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

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

1873: new reservation in Indian Territory (Oklahoma)

1887: lands were alloted

Records
Agency Records

Correspondence and Census

Vital Records


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

Important Web Sites

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