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How did the Kansas City Chiefs get their name? A fake tribe, a fan contest and Lamar Hunt
As Kansas City celebrates the Chiefs’ third consecutive Super Bowl appearance, the team name, logo, and some problematic fan ...
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Tribes closer to KCK casino
A pair of Kansas Indian tribes said Tuesday they were finalizing a deal to purchase 80 acres near the Kansas Speedway as part of their plans to open a casino. Members of the Kickapoo Tribe and the ...
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Sheriff arrests official with the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas on aggravated domestic battery charge
BROWN COUNTY (KSNT) – An official with a northeast Kansas Native American tribe is under arrest Thursday afternoon. Sheriff John Merchant with the Brown County Sheriff’s Office said in a press ...
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Kansas lawmakers move to pull Haskell Indian Nations University from federal control
one trustee from the Indian tribes of Kansas, one alumni trustee and one at-large member from any Indian tribe in the geographic regions. The Haskell student body president would be a non-voting ...
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How more tribes are working to bring bison back to their land
The InterTribal Buffalo Council, which helps many tribes and tribal nations reestablish bison on their land, hosted a training event in the fall with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma ...
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Exhibit explores ‘indigenous autonomy’
An exhibit at the Allen County Museum explores the sovereignty of Native Americans in the region. The traveling exhibit will ...
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A program to close insurance gaps for Native Americans has gone largely unused
A few years before the covid-19 pandemic, Dale Rice lost a toe to infection. But because he was uninsured at the time, the ...