Kanza

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Kanza is another name for the Kaw people, a Native American tribe historically associated with the central plains region of what is now the United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kanza canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American people ⓘ
sovereign tribal nation ⓘ
alternateName Kansa ⓘ
Kaw Nation ⓘ
Kaw people ⓘ
associatedRiver Kansas River ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalRegion Great Plains ⓘ
cultureArea Plains Indians ⓘ
currentPrimaryLocation Oklahoma ⓘ
demographicType Native American tribe ⓘ
eponymOf Kansas River ⓘ
state of Kansas ⓘ
ethnicClassification American Indian ⓘ
linked to: Native Americans
ethnonymLanguage Siouan languages ⓘ
federallyRecognizedBy United States government ⓘ
governingBody Kaw Nation government ⓘ
linked to: Kaw Nation
hasAutonym Kąⁿza ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century United States expansion ⓘ
pre-Columbian North America ⓘ
languageFamily Siouan language family ⓘ
notableFor influence on place names in Kansas ⓘ
originalRegion Kansas River valley ⓘ
central plains of the United States ⓘ
present-day Kansas ⓘ
present-day Missouri ⓘ
present-day Nebraska ⓘ
recognizedAs tribal nation in Oklahoma ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Omaha ⓘ
Osage ⓘ
linked to: Osage Nation

Ponca ⓘ
Quapaw ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional indigenous beliefs ⓘ
subgroupOf Central Plains tribes ⓘ
linked to: Plains Indians

Siouan peoples ⓘ
traditionalEconomy semi-nomadic horticulture and hunting ⓘ
traditionalHousing earth lodges ⓘ
tipis ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Kansa language ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence beans cultivation ⓘ
bison hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
squash cultivation ⓘ
treatyRelationsWith United States ⓘ

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

Kaw people → alternateName → Kanza ⓘ