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The Kaw Nation (or Kanza or Kansa) is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. The Kaw people historically lived in the central Midwestern United States . They have also been called the "People of the South wind", [ 2 ] "People of water", Kansa , Kaza , Konza , Conza , Quans , Kosa , and Kasa .
This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [ 1 ] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California .
In 1867, Joe Jim accompanied a Kaw delegation headed by Chief Al-le-ga-wa-ho to Washington. The Kaw were declining rapidly as a tribe, and losing their lands to White settlers. They sought a new reservation free of white squatters in the Indian Territory (later Oklahoma).
Washunga is a small community and ghost town in Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. Washunga was named for the leader of the Kaw Indians in the late 19th and early 20th century. The word means "bird" in the Kaw language. The name was often spelled Washungah. The town was established in 1903 at the headquarters of the Kaw tribe, called the Kaw ...
White Plume (ca. 1765—1838), also known as Nom-pa-wa-rah, Manshenscaw, and Monchousia, was a chief of the Kaw (Kansa, Kanza) Indigenous American tribe. He signed a treaty in 1825 ceding millions of acres of Kaw land to the United States. Most present-day members of the Kaw Nation of Oklahoma trace their lineage back to him.
Residents across Oklahoma are asking questions about their tribal-issued car tags. Here is a look at what we know about the situation. Why was a driver issued a ticket for a tribal tag?
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Lucy Tayiah Eads or Cha-me [1] (also known as Chief Lucy [2]) (1888–1961) was elected the first female tribal chief of the Kaw Indians in 1922. [3] She was the first chief of the Kaws since 1908. [ 2 ]