Kaw people

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Federally recognized tribe in the United States Indigenous people of the Great Plains Native American tribe

The Kaw people, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly present-day Kansas and Nebraska, whose name is the source of the state name "Kansas."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kansa people	15
Kaw people canonical	12
Kaw (Kanza) people	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ Native American tribe ⓘ
affectedBy	Smallpox epidemics ⓘ U.S. Indian removal policies ⓘ
alternateName	Kansa ⓘ Kanza ⓘ
contemporaryReligion	Christianity ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalRevitalizationEffort	Language revitalization programs ⓘ Traditional ceremonies revival ⓘ
currentPrimaryLocation	Oklahoma ⓘ
demographicClassification	Native Americans in Kansas ⓘ Native Americans in Oklahoma ⓘ
ethnonym	Kaw ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribe	Kaw Nation ⓘ
forcedRemovalTo	Indian Territory ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kaw City, Oklahoma ⓘ
historicalEra	19th century United States expansion period ⓘ Pre-Columbian era ⓘ surface form: Pre-Columbian North America
historicalTerritory	Kansas River ⓘ surface form: Kansas River valley Lower Missouri River valley ⓘ Republican River ⓘ surface form: Republican River valley Smoky Hill River ⓘ surface form: Smoky Hill River region
language	Kansa language ⓘ
languageFamily	Siouan languages ⓘ
nameEtymologyOf	Kansas ⓘ
notableCulturalElement	Use of the ethnonym "Kaw" for the Kansas River ⓘ
originalRegion	Midwestern United States ⓘ surface form: Central Midwestern United States present-day Kansas ⓘ present-day Nebraska ⓘ
people	Kaw people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
populationTrend	Decline after European contact ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Omaha people ⓘ Osage Nation ⓘ surface form: Osage people Ponca ⓘ surface form: Ponca people Quapaw tribe ⓘ surface form: Quapaw people
sovereignEntity	Kaw Nation ⓘ
subgroupOf	Dhegiha Siouan peoples ⓘ
toponymicInfluence	Kansas River ⓘ Kansas ⓘ surface form: State of Kansas
traditionalHousing	Earth lodges ⓘ Tipis ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Animism ⓘ Tribal spiritual practices ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	Bison hunting ⓘ Fishing ⓘ Maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyWith	United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kaw Nation → ethnicGroupOf → Kaw people ⓘ

Kansas → namedAfter → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Kansas River → namedAfter → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Omaha people → relatedEthnicGroup → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Osage Nation → relatedEthnicGroup → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Kansa language → spokenBy → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Ponca → relatedTo → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Kaw City, Oklahoma → namedAfter → Kaw people ⓘ

Kaw City, Oklahoma → hasIndigenousPeople → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kaw (Kanza) people

Kąⁿza → refersTo → Kaw people ⓘ

Kąⁿza → selfDesignatedNameOf → Kaw people ⓘ

Kąⁿza → autonymOf → Kaw people ⓘ

Kąⁿza → usedBy → Kaw people ⓘ

Kąⁿza → ethnicGroup → Kaw people ⓘ

Kaw people → people → Kaw people self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Kaw Nation

Kansas (Kaw) people → hasAlternativeName → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Kansas Territory (as namesake of Fort Riley) → namedAfter → Kaw people ⓘ

subject surface form: Kansas Territory

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Northern Kansas → indigenousPeople → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Kansas Territory → namedAfter → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Kaw River → namedAfter → Kaw people ⓘ

Kaw language → spokenBy → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Káⁿza → spokenBy → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Káⁿza → associatedEthnicity → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Dhegihan branch → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people

Dhegihan languages → traditionalSpeakers → Kaw people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kansa people