To learn more about the Kaw Nation from historians and from Kaw tribal citizens, click on each of the descriptions below. They feature brief audio clippings from interviews done with these experts. 

Ronald D. Parks, author of The Darkest Period: The Kanza Indians and their Last Homeland, 1846--1873, discusses the introduction of male-dominated agricultural practices.

James Pepper Henry, Kaw Nation citizen and executive director of the First Americans Museum, discusses how the Kaw Nation came to own land in Kansas again. 

C. Huffman, Kaw Nation citizen, talks about Kaw connection to the land and what it means to return home. 

These are only a brief preview of the content that the Kansas Land Treaties project site holds. If this topic interests you, make sure to click around the site to learn more!