Mondo's NAT #248 - Kanza Traditional Cache
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Native American Tribes series.
Kanza
From a period extending far back into the past -- far back of any written record -- the Kanza claimed, as a nation, the region that they ceded to the United States by the treaty of June, 1825.
From the time that Father Marquette inscribed the name of the "Kanza" nation on his map of 1673, a half century elapses before the name again appears; when special mention of the "Canzas" is made by Etienne Venyard, Sieur de Bourgmont, commander at Fort Orleans, who passed directly through Kansas from east to west, and north of the Kansas River in 1724, on his expedition to the Padoucas, in the West. He was accompanied by delegations from several Eastern tribes, consisting of their principal chiefs and warriors. Conspicuous among these was the "Kanza" delegation -- the general rendezvous for the other tribes being at the Kanza village on the Missouri. The hospitality of the tribe, and their generous treatment of their visitors, is especially noted by Monsieur de Bourgmont in his journal.
The Kanza were driven from their settlements on the Missouri by the inroads of the Iowas and Sacs, who, by reason of their intercourse with the traders of the Mississippi Valley, were tolerably well supplied with firearms. The exact time at which this occurred is not known, but it was probably thirty years before the visit of Capt. Lewis, as the Osages were driven from the Missouri by the Sacs, and forced farther south, onto the Osage, about that time.
Today, the Kaw Nation of Kanza people is headquartered in Kaw City, Oklahoma. The tribe has more than 3,000 members located in 48 states. Of those, more than 2,500 are enrolled members of the Kaw Nation in northern Oklahoma. Their present constitution was adopted by the Kaw National Council on August 14, 1990. During the long period of time that their lands were taken away, usage of their language began to taper off dramatically. This trend continued on into the twentieth century, until only a handful of the Kanza Indians could speak the language fluently by the 1970s. Today, the tribe is working hard to preserve and revive their language.
Additional Hints
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Lbh fubhyq or ba thneq.