Kansas Gets Its Name From a Native Tribe that White Settlers Robbed and Then Displaced

[This is the second of two CAM special articles this week in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day.–Editors] In August 2023, the Kaw Nation transported a sacred boulder, known as Iⁿ‘zhúje ‘Waxóbe, from Lawrence, Kansas, to ancestral Kaw land near Locust Grove, Kansas, where Kaw Nation members lived. The Lawrence City Council voted 5-0 to allow […]

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