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Kaw

American  
[kaw] / kɔ /

noun

  1. another name for Kansa.


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It has taken Lay Kay Kaw, a new town established for the KNU with Japanese funding in 2015, a time when there had been hopes for lasting peace in Karen State following a national ceasefire.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

“We have been separated from our grandfather for more than 150 years,” said Jim Pepper Henry, vice chair of the Kaw Nation, upon the occasion, “and we look forward to being reacquainted.”

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

In December, 48-year-old Myint fled the Karen small town of Lay Kay Kaw, near the Thai border, with her husband and three children.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2022

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

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