Kansas is historically home to at least nine major Native American tribes including the Cheyenne, Kansa, Osage, Sioux, Pawnee, Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche, and Arapaho.
Popular museums to visit include the C. W. Parker Carousel Museum in Leavenworth, Old Cowtown and Mid-America All-Indian Museums in Wichita, Oz Museum in Wamego, and the Mid-America Air Museum.
Visit the two active military forts of Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley in addition to the two forts which are state historic sites – Fort Hays and Fort Larned.