Washunga, Oklahoma
The Kaw tribal council house in Washunga. Although the US government promised the Kaw--who came to the area from Kansas--that Washunga would be theirs in perpetuity, residents were forced to move prior to the town's inundation by Kaw Dam in the 1970s. (Photo credit: The Daily Oklahoman)
About this community
- Dam
- Kaw Dam
- River
- Arkansas River
- Established
- 1873
- Inundated
- 1976
Sources
- Ivy Coffey, "Kaw Reservoir Waters to Erase Part of Tribe History," The Daily Oklahoman (April 21, 1969).
- https://kansastreaties.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/1960-1970