Indian Linguistic Families of Kansas

Last Updated on July 8, 2020 by

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

1.  Grand Pawnee
2.  Republican Pawnee
3.  Tapage Pawnee
4.  Loup Pawnee

2. Wichita

Of the Kiowan Linguistic Family:

1. 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