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To get started in [[ | To get started in [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indian Research]] | ||
'''Various Spellings:''' Kansa, Kanza, Kansas, Kanzas | '''Various Spellings:''' Kansa, Kanza, Kansas, Kanzas | ||
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=== History === | === History === | ||
=== Brief Timeline === | |||
'''1601:''' | '''1601:'''Juan de Onate, has contact with the Kansa tribe | ||
'''1825:''' The tribe cede land in Missouri to the United States, move to a reservation in Kansas | '''1825:''' The tribe cede land in Missouri to the United States, move to a reservation in Kansas | ||
'''1846:''' | '''1846:''' removed to a reservation at Council Grove on the Neosha River | ||
'''1852:''' The Kansas tribe was living in northern part of Indian Territory which | '''1852:''' The Kansas tribe was living in northern part of Indian Territory which became Kansas and Nebraska, in 1852 | ||
'''1862:''' Homestead Act allowed white settlers to move into Kansas and Nebraska | '''1862:''' Homestead Act allowed white settlers to move into Kansas and Nebraska | ||
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'''1873:''' removed to Oklahoma | '''1873:''' removed to Oklahoma | ||
=== | === Agencies === | ||
==== Additional References to the History of the Tribe | The Kansa Tribe'''in Kansas''' was under the jurisdiction of the [[Fort_Leavenworth_Indian_Agency_(Kansas)|Fort Leavenworth Agency]],1824-47; [[Osage_River_Indian_Agency_(Kansas)|Osage River Agency]], 1847-51; [[Potawatomi_Indian_Agency_(Kansas)|Potawatomi Agency]] 1851-55 and the [[Kansas_Indian_Agency_(Kansas)|Kansas Agency]], 1855-76. While in Kansas they were under the [[Central_Superintendency_of_Indian_Affairs|Central Superintendency]]. | ||
The tribe '''in Oklahoma''' was uncer the jurisdiction of the [[Neosho_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Neosho Agency]] 1874; and the [[Osage_Indian_Agency_(Oklahoma)|Osage Agency]] 1874-80. | |||
=== Reservations === | |||
=== Additional References to the History of the Tribe === | |||
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/kansahist.htm Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico], gave a more complete history of the Kansa tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in David Bushnell's [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0017327 Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.] | Frederick Webb Hodge, in his [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/kansahist.htm Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico], gave a more complete history of the Kansa tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in David Bushnell's [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0017327 Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi.] | ||
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=== Records === | === Records === | ||
=== Treaties === | |||
*[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kan0123.htm 1815] October 28, at St. Louis | *[http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/Vol2/treaties/kan0123.htm 1815] October 28, at St. Louis | ||