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Kaw Nation · kaw nation · Kaw Nation, Oklahoma · Kanza · People of The Southwind · Kaáⁿze · KaanzeKaw Nation
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- Official name
- Kaw Nation, Oklahoma
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Oklahoma
In the record
The atlas records 1 broken treaty promise involving Kaw Nation: Kaw (Kanza): annuities delayed, sale and removal from Kansas (1873), and Kaw Lake.
This nation carries the history of Kaw (Kanza) in the treaty record.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Self-names
- KaáⁿzeKanza
Official names
Other names in English
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Treaty or agreement23 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
5 cessions. Follow Kaw (Kanza) through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Land recorded in this nation’s name 5, matched by the Forest Service, under review
Carries the treaty history of 1
Named in 1
Sources
- kawnation.gov/reference work
Kaw Nation People of The Southwind
- kawnation.gov/kanza-history/reference work
An overview of the Kanza People dating back to their discovery by Lewis and Clark.
- govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-30/html/2026-01899.htmprimary record
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma
- federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/01/30/2026-01899.htmlprimary record
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
Research notes
Name as printed in V059.
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