Kaw

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Indigenous people of the Great Plains Native American tribe federally recognized tribe

The Kaw, also known as the Kansa, are a Native American tribe originally from the central Midwestern United States, particularly the region that is now Kansas.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kaw Nation 0

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the Great Plains ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
federally recognized tribe ⓘ
affectedBy U.S. westward expansion ⓘ
smallpox epidemics ⓘ
alternateName Missouri ⓘ
surface form: Kansa
associatedRiver Kansas River ⓘ
autonym Kąⁿza ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalRegion Great Plains ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
surface form: Prairie-Plains
ethnonymMeaning people of the south wind ⓘ
federallyRecognizedTribeName Kaw Nation ⓘ
forcedRemovalTo Indian Territory ⓘ
hasTribalEnrollment citizens of Kaw ancestry ⓘ
headquartersLocation Kaw City, Oklahoma ⓘ
historicalEconomy fur trade participation ⓘ
historicalTerritory present-day Kansas ⓘ
present-day Missouri ⓘ
present-day Nebraska ⓘ
language Kansa language ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan languages ⓘ
nameEtymologyOf Kansas ⓘ
originallyFrom central Midwestern United States ⓘ
populationTrend decline after European contact ⓘ
recognizedBy United States government ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Omaha ⓘ
Osage Nation ⓘ
surface form: Osage

Ponca ⓘ
Quapaw ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
sovereignGovernment Kaw Nation ⓘ
surface form: Kaw Nation Tribal Council
subgroupOf Siouan languages ⓘ
surface form: Dhegiha Siouan
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalHousing earth lodges ⓘ
tipis ⓘ
traditionalRegion Kansas River ⓘ
surface form: Lower Kansas River valley
traditionalSubsistence agriculture ⓘ
bison hunting ⓘ
treatyRelationshipWith United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
U.S._state Oklahoma ⓘ

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