The End of Indian Kansas: A Study of Cultural Revolution, 1854-1871

by William E. Unrau and H. Craig Miner

Book Overview

When Kansas became a U.S. territory in 1854 literally all of its land area was guaranteed by treaty to Indians. More than 10,000 Kickapoos, Delawares, Sacs, Foxes, Shawnees, Potawatomis, Kansas, Ottawas, Wyandots, and Osages, not to mention a number of smaller tribes, inhabited Kansas. By 1875 there were only a couple of bands left.

The forced removal of thousands of Indians from eastern Kansas between 1854 and 1871 affected more Indians and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 070060474X
• ISBN13: 9780700604746
• Release Date: December 1977
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"