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 15
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 (31)

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
Kanza → alternateName → Kaw people ⓘ