Articles /kansas-magazine/articles/ Articles Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:21:30 +0000 Working from a Past Heading to a Future /kansas-magazine/articles/post/working-from-a-past-heading-to-a-future/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/working-from-a-past-heading-to-a-future/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/working-from-a-past-heading-to-a-future/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 15:00:00 -0400
ric-mona-ksmPhotography by Jason Dailey (Mona Cliff) and Aaron Patton (Ric Dunwoody)

Ric Dunwoody and Mona Cliff talk contemporary Native art and the futures they envision

“When it comes to Native artwork, to

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The Language of Land Acknowledgments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/the-language-of-land-acknowledgments/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/the-language-of-land-acknowledgments/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/the-language-of-land-acknowledgments/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0400

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Land acknowledgments are statements that recognize the history and presence of Indigenous peoples and their enduring relationships to their traditional homelands. Land

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'We are Still Here' /kansas-magazine/articles/post/we-are-still-here/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/we-are-still-here/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/we-are-still-here/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0400

lana-grove-illustration-kansas-magazineIllustration by Lana Grove

A few years ago, I was discussing my Osage (𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟) citizenship and family history with someone I had recently met in the Johnson County area. When she found out I

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Morning Light Kombucha /kansas-magazine/articles/post/morning-light-kombucha/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/morning-light-kombucha/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/morning-light-kombucha/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:00:00 -0400

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Photography by Nick Krug

It’s about taking care of yourself and your community. Melinda Williamson (mshkoteni bodwewadmi/Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation), the founder of Morning Light Kombucha, has

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'Tribal Enterprises Adapt to Community Needs' /kansas-magazine/articles/post/tribal-enterprises-adapt-to-community-needs/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/tribal-enterprises-adapt-to-community-needs/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/tribal-enterprises-adapt-to-community-needs/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0400

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Photography by Ryan Coody

The Baxoje (Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska) are located in the northeast corner of Kansas, and they are doing big things economically. With more than 26 enterprises

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Guest Editor Letter: Native Edition of KANSAS! /kansas-magazine/articles/post/guest-editor-letter-native-issue-of-kansas/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/guest-editor-letter-native-issue-of-kansas/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/guest-editor-letter-native-issue-of-kansas/ Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0400

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My familys connection to Kansas started with my tribes removal to Kansas territory 175 years ago. My family has farmed Kansas land ever since. Because of that history, Kansas has always been my

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Pueblo on the Prairie /kansas-magazine/articles/post/pueblo-on-the-prairie/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/pueblo-on-the-prairie/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/pueblo-on-the-prairie/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 10:00:00 -0400

El Cuartelejo Site

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(This article was updated in November 2021)

It’s a Southwest-style ruin where the deer, as well as the squirrels and the beavers, roam.

What we know about one of the state’s most

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The Original Homes on the Range /kansas-magazine/articles/post/original-homes-on-the-range/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/original-homes-on-the-range/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/original-homes-on-the-range/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:00:00 -0400

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Indigenous people’s oral histories and archeological research provide insight into the first Kansas homes

Long before Euro-American settlers built

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Being Native. Being Kansan. /kansas-magazine/articles/post/being-native-being-kansan/ /kansas-magazine/articles/post/being-native-being-kansan/#comments /kansas-magazine/articles/post/being-native-being-kansan/ Tue, 02 Nov 2021 17:00:00 -0400
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The following sections are from a longer feature "Being Native. Being Kansan." first published in 2016

Five native nations connected to Kansas

By Suzanne Heck

Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri

The

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