Kaw Indians
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United States 
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Ancestral homeland: In the Ohio Valley
Contents
Tribal Headquarters[edit | edit source]
Kaw Nation
P.O. Box 50
Kaw City, OK 74641
Phone: 1.580.269.2552
Fax: 1.580.269.2301
- The Kaw Nation Official Website
Population: 1984: 1,064 enrollment.
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 Coucil Grove was ceded to the 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]
Agencies[edit | edit source]
Records[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:
- Allotment records
- Annuity rolls
- Census records
- Correspondence
- Health records
- Reports
- School census and records
- Vital records
Correspondence and Census[edit | edit source]
| Tribe | Agency |
Location of Original Records |
Pre-1880 Correspondence M 234 RG 75 Rolls Roll Number |
FHL Film Number |
Post-1885 Census M595 RG 75 Rolls Roll Number |
FHL 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, FHL Film: 579750
Important Websites[edit | edit source]
- Constitution of the Kaw Nation, adopted July 31, 1990.
- 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. FHL book 970.1 In2 page 225
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives; Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1906 Available online.
- Klein, Barry T., ed. Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian. Nyack, New York: Todd Publications, 2009. 10th ed. WorldCat 317923332; FHL book 970.1 R259e.
- Malinowski, Sharon and Sheets, Anna, eds. The Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. Detroit: Gale Publishing, 1998. 4 volumes. Includes: Lists of Federally Recognized Tribes for U.S., Alaska, and Canada – pp. 513-529 Alphabetical Listing of Tribes, with reference to volume and page in this series Map of “Historic Locations of U.S. Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Canadian Native Groups” Map of “Historic Locations of Mexican, Hawaiian and Caribbean Native Groups” Maps of “State and Federally Recognized U.S. Indian Reservations. WorldCat 37475188; FHL book 970.1 G131g.
- Vol. 1 -- Northeast, Southeast, Caribbean
- Vol. 2 -- Great Basin, Southwest, Middle America
- Vol. 3 -- Arctic, Subarctic, Great Plains, Plateau
- Vol. 4 -- California, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Islands
- Sturtevant, William C. Handbook of North American Indians. 20 Vols., some not yet published. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1978– .
- Volume 1 -- Not yet published
- Volume 2 -- Indians in Contemporary Society (pub. 2008) -- WorldCat 234303751
- Volume 3 -- Environment, Origins, and Population (pub. 2006) -- WorldCat 255572371
- Volume 4 -- History of Indian-White Relations (pub. 1988) -- WorldCat 19331914; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.4.
- Volume 5 -- Arctic (pub. 1984) -- WorldCat 299653808; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.5.
- Volume 6 -- Subarctic (pub. 1981) -- WorldCat 247493742; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.6.
- Volume 7 -- Northwest Coast (pub. 1990) -- WorldCat 247493311
- Volume 8 -- California (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 13240086; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.8.
- Volume 9 -- Southwest (pub. 1979) -- WorldCat 26140053; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.9.
- Volume 10 -- Southwest (pub. 1983) -- WorldCat 301504096; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.10.
- Volume 11 -- Great Basin (pub. 1986) -- WorldCat 256516416; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.11.
- Volume 12 -- Plateau (pub. 1998) -- WorldCat 39401371; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.12.
- Volume 13 -- Plains, 2 vols. (pub. 2001) -- WorldCat 48209643
- Volume 14 -- Southeast (pub. 2004) -- WorldCat 254277176
- Volume 15 -- Northwest (pub. 1978) -- WorldCat 356517503; FHL book 970.1 H191h v.15.
- Volume 16 -- Not yet published
- Volume 17 -- Languages (pub. 1996) -- WorldCat 43957746
- Volume 18 -- Not yet published
- Volume 19 -- Not yet published
- Volume 20 -- Not yet published
- Swanton John R. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #145 Available online.
- Waldman, Carl. Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes. New York, New York: Facts on File, 2006. 3rd ed. WorldCat 14718193; FHL book 970.1 W146e 2006.
