1790 - 1852
Kennekuk American Activist
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| First Name |
Kennekuk
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1789
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| Died |
1852
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Keannekeuk (c. 1790–1852), also known as the "Kickapoo Prophet", was a Kickapoo medicine man and spiritual leader of the Vermilion band of the Kickapoo nation. He lived in East Central Illinois much of his life along the Vermilion River. One source translates his name as "the drunkard's son." As a young man, he killed his uncle in a fit of drunken rage, and was ostracized by his tribe. He wandered between frontier settlements in Indiana and Illinois begging for food until a Catholic priest took him in to teach him Christianity. Kennekuk decided to renounce alcohol and began preaching to persuade others to do the same. His people welcomed him back, and by 1816 Kennekuk, then in his mid-twenties, had become a leading chief of the Vermilion band. Within a short time, alcohol use among his followers had declined significantly and his community became more cohesive and productive.
