Kaw Nation

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Ancestral homeland: In the Ohio Valley

Tribal Headquarters
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.

Brief Timeline
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 Council Grove was ceded to the United States

1873: New reservation in Indian Territory (Kay County, Oklahoma)

1902: Lands were allotted

Records
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

Land Records
Tribally owned: 183.50 acres.

Vital Records

 * Pawnee Agency, M595, births and deaths 1924-1932, FHL Film: 579750

Important Websites

 * Constitution of the Kaw Nation, adopted July 31, 1990, amended April 29, 2016.
 * The Kaw Nation Official Website
 * Kaw Tribe Wikipedia