Iowa’s Diverse Native History, In A News Quiz

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Photo from the Duren H. Ward Collection in the Iowa State Historical Society.

An estimated 17 Native American tribes have lived in Iowa, according to Iowa’s Official Register, a 2011 document by the State Library of Iowa.

How familiar are you with the history surrounding the tribes that lived in Iowa?

Quiz By: Christina Rueth/IowaWatchSource: 'History of Iowa,' by Dorothy Schwieder, Iowa Official Register, 2011; 'Black Hawk: a reassessment,' by John E. Hallwas, State Historical Society of Iowa; 'History of the Black Hawk Trail,' Iowa Department of Transportation; 'American Indians in Iowa,' Native Languages webpage; 'History of Sioux County,' Sioux County webpage; 'Iowa Indian Tribes,' Access Genealogy; 'The Black Hawk War begins,' History webpage; 'People for the Land: Native Americans in Iowa,' University of Northern Iowa; 'The Black Hawk War'; 'The Making of Iowa,' Chapter III, the Iowa History Project; 'Tracing the treaties: How they affected American Indians and Iowa,' by Bill Sherman, Iowa History Journal; 'The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa,' by David Hudson, etc.; Meskwaki Nation webpage; 'Settlement Sovereignty: Land and Meskwaki Self-Governance, 1856-1937,' by Eric S. Zimmer, The University of Iowa Department of History; 'Sauk and Fox History,' Tolatsga webpage; 'Native Americans in Iowa: 2015,' State Data Center of Iowa.

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Iowa’s Diverse Native History, In A News Quiz

By IowaWatch | December 4, 2017