Their Spirit Continues

From a historical viewpoint, the Wichitas may have all but vanished as the Omaha Indian wrote, but in one sense they have returned on a much broader scale with the successful development of the Mid-America All-Indian Center.

Granted, the land has changed, but only because the town named them has continued to grow in their spirit.

It came as no surprise then, when just slightly over 100 years later, the MAAIC Board of Trustees asked the City of Wichita to donate the two rivers site for a new Indian Center.

In one sense the Mid-America All-Indian Center has marked the rebirth of Native American social and cultural awareness in this area - and throughout the Midwest. The charter members of the MAAIC Board of Trustees have labored long and hard to see their dream come true.

But exactly where did the concept of the Mid-America All-Indian Center originate?

The answer to that question is one of those that is simply just "too close to see." It's a concept that is deeply interwoven into the culture of Wichita, one that has been here from the beginning.

Keeper of the Plains at the confluence of the Little and Big Arkansas Rivers.