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Several Native American tribes hold or have held territory within the lands that are now the state of Iowa. [1][2][3] Iowa, defined by the Missouri River and Big Sioux River on the west and Mississippi River on the east, marks a shift from the Central Plains and the Eastern Woodlands. It fits within the Prairie cultural region; however, this ...
Iowa people. The Iowa, also known as Ioway, and the Bah-Kho-Je or Báxoje (English: grey snow; Chiwere: Báxoje ich'é), [3] are a Native American Siouan people. Today, they are enrolled in either of two federally recognized tribes, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
The Meskwaki Nation is Iowa’s only federally recognized Indian tribe. The 2020 U.S. Census listed Iowa’s Native American population at 14,486. Meskwaki are 'typical Iowans,' but with certain ...
American Indians of Iowa include numerous Native American tribes and prehistoric cultures that have lived in this territory for thousands of years. [1] [2] [3] There has been movement both within the territory, by prehistoric cultures that descended into historic tribes, and by other historic tribes that migrated into the territory from eastern ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man, c. 1831 – December 15, 1890. The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin (/ suː / SOO; Dakota / Lakota: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ [oˈtʃʰeːtʰi ʃaˈkoːwĩ]) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America.
Upper Iowa River. Algona. Anamosa – named after the legend of a local Native American girl. Battle Creek – named for a skirmish between Native American tribes near the stream. Camanche, named after the Camanche. Chillicothe. Coon Rapids. Coon Creek. Dakota City.
September 19, 2024 at 7:01 AM. Democrat Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott and Republican Mark Hanson are vying to represent Senate District 14. Iowa Senate District 14 includes Waukee, Adel, Van Meter and ...