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Kansas Needs French

FRANCOPHONE GOVERNMENT ADDRESSES

Belgian Consular Representatives in Kansas
Mr. David L. BARBER, Honorary Consul
2301 Arno Road
Shawnee Mission
Kansas 66208
Phone (913)362-5039
Fax (913)362-5039
E-mail: kansascity@diplobel.org

Regional Canadian Consulate
The Consulate General of Canada
750 North St. Paul Street, Suite 1700
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: (214) 922-9806
Fax: (214) 922-9815
e-mail: dalas-td@international.gc.ca
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/dallas/

Québec Government Office in Chicago
444 N. Michigan Avenue
Room 1900
Chicago, IL 60611-3977
Phone: (312) 645-0392
Fax: (312) 645-0542
E-mail: qc.chicago@mri.gouv.qc.ca
http://www.Quebec-Chicago.or

Consulat Général de France - Chicago
Consulate General of France in Chicago
205 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 3700
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: 312/327-5200
Fax: 312/327-5201
E-mail : contact@consulfrance-chicago.org
http://www.consulfrance-chicago.org/

Consulat Honoraire KANSAS
M. Arthur ELMAN
c/o American Business Women's Association
9100 Ward Parkway
P.O. Box 8728
Kansas City, MO 64114
Tel. (816) 444-6624
ajelman@aol.com

Francophone Demographics of Kansas

Over 6700 Kansas residents are native speakers of French, French Creole, Cajun French or French Patois

Nearly 95,000 Kansas residents claim French or French Canadian ancestry

Francophone Sister Cities in Kansas

Wichita - Orléans (France)

EDUCATIONAL ADDRESSES

Kansas World Language Association
http://kswla.org

State Foreign Language Standards Training
http://kfla.lawrence.com/kissfl.htm

Kansas AATF
http://www.turnerusd202.org/ths/foreign/ksaatf.htm

Melanie Adams, President
E-mail: madamson@olatheschools.com

Murle Mordy, Secretary-Treasurer
Ottawa University
1001 South Cedar #58
Ottawa, KS 66067
E-mail: mordy@ottawa.edu

Alliance Française

Alliance Française de Washburn University
Department of Foreign Languages
Washburn University
TOPEKA, KS 66621
Tel. 785-231-1010x1508/ 785-842-8086
Fax. 785-231-1068
E-mail: marie-luce.parker@washburn.edu
AF schedule
http://www.washburn.edu/faculty/csullivan/CulturalAcitivities/culturalactivities.html

Representative to National Council of State Supervisors For Languages

Melanie Stuart
mstuart@ksde.org
Kansas Department of Education
120 SE 10th Avenue
Topeka, KS 66612
Phone: 785-296-1101
Fax: 785-296-5867

International Baccalaureat Programs

Hutchinson High School
1401 North Severance,
Hutchinson, KS 67501
http://www.usd308.com/hhs/index.htm

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy
5801 West 115th Street,
Overland Park, KS 66211
http://www.hbha.edu/

Sumner Academy of Arts and Science
1610 N. 8th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66102
http://www.sumneracademysabres.com/

Wichita High School East
2301 East Douglas,
Wichita, Kansas
http://east.usd259.org/
IB
http://east.usd259.org/ib/index.html

FRENCH MOMENTS IN KANSAS HISTORY

1673 - Father Jacques Marquette's map shows a knowledge about Kansas.

1682 - French Sieur de la Salle claims large area, including Kansas

1687 - Father Hennepin drew a map in his notes, showing parts of Kansas (Wyandotte County, etc.)

1700 - Kaskaskia was settled by French. French hunters and trappers were active on the great plains

1702 French fur traders reached and had a flourishing exchange with the Indians in what is now the northeastern part of the state

1705 - The French in 1705 ascended the Missouri River as far as the Kansas River.

1712 - Father Gabriel Mausest travels through Kaskaskia, writing a letter in which he attempts to explain river geography.

1719 - Frenchman Charles Claude de Tisne, sent by Bienville, explores Kansas and visits Osage Indians

1724 - French trader/explorer Étienne Veniard de Bourgmont, led an expedition into what are now Atchison and Doniphan counties to establish trade relations with the Indians of the Platte River region.

1724 - French built Fort Orleans near the mouth of the Osage River

1739 - Pierre and Paul Mallet lead a party of French traders through Kansas.

1744 - French build Fort Cavagnial, military post and trading center, near present site of Fort Leavenworth; closed 1764.

1762 - Area comes under control of Spain, but French fur traders remain

1800 - France Regains control of area from Spain

1803 - Through Louisiana Purchase, Kansas becomes part of the United States

1843 - The three French-Canadian Pappan brothers each married a woman from the Kaw or Kansa tribe, and opened a ferry service across the Kaw River.

1869 - Ernest Valeton de Boissiere established a communal French colony in Franklin County introducing silk to Kansas.

