Kansan.
/ˈkanzə/ 1. A Siouan Indian people formerly of Kansas and now in Oklahoma; also known as Kaw n.; a member of this people. Also attributive or as adj.
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Assiniboine1690
Missouri1698
Osage1698
Santee1698
Teton1698
Yankton1698
Sioux1703
Kansa1722
Otoe1760
Omaha1761
Maha1778
Big Belly1785
Mandan1790
Minnetaree1796
Crow1801
Dakota1804
Gros Ventre1804
Kaw1804
Miniconjou1804
Ponca1804
Absaroka1812
Oglala1825
Missourian1833
Lakota1846
Dakotan1871
Hidatsa1873
Siouan1885
the world > people > ethnicities > North American peoples > Plains Indian > [adjective] > Siouan
Assiniboine1743
Missouri1765
Mandan1794
Otoe1794
Crow1804
Maha1804
Osage1804
Gros Ventre1805
Oglala1805
Kansa1806
Dakota1809
Teton1814
Yankton1825
Lakota1846
1722 D. Coxe Descr. Carolana i. 11 The Southerly of these two Rivers, is that of the Ousoutiwy upon which dwell..the Kansæ, Mintou, Erabacha and others.
1806 Wilkinson in Z. M. Pike Acct. Expeditions Sources Mississippi (1810) 108 You may attach to this deputation..the same number of Kanses chiefs.
1847 D. Coyner Lost Trappers (1859) 41 They were informed of the trade made by Captain Williams and the chief of the Kansas village.
1848 E. Bryant What I saw in Calif. 41 I asked him if he was a Kansas.
1907 F. W. Hodge Handbk. Amer. Indians I. 654/1 The Kansa figured but slightly in the history of the country until after the beginning of the 19th century.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XX. 714/1 The principal Siouan tribes were..in the west, Dakota and Assimiboin,..tribes speaking Dhegiha, viz., Omaha, Ponca, Kansas, [etc.].
2. The Siouan language of the Kansa people.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Sioux language family > languages of
Sioux1776
Missouri1804
Osage1804
Mandan1805
Winnebago1831
Yuchi1836
Crow1846
Otoe1848
Yankton1849
Dakotana1856
Assiniboine1872
Teton1877
Santee1882
Kansa1933
Oglala1933
Lakota1939
Omaha1957
Hidatsa1964
Ho-Chunk1997
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 72 The Siouan family includes many languages, such as..Kansa.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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