TOPEKA – Gov. Sam Brownback issued an apology to American Indians for the wrongs committed against them through forced relocation and mistreatment. In a ceremony at the Kansas Historical Society in Topeka, Brownback also presented an American bison from the state herd to each of the four tribes remaining in Kansas. Leaders of the Kickapoo Tribe, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Iowa Tribe of the Sac and Fox Nation; and Kaw Nation, joined Brownback Wednesday. The event was part of the state’s 150th anniversary celebration. Nineteen tribes, including the Ottawa Tribe, were relocated to Kansas before they were relocated to Indian Territory, which became Oklahoma.
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