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Online Resources
Native American Online Genealogy Records
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Tribes Recognized by the Federal Government
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska

Tribes Recognized by the State of Kansas
There are currently no tribes recognized by the State of Kansas.

Historical Tribes in Kansas
Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Chippewa, Comanche, Delaware, Fox, Illinois, Iowa, Kansa, Kaskaskia, Kaw, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Kiowa-Apache, Miami, Missouri, Munsee, Osage, Oto, Ottawa, Pawnee, Peoria, Piankashaw, Potawatomi, Quapaw, Sac and Fox - Musquacki (of Mississippi and Missouri),  Sauk, Seneca, Shawnee, Southern Cheyenne, Wea, Wyandot

Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Kansas
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Kansas has been compiled from Hill's Office of Indian Affairs..., Hill's Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians , and others.


 * Delaware Agency
 * Drum Creek Agency
 * Fort Leavenworth Agency
 * Great Nemaha Agency
 * Haskell Agency and Institute
 * Horton Agency, P.O. Box 31, Horton, KS 66439
 * Kansas Agency
 * Kickapoo Agency
 * Neosho Agency
 * Osage River Agency
 * Ottawa Agency
 * Potawatomi Agency
 * Shawnee Agency
 * Upper Arkansas Agency
 * Upper Missouri Agency
 * Upper Platte Agency
 * Wichita Agency 1857-1878
 * Wyandot Subagency 1839-1863,1870-1872

Allotment Records

 * Great Frauds and Grievous Wrong, Mapping the Loss of Kickapoo Allotment Lands by Stephen L. Egbert and Paula I. Smith, University of Kansas, 2017. PDF online at: Great Frauds PDF

Kansas Indian Schools
Kansas Indian Schools Currently Open:
 * Haskell Indian Nations University Haskell
 * Haskell Indian Nations University Wikipedia

Historical Arizona Schools:


 * Hampton Institute
 * Haskell Institute
 * Kaw Mission School
 * Kickapoo School


 * Indian Mission Schools Collection, 1837-1879 online at: 1837-1879

Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report, Published May 2022, online at: BIA

Federal investigators used historical records to identify 12 schools in Kansas with 14 school sites. Most had connections to Christian proselytizing.

• In Topeka, the Pottawatomie Mission Boarding School operated from 1848-73. The Baptists who established the school were allotted $50 for each child they boarded. The Southern Baptist Convention controlled the school at one point. Debt, inadequate funding and the removal of Pottawatomie tribes to Indian Territory led to its closure. It was also known as the Potawatomi Baptist Manual Labor School, the Pottawatomie Training School and the Baptist Mission School.

• In Lawrence, Haskell Indian Industrial Training School was also known as Haskell Junior College, the Haskell Institute and its modern-day name Haskell Indian Nations University. It opened in 1884 and the last high school class graduated in 1965 before it transitioned to a junior college and later a university. It is a National Historic Landmark.

• In Hoyt, Pottawatomie Boarding School operated from as early as 1866 to as late as 1908. It was also known by the alternate spelling of Potawatomi. Historical records contended that "Indian parents cheerfully gave up their children."

• In St. Marys, the St. Mary Mission and School operated from 1847-1967, initially involving the Potawatomi. It was also known as St. Mary's College and Immaculate Conception Church. Jesuit archives indicated a dispute over whether $75 per pupil was enough to cover the costs.

• The Shawnee Methodist Indian Mission appears to have been the first indigenous boarding school in Kansas, opening in 1838 in Kansas City, Kan. A year later, it moved to Fairway, where it was known as Shawnee Methodist Mission and Indian Manual Labor School. It operated until 1862. The Methodist Episcopal Church, now the United Methodist Church, operated the school. It is on the register of historic places.

• Jesuit and Loretto missionaries established the Osage Manual Labor School for Boys and Osage School for Girls in 1847 in St. Paul. It was also known as Osage Catholic Mission and Schools, the St. Francis Institute, St. Ann's Academy and St. Paul. Records state the central focus of the school was manual labor, and they "adapted to service the needs of the incoming white settlers."

• The American Indian Institute operated in Wichita from 1915-39. It was also known as Roe Indian Institute. At one point, it had a Presbyterian Church affiliation.

• Halstead had two schools in the 1880s and 1890s. One was Halstead Mennonite Mission Boarding School, which was also known as Halstead Indian Industrial School and the Mennonite Orphan Home. The other was Halstead Seminary, also known as Halstead Fortbildungs-Schule.

• Highland had the Iowa and Sac and Fox Indian Mission School, which was also known as Iowa and Sac Mission, the Orphan Indian Institute, the Iowa, Sac, and Fox Presbyterian Mission and Highland Presbyterian Mission. It operated from 1846-68. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Native American Heritage Museum State Historic Site.

• The Kickapoo Boarding School in Horton was affiliated with Presbyterian missionaries. It operated from 1871 to as late as 1931 and was also known as Kickapoo Industrial School, Kickapoo Training School and Kickapoo Rising Mission School.

• White Cloud had the Iowa and Sac and Fox of Missouri Boarding School from 1871 to as late as 1916. It was also known as Great Nemaha Boarding and Day School, Great Nemaha Industrial Orphan's Home and Great Nemaha Indian School.

• In Council Grove, the Kaw Methodist Mission School took on orphaned boys from 1851-54. The Methodist Episcopal Church operated the facility, also known as Kaw Manual Labor School, which is now on the register of historic places. After losing federal financial support in 1854, the school transitioned to serving white pupils as one of the first schools for white children in Kansas territory.

Missions in Kansas

 * Shawnee Indian Mission KSHS, and Wikipedia


 * The Methodist missions among the Indian tribes in Kansas Library Of Congress

Indian Health Agencies in Kansas
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Kansas Map of Indian Lands

 * Kansas Territory map KSHS

Kansas Native Americans Historical Background

 * Memorial of members of Black Bob's band of Shawnee Indians, against any attempt to force their people to break up their tribal organization, and against a division of their lands. Online at: Digital Commons PDF.


 * Inside JCPRD: The Black Bob Band Shawnee Mission Post


 * Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Digital Collection, Memorial in Behalf of the Black Bob Band of Shawnee Indians 1870, online at: Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Digital Collection

Archives
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Libraries
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Museums
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Societies
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Other Repositories
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FamilySearch Library

 * John Gill Pratt Papers 1834-1899 13 films FamilySearch Library 1st film
 * Central Superintendency of Indian Affairs 1813-1878 108 films M 856 FamilySearch Library 1st film:

FamilySearch CatalogKansas Native Racesfor over 170 titles of interest

Kansas Native American Genealogy

Kansas Plains and Emigrant Tribes

Superintendencies
St. Louis Superintendency

Central Superintendency

See Also:

 * Kansas Church Records for a list of missions
 * Kansas History for a calendar of events
 * Kansas Military Records for a list of forts