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Ancestral homeland: In the Ohio Valley

Kaw Older-men-site first people.jpg

Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]

Kaw Nation
698 Grandview Dr. / P.O. Box 50
Kaw City, OK 74641
Phone: 580-269-2552
Fax: 580-269-2301
Website

History[edit | edit source]

Brief Timeline[edit | edit source]

1804-06: Lewis and Clark Expedition made contact with the tribe

1820-1846: Lost most of their land in what is now Kansas and Nebraska

1846: Assigned a reservation at Council Grove on the Neosho River in Kansas

1850: Methodist Church established and built a mission.

1859: About half of the reservation of Council Grove was ceded to the United States

1873: New reservation in Indian Territory (Kay County, Oklahoma)

1902: Lands were allotted

Additional References to the History of the Tribe[edit | edit source]

Reservations[edit | edit source]

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

Correspondence and Census[edit | edit source]

Tribe	Agency	Location of Original Records	Pre-1880 Correspondence M 234 RG 75 Rolls Roll Number	Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls Roll Number	FS Library Film Number
Kaw	Pawnee Agency, 1871-1964	Fort Worth	659-68	199, 317-28, 337-43	579746-753
Kaw, Kansas	Ft. Leavenworth, Agency, 1824-47	Washington D.C.	330-03	-
Kaw, Kansas	Osage River Agency, 1847-51	Washington D.C.	642-51	-
Kaw,Kansas	Potawatomi Agency, 1851-55	Washington D.C.	678-95	-
Kaw, Kansas	Kansas Agency, 1855-76	Washington D.C.	364-70	-
Kaw, Indian Territory	Osage Agency, 1874-80	Washington D. C. & Fort Worth	633-41	-

Land Records[edit | edit source]

Tribally owned: 183.50 acres. ^[1]

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Pawnee Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FS Library Film: 579750

Important Websites[edit | edit source]

Constitution of the Kaw Nation, adopted July 31, 1990, amended April 29, 2016.
The Kaw Nation Official Website
Kaw Tribe Wikipedia

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FS Library book 970.1 In2 page 225

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

[1] Indian Reservations A State and Federal Handbook. Compiled by The Confederation of American Indians, New York, N.Y. McFarland and Co. Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, c. 1986. FS Library book 970.1 In2 page 225

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