The Iowa Reservation of the

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is one of two federally recognized tribes of Iowa people. The other is the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma. They hold an annual Indian movie night and a powwow every September. Reservation The Iowa Reservation ...

straddles the borders of southeast Richardson County in southeastern

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and

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and Doniphan Counties in northeastern

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. Tribal headquarters are west of

White Cloud, Kansas White Cloud ( Ioway: ''Chína Maxúthga'' pronounced or ''Chína Maxúhga'' pronounced , meaning "Village Cloud-White") is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 115. It was na ...

. The reservation was defined in a treaty from March 1861. Today the tribe operates Casino White Cloud on the reservation.

History

The ''Iowa'' (or ''Báxoje'', their endonym) Tribe originated in the

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region.May, John D
Iowa.
''Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture.'' 2009 (24 Feb 2009) They migrated south and west into Missouri, but were relocated to Kansas under the provisions of the

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of 1836. Subsequent treaties in 1854 and 1861 further reduced the Iowa land holdings to the "Diminished Reserve." A band of Iowas left the reservation for

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beginning in 1878. They became the

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is one of two federally recognized tribes for the Iowa people. The other is the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. Traditionally Iowas spoke the Chiwere language, part of the Siouan language family. Their own name for ...

. The bands that stayed became the

. Today, the Iowa reservation consists of that are almost evenly divided between the states of Kansas and Nebraska. The reservation includes parts of Brown counties in Kansas and Richardson County in Nebraska.

Size

Located along the Missouri River, the reservation was once approximately reservation includes owned by the Tribe and in tribal member allotments. There were owned by the Tribe in Kansas, with an additional in tribal member allotments. In 1995

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indicated that were of Iowa tribal lands in trust status. Today the tribe reports the Iowa Tribe owns within the reservation.

Activities

The tribe farms , with portions of the remaining acres balanced between in pastures and woods. There is also a haying operation that supports 150 cattle. The tribe also owns and operates Casino White Cloud and a service station, and employs 186 people. As a

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the reservation has its own police and fire department, tribal court, health clinic, community health representatives, a senior citizen center, and meal site for seniors with a delivery program. The tribe sponsors a

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rodeo, a

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in August, and the Iowa Tribe Powwow each September."Iowa tribe of Kansas and Nebraska"
, Lewis and Clark in Kansas. Retrieved 12/1/08.

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Reservation tract map
from the US Census. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ioway Reservation Iowa tribe American Indian reservations in Nebraska Geography of Brown County, Kansas Geography of Doniphan County, Kansas Geography of Richardson County, Nebraska American Indian reservations in Kansas 1861 establishments in the United States

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