History Links

The French Occupation of Kansas
http://www.kansasgenealogy.com/history/occupation.htm

Charles Claude Du Tisne
http://www.kansasgenealogy.com/history/du_tisne.htm

Bourgmont Expedition
http://www.kansasgenealogy.com/history/bourgmont.htm

Upper Louisiana (governing Kansas after the Louisiana Purchase)
http://www.kansasgenealogy.com/history/upper_louisiana.htm

French Bibliography - Kansas State Historical Society
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/bibliographies/ethnic/french.htm

Topics in Kansas History: Exploration French Explorers
http://www.kshs.org/research/topics/exploration/french.htm

Kaw Mission - European Traders
http://www.kshs.org/places/kawmission/eurotraders.htm

Louis Antoine (History of Wyandotte County Kansas and its people)
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/wyandott/history/1911/volume2/a/antoinl.html

Cultural-General: French & French Canadian
http://www.kshs.org/research/collections/documents/bibliographies/ethnic/cultural.htm#french

Wyandots ALLEGIANCE TO THE FRENCH
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/wyandott/history/1911/volume1/59.html#006504

Fort de Cavagnial
http://www.kshs.org/portraits/fort_de_cavagnial.htm

Merci Train Gifts
http://www.kshs.org/cool3/mercitrain.htm

Christian, Shirley. Before Lewis and Clark: The Story of the Chouteaus, the French Dynasty that Ruled America's Frontier. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004.

Marra, Dorothy Brandt and David Boutros, eds. & tr. Cher Oncle, Cher Papa: The Letters of Francois and Berenice Chouteau. Kansas City: Western Historical Manuscript Collections, 2001).

Review of the above in Kansas City Star
http://www.umkc.edu/whmckc/publications/Chouteau/Dodd%20Article.htm

A SAMPLE OF KANSAS FRANCOPHONE PLACE NAMES

Petite River Platte, Belleville, Belmont, Beloit, Belpre, Belvue, Frontenac, La Crosse, La Harpe, Le Roy, Leon, Bourbon County, Labette County, Lyon County, Paris, Marquette, Mercier, Pardee, Prairie, Lagrange School, Township oif Lafayette, Grand Prairie, Paris Park, Township of Lyon, Toulon, Lorraine, Crozier Draw, Bellefont, Le Loup, Marais des Cygnes Elementary & Middle Schools, Saint Xavier's School, Duquoin, Bosse, Chouteau, Xavier, La Cygne,
La Cygne Corner, La Cygne Lake, Canton, Aulne, French Creek, Neuchatel, Chanute, Bellegarde, Abbyville, Belle Plaine

THE ROLE OF KANSAS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

Exports, Jobs, and Foreign Investment: Kansas
http://www.ita.doc.gov/td/industry/otea/state_reports/kansas.html

Kansas Department of Commerce Trade Development Information
http://kdoch.state.ks.us/public/agency/divisions/div_details.jsp?divId=995561732717

Sedgwick County, Kansas Foreign Trade Zone
http://www.sedgwickcounty.org/ecodevo/foreign_trade.htm

FTZ No. 161 Sedgwick County
Grantee: Board of Commissioners of Sedgwick County
Sedgwick County Economic Development
350 West Douglas, Wichita, KS 67202
Sherdeill H. Breathett, Sr. (316) 268-1139
Fax (316) 265-7502

KC SmartPort - Foreign Trade Zones
http://www.kcsmartport.com/sec_providers/section/FTZ.htm

Kansas World Trade Center
http://www.kansaswtc.org/

World Trade Council of Wichita, Inc.
http://wtc.wichita.edu/

International Trade Council of Greater Kansas City
http://www.itckc.org/

Kansas Exports

2005 Exports: total value: 5,813,000,000

Canada: 1,792,000,000
France 163,000,000
Switzerland: 90,000,000
Belgium 54,000,000

Export revenues from trade with Francophone countries are at 36.1% of total.

As of 2001, export-supported jobs accounted for an estimated 6.5 percent of Kansas' total private-sector employment, or one of every 15 jobs.

Since Canada is Kansas' number one trading partner, with 51,000 Kansas jobs supported by Canada-U.S. trade, you may wish to consult figures provided in this site:

Canadian Embassy State Trade Fact Sheet for Kansas
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/can-am/washington/state_trade_2005/kansas-en.asp

Here is the dollar value of transborder trade between Canada and Kansas for the period of February 2005 to February 2006:

All Canadian Provinces to Kansas $1,670,123,256
Kansas to All Canadian Provinces $1,735,287,883

As you can see, there is a favorable ballance of trade.

Foreign Direct Investment

With 4.2% of its labor force working for foreign companies or subsidiaries, Kansas ranks 25th nationally in this facet of foreign direct investment.

European Union investments in 2000 generated about 43,300 Kansas jobs.

In 1995, 69,490 acres of Kansas farmland was foreign-owned.

Investment Abroad

The following Kansas-based companies have important subsidiaries in France:

Avax Technologies, Inc. - Overland Park, KS

Bushnell Performance Optics - Overland Park, KS

Cessna Aircraft Company - Textron - Wichita, KS

Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. (Colgate-Palmolive) - Topeka, KS

Koch Industries, Inc. - Wichita, KS

Sprint Corporation - Overland Park, KS

The Coleman Company, Inc. (American Household ) - Wichita, KS

Direct Political Advocacy in Kansas and national AATF connection

Kansas in Congress
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/cgi-bin/newseek.cgi?site=ctc&state=ks

Kansas Legislature
http://www.kslegislature.org/

Ideas for French Language & Culture Advocacy in the US
http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/advofr.shtml

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This AATF Advocacy Fact Pack for Kansas provided by AATF and Susie Hennessy.

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