas.
		The name "Wichita," is derived from a Choctawword, "wia chitoh," meaning "big arbor." This referred to the grass-thatched arbors of the villages.
	www.kswo.com /communitycenter/history.htm (647 words)

	A Brief Narrative History of Kechi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The city oí Kechi is located in Sedgwick County approximately 3 miles north of the Wichita city limits on Oliver Rd. It lies in the Wellington-McPherson Lowlands region of the state.
		In the 1800's the area which is now Kechi was a camping place for a band of Indians known as the Kichai (Kechi) tribe.
		Though children now attend schoo1 in Wichita; in 1953 a modern school building was built.
	www.kechiks.com /printer_47.php (905 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: TONKAWA INDIANS
		The remnants of these tribes united in the early eighteenth century in the region of Central Texas.
		The Yojaune Indians, who were actually a Wichita tribe, were absorbed by the Tonkawas in the second half of the eighteenth century.
		When the Comanches and Wichitas migrated southward and began to pressure the Apaches, the Tonkawas allied themselves with the new arrivals.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/bmt68.html (1632 words)

	WICHITA TRIBE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The sites under consideration are Wichita Tribal lands for the purpose of maintaining tribal jurisdiction.
		Gourmet Coffee Venture: The commission has established contact with a coffee grower in Guatemala who is interested in a business venture with the Tribe serving as a distributor for the finished product.
		Construction Company: Efforts were made by the commission to co-venture with Powers Construction to bid on the final 40 units designated for construction at the Square-Top Project.
	www.wichita.nsn.us /page8.html (267 words)

	Texas Indians (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Students will learn about the various Native American tribes that lived in Texas before the arrival of Europeans.
		They will identify cultural, physical, and social aspects of the various tribes and describe how they lived.
		Contains information on all tribes and a great deal of background on Texas history.
	libraries.risd.org /skylib/texas_indians.htm (929 words)

	wichita tribe casino on web casinos portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		As with European and middle Eastern cultures, Native American tribes also had their own "star stories." During the Observatory program The Native American Sky we will relate the stories of particular celestial objects or the star groupings which contain them.
		For example, the Pawnee tribe thought of the planet Saturn as the "Star of Sickness." To the Cheyenne, the Pleiades are seven puppies.
		The Wichita tribe believed that the moon was "first woman" placed in the sky to watch over the people.
	webs.wichita.edu /depttools/__news/print?__NID=1844 (698 words)

	Indian Villages -- Indian City USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The most impressive of all the villages at Indian City is that of the Wichita, principally because of the 40 foot high Council house.
		The women did all of the building in the Wichita tribe, which makes their structures all the more impressive.
		Pine poles, split in half, were set in the ground in a circle and joined together at the top.
	www.indiancityusa.com /indian_village_wichita.asp (118 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Located in west central Oklahoma is the "Historic Trust Area" of the Wichita Nation, now known by their indigenous name the Kitikit-ees.
		Also new to this version are nine stripes of orange and blue (4 orange, 5 blue) that fill the inner third of the flag.
		Indians of the Plains, the Wichita grass house.
	members.aol.com /Donh523/navapage/wichita.htm (444 words)

	Wichita - about Wichita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Wichita real estate consultation, Wichita MLS listings, free reports, free online wichita home search, home evaluation, wichita For Sale By Owner tips and free mortgage calculator.
		Wichita Kansas real estate agents - If you are moving to Wichita, Kansas, see Edd andamp; Kay Harms of The Harms Group for relocation advice, information on Wichita and the surrounding area, and homes for sale in Wichita, Andover, BelAire, Derby, Haysville, Maize.
		*Wichita, Kansas is a city in the state of Kansas {{msg:disambig}}...
	artmam.net /Wichita.htm (797 words)

	Top Wichita Kansas KS Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Rand McNally Wichita Streetfinder: Sedgwick and Harvey Counties: 2000-2001
		So you are coming to Wichita and you want to know some of the sights to visit.
		Native Wichita artist Blackbear Bosin's famous 44-foot sculpture "Keeper of the Plains" stands at the confluence of the Big and Little Arkansas Rivers on land where the Wichita tribe camped a hundred years ago.
	www.wichitalinks.com /attractions_main.html (636 words)

	Graduate of the Month, February of 2005
		The city of Kechi is located in Sedgwick County approximately 3 miles north of the Wichita city limits.
		Though children now attend school in Wichita; in 1953 a modern school building was built.
		With further improvements to come, such as a new city hall building and the modernization and improvement of city services, and with Wichita growth continuing to move in Kechi’s direction, Kechi shows evidence of remaining a thriving and vital community.
	www.citizenschool.com /gom_02_2005.htm (776 words)

	Grantees - Oklahoma (TYP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		State: OK Summary: Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes program goals are to eliminate the high incidence of violence among tribal youth that reside within the tribal communities, to reduce the high incidence of truancy by 75 percent, and to reduce the dropout rate from the local school system by 50 percent.
		State: OK Summary: The Chickasaw Nation is improving the tribe's capacity to comprehensively address issues of juvenile crime, violence, substance abuse, and gang violence by implementing community-based programs that enhance community awareness of the problems and the impact of youth violence.
		State: OK Summary: The Osage Tribe’s Adolescent Treatment Center provides a continuum of early prevention to tertiary and residential treatment services to youth ages 13 to 18 to address risk factors associated with juvenile delinquency and substance abuse.
	ojjdp.ncjrs.org /typ/states/ok.html (1404 words)

	Review Committee Sixteenth Meeting Minutes
		of Nebraska, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Ponca
		Tribe of Oklahoma, Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas, Yankton Sioux Tribe,
		Indian tribes and the NPS in March and April of 1996.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nagpra/REVIEW/meetings/RCMIN016.HTM (10777 words)

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