Kansa
1 Americannoun
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Kansas,
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Kansa
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly of eastern Kansas, now living mostly in northern Oklahoma.
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the Siouan language of the Kansa.
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Osweiler has been sacked 11 times in 10 quarters since replacing Manning in the third period against Kansa City three weeks ago.
From US News ● Dec. 2, 2015
Also known as the Kansa, the Kaw tribe gave Kansas its name.
From Time Magazine Archive
His birth was concealed through fear of the tyrant Kansa.
From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Richard B. Westbrook
Lehman. b, Dog dance within a Kansa lodge, 1819.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell
It is known that the Kansa moved up Kansas River in historic times as far as Big Blue River, and thence went to Council Grove in 1847.
From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by David Ives Bushnell
“If he doesn’t explain it well, he will lose credibility,” said Thomas Hoenig, a former president of the Kansas City Fed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
The Rams traded for All-Pro cornerback Trent McDuffie and signed cornerback Jaylen Watson, both of whom won two Super Bowls with the Kansas City Chiefs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The slim book explores American mysticism and a moral framework in ruins as his clan zigzags from Kansas to South Carolina, Illinois and elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
In the preseason opener against the Kansas City Chiefs, Simpson played all but the first two series and completed 21 of 25 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In 1870, the Osage—expelled from their lodges, their graves plundered—agreed to sell their Kansas lands to settlers for $1.25 an acre.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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