[4] After forced relocation, they came to share portions of southern and southwestern Oklahoma with the Wichita and with the Muscogee Creek Nation.

[1] The Kichai were part of the complex, shifting political alliances of the South Plains.

[5] In 1712, they fought the Hainai along the Trinity River;[3] however, they were allied with other member tribes of the Caddoan Confederacy and intermarried with the Kadohadacho during this time.

[3] On November 10, 1837, the Texas Rangers fought the Kichai in the Battle of Stone Houses.

These tribes live mostly in Southwestern Oklahoma, particularly in Caddo County, to which they were forcibly relocated by the United States Government in the 19th century.