Indigenous Peoples of Iowa

The name Iowa is derived from an Indian word meaning: "this is the place" or "the beautiful land".

The following list of tribes is compiled from:

Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.: Sithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology. Bulletin #30 1907.

Swanton, John W. The Indian Tribes of North America. Smithsonian institutuion: Bureau of Ethnology, Bulletin #145

Tribes and Bands of Iowa
Chippewa, Dakota, Foxes, Illinois, Iowa, Musquacki (also know as Sac and Fox), Missouri, Mississippi, Moingwena, Omaha, Oto, Ottawa, peoria, Ponca, Potawatomi, Sioux, Sauk, Winnebago

Reservations
Keokuk Reservation

Sac and Fox Reservation (1867)

Omaha Reservation

Winnebago Reservation

Agency
Winnebago Agency