Kansa Indians, A History of the Wind People, 1673-1873

Name/Title

Kansa Indians, A History of the Wind People, 1673-1873

Entry/Object ID

L2012.21.158

Description

Kansa Indians, A History of the Wind People, 1673-1873. In 2 centuries the Kansa had migrated from the Eastern United States to what is now eastern Kansas by way of the Missouri River Valley. They settled in villages mostly along the Kansas River and led a semisedentary life, raising corn and vegetables and hunting buffalo. The Kansa were reduced by stronger tribes, disease, especially small pox and plagued by traders, merchants, governments, and religious persons greedy for Kansa assets. Color and black and white photographs of Kansa men, women and their dwellings. 244/Hardbound/Jacketed/Maps/Photographs

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Indian Territory, Ethnology, Native American, Kansa, Kansas River

Book Details

Author

William E. Unrau

Place Published

City

Norman

State/Province

Oklahoma

Date Published

1971

Call No.

Ethnology UN

ISBN

0-8061-0980-7

LCCN

74-160508

Notes

Copy No.: 2

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Sep 22, 2012

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Michael Fisher