The Kaw Nation is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas.
KnoShr, Kansa Chief, 1853
Chief Monchousia (White Plume) by Charles Bird King, c. 1822. On display in the White House.
Engraving of Fool Chief's village of the 1840s along the Kansas River by Pierre-Jean De Smet
Allegawaho, head chief of the Kaws in the 1860s and 1870s, in a photo from 1867
Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, in turn named after the Kansa people. Its capital is Topeka, and its most populous city is Wichita, however the largest urban area is the bi-state Kansas City, MO–KS metropolitan area.
Samuel Seymour's 1819 illustration of a Kansa lodge and dance is the oldest drawing known to have been done in Kansas.
The Great Plains of Kansas
Kanopolis State Park
Spring River, Kansas