Topics in Kansas History: Settlement (1830 - 1890)Emigrant IndiansThousands of American Indian tribes were moved to the area that is now Kansas from the East and Great Lakes area. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 resulted in the settlement of more than 10,000 American Indians to what is now Kansas. The Kickapoo, originally from Wisconsin, were removed to Kansas in 1832 from Missouri. In 1836 the Iowas from north of the Great Lakes were assigned a reservation in Kansas. In 1838 the Potawatomis began their move from northern Indiana. Treaties with the Sak and Fox of the Mississippi Valley from 1842 to 1861 ceded Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska lands to the United States, leaving small reserves in Doniphan and Osage counties in Kansas. The Miamis were moved by barge from Indiana in 1846. Find resources on emigrant Indians. 
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