User:Luke Toebben/sandbox

One challenge that i was facing was trying to find more information about the history of the kickapoo people. Out of all the sub sections within the page this one didn't provide as much information as i would have liked. I think if i did some more research regarding where these people came from and what there people are all about i feel as though i could learn a lot more about them.

The tribe in Kansas was home to prophet Kenekuk. Kenekuk was known for his astute leadership that allowed the small group to maintain their reservation. Kenekuk wanted to keep order among the tribe he was in, whilst living in Kansas. He also wanted to focus on keeping the identity of the Kickapoo people, because of all the relocating that they that to do.

The basis of Kenekuk's leadership began in the religious revivals of the 1820's and 1830's, with a blend of Protestantism and Catholicism. Kenekuk taught his tribesmen and white audiences to obey gods commands for sinners were damned to the pits of hell. Once the Kickapoo people got relocated to Kansas they resisted the ideas of Protestantism and Catholicism and started focusing more on farming, so they could provide food for the rest of the tribe. After this had happened they remained together and claimed some of the original land that they had before it was taken by Americans.