Ioway Nation

General History

The Iowa Indians (or Ioway Indians) lived in Iowa for ages untold. Long ago, after the harvest of crops in the fall, there was a time of celebration and dancing. Men and women joined together to celebrate life and the success of the past year. Although the Ioway were moved from Iowa and onto a reservation in Kansas by 1836, and some eventually went to Oklahoma, the tradition of celebrating life through dancing continues up through today

The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is located along the Missouri River on an approximately 2,100-acre reservation straddling the borders of northeast Kansas (Brown County) and southeast Nebraska (Richardson County). According to 1995 figures, the Tribe owns 947.63 acres in Kansas, and 181.01 acres are in tribal member allotments. In Nebraska the Tribe owns 280 acres and 210.06 acres are in tribal member allotments. The BIA indicated that were 1,618.7 acres of Iowa tribal lands in trust status in 1995. Tribal headquarters are located on reservation lands, west of White Cloud, Kansas. Tribal enrollment in 1995 was 2,147.

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