" American Indians in Kansas" Topic
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Tango01 | 29 Sep 2018 9:33 p.m. PST |
"Kansas is at center stage in the history of the North American continent. Beginning with the indigenous peoples of the Middle Plains, this place now called Kansas has hosted many seminal events in the history and heritage of humankind. The region's native communities and the longterm impact of Kansas on them is the focus of this essay, which will review the nature of the literature about the native peoples of Kansas. Coming from several directions, as observed by Elliott West in his award-winning Contested Plains: Indians,Goldseekers, and the Rush to Colorado, these Native Americans fought one another, formed alliances, and understood the West in their own ways 1 Their story is central to any real understanding of the history of Kansas and the West. The peoples to whom we here refer were and are a diverse lot. The Kansa, or Kaw, tribe was a small group of about sixteen hundred people, who soon learned that the Osages and the Pawnees, as well as surrounding tribes such as the Kiowa, Arapaho, and Cheyenne, utilized this part of the Great Plains in pursuit of the buffalo. Due to the buffalo, their livelihood was a hunting economy on the Kansas prairie. Following Indian removal during the early and mid-nineteenth century, other groups such as the Iowas, Kickapoos, Sac and Foxes, and Potawatomis came to call Kansas home. In fact, these four tribes are now the native peoples who maintain reservations in north-central Kansas. Their arrivals during the 1830s and 1840s introduced the beginning of great changes for Kansas and its earliest residents…." Main page PDF link Amicalement Armand |
Stosstruppen | 30 Sep 2018 8:14 a.m. PST |
cool, I like to read stuff about my new home… |
Tango01 | 30 Sep 2018 2:53 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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