Abstract

The Kanza descended from a much older Mississippi Valley Siouan culture. Along with their close cultural relatives the Quapaw, Omaha, Ponca, and Osage, the Kanza are members of the Dhegiha (pronounced: they-GEE-hah) branch of Siouan peoples.

Keywords:

• Konza,
• Kansa,
• Native American,
• Indian,
• Osage,
• Omaha,
• Ponca,
• Dhegiha,
• people,
• peoples,
• Greenwood County,
• Great Plains,
• tradition,
• disease,
• invasion,
• territory,
• tribe,
• westward,
• Kaw Lake,
• Kaw,
• government,
• Kanza People,
• Washunga,
• Pawnee,
• Kaw Nation,
• homeland