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Iowa (Ioway)

Ioway people continue through distinct tribal governments, including the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma.

Read the sources [1] Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

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Identity and homelands

Ioway people continue through distinct tribal governments, including the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma.

Read the sources [1] Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

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Historical context

The Kansas–Nebraska reservation crosses a state boundary imposed in 1854; its present boundaries followed the treaty of 1861.

Read the sources [1] Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

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Living communities and further study

The Oklahoma tribal guide supplies a second, distinct community history, with removal and treaty chronology. Neither government represents every Ioway person.

Read the sources [2] Oklahoma State Department of Education

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Community-produced reading on identity, history, cultural continuity, and present-day priorities.

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