Iowa Past to Present Teacher's Guide: Chapter 2: American Indians, The Earliest People in Iowa
Sauk Women and Children, c 1880
Chief Keokuk (1810?-1848)
Indian Tribes of Iowa
Ioway
Burial Mounds
The Marching Bear Effigy Mounds 
Woodland Rocker-Stamped Pottery
Only Sioux Remained in Iowa
Black Hawk Treaty
Black Hawk Speaks to His Followers
Keokuk Pleads With Black Hawk
Chief Keokuk (1810?-1848)
Time Frame: 1810?-1848
The city of Keokuk, Iowa, is named for Chief Keokuk (1810?-1848). The city is located in the southeast corner of the state. Chief Keokuk was the leader of the Sauk/Fox tribe.
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