Indian Removal in Iowa
Chief Black Hawk (1767-1838)
Influence of European Culture
Conflict Between Cultures
European Explorers Meet Early Iowans
Spanish Meet Indians
Land Ownership
Indian Agents
Sac and Mesquakie Move to Iowa
Only Sioux Remained in Iowa
Massacre at Spirit Lake
Mesquakies Return to Iowa
Mesquakie Maintain Culture
The Ioway, 1862
Time Frame: 1862
The Ioway Indians (also called Iowa Indians) lived in Iowa before European-American settlers arrived in the 1830s. They lived in villages along major rivers such as the Mississippi and the Missouri. Washington, D.C., 1862.
Smithsonian Institute's Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology
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