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The tribe known as "Kaw" have also been known as the "Wind People", "Kaza", Kanza", Kosa", and "Kasa". It is from this tribe that we derive the name " Kansas". The Kaw are closely related to the Osage tribe and at times have been thought of as a kind of Osage. The only Native American to reach the Vice-Presidency of the United States of America was Charles Curtis, Vice-President under Herbert Hoover 1929-1933. His mother was a Kaw.
The Curtis Act in 1898 expanded the powers of the federal goverment over American Indian affairs. An act of congress in 1902 disbanded the Kaw tribe as a legal entity. This act transferred 160 acres to the federal government and about 1,625 acres of Kaw land to Curtis and his children.
The Kaw Nation of Oklahoma regained recognition and is currently located in Kaw City, Oklahoma.
On April 23, 2000 the last Kaw fullblood, [William A. Mehojah died.
See also: Kaw River
Kaw is also a town in French Guiana.
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