Kaw Nation (formerly known as the Kaw Tribe of Oklahoma or the Kansa Tribe)

The Kaw (or Kanza) are an American Indians people of the central Midwestern United States. The tribe known as "Kaw" have also been known as the "Wild People", "People of water", "Kansa", "Kaza", "Kosa", and "Kasa". The state of Kansas was named after them.

An act of congress in 1902 disbanded the Kaw tribe as a legal entity. The Kaw Nation of Oklahoma later regained recognition and is currently located in Kaw City, Oklahoma.

The only Native American to reach the Vice Presidency of the United States was Charles Curtis, under Herbert Hoover (1929–1933). His mother was a Kaw.