Facts about Wichita
Their numbers reduced by disease and conflict with settlers and the Osage, in 1835, the Wichita made their first treaty with the American government.
By the time of the census of 1937, officially there were only 385 Wichita left.
Today, the surviving descendants primarily live as the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes on a reservation in Oklahoma.
The Wichita hold joint pow-wows annually with the Pawnee, alternating between the Wichita center in Anadarko and the Pawnee in Oklahoma.
The Wichita formed a loose confederation on the Southern Plains, including the Wichita tribe proper and several independent bands, such as the Tawakonis, Kichais, and Wacos.
Only a few elders of the Wichita tribe in Anardarko, Oklahoma speak the language.
The Wichita were successful hunters and farmers, skillful traders, and negotiators.
In 1859, they agreed to relocate to what became the Wichita-Caddo Reservation.
The United States Bureau of Indian Affairs officially recognizes the tribe, and since 2003 the officially recognized name became the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
In 1790, Kentucky's delegates accepted Virginia's terms of separation, and a state constitution was drafted.
Scantily clad, with men wearing only a breech-cloth and women a short skirt, the Wichita were known to tattoo their faces and bodies with solid and dotted lines and circles.
After three years, the Wichita killed him, apparently jealous because he began missionary efforts with another tribe.
During the American Civil War, they moved back to Kansas and established a village at the site of present-day Wichita.
The Wichita, like other Caddoan peoples, were primarily sedentary and agricultural.
The Wichita tribal lands are centered today around Gracemont, Oklahoma.
The Wichita migrated southward to the Canadian River in Oklahoma, where, in 1719, the French explorer Bernard de la Harpe encountered them.
The Wichita raised large quantities of corn, grinding it in wooden mortars or stone metates, and trading the surplus to neighboring tribes.
The Wichita are Native Americans of the United States who speak Wichita, a Caddoan language.
Central to Wichita beliefs was the understanding that all knowledge comes through revelation, both for spiritual matters and material advancement.
The permanent houses of the Wichita are conical shaped, as much as 20 feet (6.1 m) to 50 feet (15 m) in diameter, made of a framework of poles covered with grass thatch.
After failing to find riches among the Wichita, only maize and grass houses, Coronado departed, leaving Juan de Padilla, a Franciscan missionary, who attempted to convert them to Christianity.
The Wichita and Caddo tribes continued profitable trade with the French, selling them furs from the Plains tribes in exchange for food and other goods.