Indian Linguistic Families of Kansas

The Indian Linguistic families represented in Kansas may be separated into two principal divisions or heads:
          1. Native Linguistic Families
          2. Emigrant Linguistic Families
     The Native Linguistic Families were:
          1. Algonquian
          2. Caddoan
          3. Kiowan
          4. Shoshonean
          5. Siouan
     The Emigrant Linguistic Families were:
          1. Algonquian
          2. Iroquoian
          3. Siouan
          4. Tanoan
     The tribes native to Kansas were enumerated as follows:
          1. Arapahoe
          2. Cheyenne
     Of the Caddoan Linguistic Family:
          1. Pawnee
              a. Grand Pawnee
              b. Republican Pawnee
              c. Tapage Pawnee
              d. Loup Pawnee
          2. Wichita
     Of the Kiowan Linguistic Family:
          1. Kiowa
     Of the Shoshonean Linguistic Family:
          1. Comanche
     Of the Siouan Linguistic Family
          1. Kansa
          2. Osage
     The Emigrant tribes of Kansas are enumerated as follows:
          1. Chippewa
          2. Delaware
          3. Kaskaskia
          4. Kickapoo
          5. Miami
          6. Munsee
          7. Ottawa
          8. Peoria
          9. Piankishaw
        10. Pottawatomie
        11. Sac and Fox
        12. Shawnee
        13. Stockbridge
        14. Wea
        15. Brotherton
     Of the Iroquoian Linguistic Family:
          1. Cayuga
          2. Cherokee
          3. Oneida
          4. Onondaga
          5. Seneca
          6. St. Regis
          7. Tuskarora
          8. Wyandot
     Of the Tanoan Linguistic Family:
          1. Tigua of Picuris
     Of the Siouan Linguistic Family:
          1. Iowa
          2. Missouri
          3. Otoe
          4. Quapaw

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