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Salina / s ə ˈ l aɪ n ə / is a city in and the county seat of Saline County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,889. [4] [5]In the early 1800s, the Kanza tribal land reached eastward from the middle of the Kansas Territory.
The Salina Stockade was built in Salina, Kansas, to provide the residents with protection from the American Indians in the area, many of whom were hostile toward white settlement. Salina had been raided in 1862 by Native Americans and then Confederate guerrillas, but it was not until May 1864 when residents decided they needed to build a ...
The Whiteford (Price) Archeological Site, designated by the Smithsonian trinomial 14SA1, is an archaeological site located in a rural area between Salina and New Cambria, Kansas, United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As a National Historic Landmark , it is an important Central Plains habitation site, with an unusually well-preserved burial complex.
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In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1848, after the Mexican–American War , the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Spain brought into the United States all or part of land for ten future states, including ...
The racial makeup was 90.04% White, 2.83% African American, 0.51% Native American, 1.54% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.02% from other races, and 2.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.54% of the population. The median income for a household was $37,659, and the median income for a family was $46,198.
"Kansas from Above," a documentary being shown at the Salina Art Center Cinema, uses drone footage to give a new perspective of Kansas geography.
The remains of at least 271 Native Americans were found in storage on the University of Kansas campus last year. Despite a 1990 federal law, they still haven’t been returned to their Kansas tribes.