Indigenous Peoples' Residency
The Kansas Legislature enacted a provision to allow certain students enrolling at a public institution of higher education in Kansas to have residency status for the purpose of tuition & fees. This current provision is in place from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
Students who are enrolled as a member of the following Nations are eligible for residency status at Kansas public institutions of higher education, regardless of the location of their residence:
The Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
The Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
As well as the following Indigenous Nations with historical connections to Kansas territories with one or more of the following refrences within the Tribe's name:
- Apache
- Arapaho
- Caddo
- Cheyenne
- Cherokee
- Chickasaw
- Chippewa and Ojibwe (including Bay Mills)
- Choctaw
- Comanche
- Delaware
- Iowa (Ioway and Baxoje)
- Kaw
- Kickapoo
- Kiowa
- Miami
- Missouria (including Otoe-Missouria)
- Modoc
- Muscogee (Creek, including Yuchi, Euchee or Uchee)
- Nez Perce
- Omaha
- Oneida
- Osage
- Otoe
- Ottawa (Odawa)
- Potawatomi (Pottawatomi)
- Pawnee
- Peoria
- Ponca
- Pueblo
- Quapaw
- Sac and Fox (including Meskwaki)
- Seminole
- Seneca-Cayuga
- Shawnee
- Stockbridge-Munsee (Mochican)
- Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco and Tawakonie)
- Wyandotte
Students who believe they are eligible should submit the Indigenous Peoples' Residency Benefit form.
