Iowa tribe

The Iowa (also spelled Ioway) are a Native American people. Together with the Missouri, the Omaha, the Oto and the Ponca they were once part of the Winnebago. Their estimated population of 1100 (in 1760) dropped to 800 (in 1804), mainly due to smallpox. In 1824, the Iowa were moved to a reservation in Kansas. Today, some of them also live in Oklahoma. As of 1990, their population is roughly 1500.

U.S. Recognition

The United States Bureau of Indian Affairs officially recognized two Iowa Tribes circa 2003:
* Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
* Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

Music sample

*Download recording of a courtship song from the Library of Congress' Omaha Indian Music Collection; performed by George Miller in 1897, collected by Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche

External links

*Iowa Nation of Oklahoma
*Ioway Cultural Institute