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Kaw

American  
[kaw] / kɔ /

noun

  1. another name for Kansa.


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It has even lost Lay Kay Kaw, a new town built with Japanese funding in 2015 for the KNU, at a time when it was part of a ceasefire agreement with the central government.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

This led to a demand by the Kaw that the rock be returned.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

The saxophonist Jim Pepper was Kaw and Muscogee Creek, and several of his compositions featured a Native American chorus.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Lay Kay Kaw enjoys unique status as a settlement established to promote reconciliation.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2021

While No. 46 was working on Brown, another operative, No. 28, learned a seemingly vital secret from a young Kaw Indian woman who lived near the western border of Osage County.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann