Kaw people

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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."

All labels observed (3)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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
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 North America
linked to: Pre-Columbian era
historicalTerritory Kansas River valley
linked to: Kansas River

Lower Missouri River valley
Republican River valley
linked to: Republican River

Smoky Hill River region
linked to: Smoky Hill River
language Kansa language
languageFamily Siouan languages
nameEtymologyOf Kansas
notableCulturalElement Use of the ethnonym "Kaw" for the Kansas River
originalRegion Central Midwestern United States
present-day Kansas
present-day Nebraska
people Kaw people
populationTrend Decline after European contact
relatedEthnicGroup Omaha people
Osage people
linked to: Osage Nation

Ponca people
linked to: Ponca

Quapaw people
linked to: Quapaw tribe
sovereignEntity Kaw Nation
subgroupOf Dhegiha Siouan peoples
toponymicInfluence Kansas River
State of Kansas
linked to: Kansas
traditionalHousing Earth lodges
Tipis
traditionalReligion Animism
Tribal spiritual practices
traditionalSubsistence Bison hunting
Fishing
Maize agriculture
treatyWith United States government

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

Kaw Nation ethnicGroupOf Kaw people
Kansas namedAfter Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Kansas River namedAfter Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Omaha people relatedEthnicGroup Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Osage Nation relatedEthnicGroup Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Kansa language spokenBy Kaw people
Kansa language spokenBy Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Ponca relatedTo Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Kaw City, Oklahoma namedAfter Kaw people
Kaw City, Oklahoma hasIndigenousPeople Kaw (Kanza) people
linked to: Kaw people
Kąⁿza refersTo Kaw people
Kąⁿza selfDesignatedNameOf Kaw people
Kąⁿza autonymOf Kaw people
Kąⁿza usedBy Kaw people
Kąⁿza ethnicGroup Kaw people
Kaw Nation people Kaw people
subject linked to: Kaw people
Kansas (Kaw) people hasAlternativeName Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Kansas Territory namedAfter Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Northern Kansas indigenousPeople Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Kansas Territory namedAfter Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Kaw River namedAfter Kaw people
Kaw language spokenBy Kaw people
Kaw language spokenBy Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Káⁿza spokenBy Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Káⁿza associatedEthnicity Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Dhegihan branch associatedWithEthnicGroup Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people
Dhegihan languages traditionalSpeakers Kansa people
linked to: Kaw people