Kennekuk

Kennekuk (c. 1790-1852) was a Kickapoo medicine man and leader known as the "Kickapoo Prophet." He encouraged a community based on peacefulness, abstinence from alcohol, and meditation. [ [http://student.britannica.com/comptons/article-9311975/Kennekuk Student Britannica] ] He favored moderate accommodation to US policy, for example a settled agricultural life, and this caused his followers to face derision from some of the other Kickapoo bands. He also sought US aid when raided by other Kickapoo further causing a rift. His community's religious outlook also meant evangelism and a group of Potawatomi converts joined his group. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=QDUiWKyyF4AC&pg=PA109&dq=%22kickapoo+prophet%22+kennekuk&sig=ACfU3U3ljxlLdSSW70Jo54LM0t9e5LnhRg#PPA109,M1 Kickapoos: Lords of the Middle Border pgs 109-118] ]

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