Kansas Indigenous Peoples: Difference between revisions

Learn about the Indians of Kansas, the tribes and bands, agencies, reservations, and records.  

The word Kansas comes from a Sioux word meaning "people of the south wind" <br>  

The following list of American Indians who have lived in Kansas has been compiled from Hodge's ''Handbook of American Indians...''<ref>Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> and from Swanton's ''The Indian Tribes of North America''<ref>Swanton John R. ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/kansas/index.htm Available online].</ref>. Some may simply be variant spellings for the same tribe.  

[[Apache Indians|Apache,]] [[Arapaho Indians|Arapaho]], [[Cheyenne Indians|Cheyenne,]] [[Chippewa Indians|Chippewa,]] [[Comanche Indians|Comanche,]] [[Delaware Indians|Delaware]], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/fox-tribe.htm Fox], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/illinois-tribe.htm Illinois], [[Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska|Iowa]], [[Kansa Indians|Kansa]], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/kaskaskia-tribe.htm Kaskaskia], [[Kaw Indians|Kaw,]] [[Kickapoo Indians|Kickapoo]], [[Kiowa Indians|Kiowa]], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/kiowa-apache-tribe.htm Kiowa-Apache], [[Miami Indians|Miami,]] Missouri, [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/delaware/munseeindianhist.htm Munsee],&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Osage Indians|Osage,]] [[Oto Indians|Oto]], [[Ottawa Indians|Ottawa,]] [[Pawnee Indians|Pawnee,]] [[Peoria Indians|Peoria]], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/piankashaw-tribe.htm Piankashaw], [[Potawatomi Indians|Potawatomi,]]&nbsp;[[Quapaw Indians|Quapaw,]] [[Sac and Fox Tribe|Sac and Fox -]] Musquacki (of Mississippi and Missouri),&nbsp; [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/sauk-tribe.htm Sauk], [[Seneca Indians|Seneca,]] [[Shawnee Indians|Shawnee]], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/cheyenne-tribe.htm Southern Cheyenne], [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/wea-tribe.htm Wea], [[Wyandot Indians|Wyandot]]  

Black Bob's Band of Shawnee, [[Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas|Prairie Band Potawatomi]], [[Sac and Fox Tribe|Sac and Fox of]] Kansas  

[[Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs|Agencies]] and subagencies were created as administrative offices of the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]] and its predecessors. Their purpose was (and is) to manage Indian affairs with the tribes, to enforce policies, and to assist in maintaining the peace. The names and location of these agencies may have changed, but their purpose remained basically the same. '''Many of the records of genealogical value were created by these offices. '''  

*[[Wyandot Indian Subagency (Kansas)|Wyandot Subagency]] 1839-1863,1870-1872

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:<br>  

*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]]

The General Allotment Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1887, marking the establishment of the allotment of land to individuals as the official and widespread policy of the federal government toward the Native Americans. Under this policy, land (formerly land held by the tribe or tribal land) was allotted to individuals to be held in trust until they had shown competency to handle their own affairs. The [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]] was the trustee.  

*Chippewa and Munsee, Iowa, Kickapoo, Miami, Osage, Ottawa, Potawatomi- Citizen, Potawatomi-Prairie Band, Sac and Fox, Shawnee, Wyandotte  

The Office of Indian Affairs (now the [[Bureau of Indian Affairs|Bureau of Indian Affairs]]) established a network of schools throughout the United States, beginning with Carlisle Indian School, established in 1879. Some of these schools were day schools, usually focusing on Indian children of a single tribe or reservation. Some were boarding schools which served Indian children from a number of tribes and reservations.  

*[[Kickapoo Indian School (Kansas)|Kickapoo School]]

*John Gill Pratt Papers 1834-1899 13 films Family History Library &nbsp;1st film {{FHL|256509|title-id|disp=0812758}}  

FamilySearch Catalog[https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&keyword=Kansas+Native+Races&prekeyword=Kansas+Native+Races Kansas Native Races ]for over 170 titles of interest  

[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/nativeam/ Kansas Native American Genealogy]  

[http://www.vlib.us/old_west/indian.html Kansas Plains and Emigrant Tribes]  

From the mid-1800s, the official policy of the United States government toward the American Indian was to confine each tribe to a specific parcel of land called a reservation. Agencies were established on or near each reservation. A government representative, usually called an agent (or superintendent) was assigned to each agency. Their duties included maintaining the peace, making payments to the Native Americans based on the stipulations of the treaties with each tribe, and providing a means of communication between the native population and the federal government.  

*[[Sauk and Fox Indian Reservation (Kansas)|'''Sauk and Fox Reservation''']]

[[St. Louis Superintendency of Indian Affairs|St. Louis Superintendency]]  

*[[Kansas Military Records|Kansas Military Records]] for a list of forts

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*"Accompanying Pamphlet for Microcopy 1011", National Archives Microfilm Publications, Appendix.