THESE FOLK ARE A SIOUAN PEOPLE. TODAY THEY ARE A SIOUAN PEOPLE. TODAY THEY ARE ENROLLED IN TWO FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES. THEY ONCE HAD 1100 PEOPLE AND WHEN THE ANGLOS CAME MANY GOT SMALLPOX.
IN 1890'S THE IOWA PEOPLE WERE MOVED TO ANOTHER COUNTY IN KANSAS. THEY SETTLED THERE SOME WERE IN PERKINS, OKLAHOMA. THEIR NAME COMES FROM AYUHWA -"ASLEEP".
IN PREHISTORIC TIMES THE IOWA EMIGRATED TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION TO PRESENT DAY IOWA. IN THE 16TH CENTURY THEY MOVED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE GREAT PLAINS AND POSSIBLY SEPARATED FROM THE HO CHUNK..
FROM 15TH TO 18TH CENTURY THEY LIVED IN MINNESOTA. IN THE 18OO'S THEY LIVED ON THE PLATTE RIVER AND TRADED WITH THE FRENCH AND OTHER TRIBES. BY 1824 THEY SURRENDERED THEIR TERRITORY IN MISSOURI. BY 1883 THEY MOVED BACK TO NEBRASKA, HOWEVER THERE LANDS WERE REDUCED.
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