en Ioway Reservation

Iowa Reservation
Iowa Reservation
Indian reservation
	City of White Cloud, 1974
	Location in Kansas and Nebraska
Tribe	Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
Country	United States
States	Kansas; Nebraska
Counties	Brown; Doniphan; Richardson
Headquarters	White Cloud
Government
• Body	Executive Committee
• Chairman	Timothy Rhodd
• Vice-Chairman	Alan Kelley
• Secretary	Anthony Fee
Area
• Total	12,000 acres (5,000 ha)
Population (2017)
• Total	162
• Density	8.6/sq mi (3.3/km2)
Website	iowatribeofkansasandnebraska.com

The Iowa Reservation of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska straddles the borders of southeast Richardson County in southeastern Nebraska and Brown and Doniphan counties in northeastern Kansas. Tribal headquarters are west of White Cloud, Kansas. The reservation was defined in a treaty from March 1861.^[3] As of 2023, the tribe operates Casino White Cloud on the reservation.

History

The Iowa (or Ioway or Báxoje, their endonym) Tribe^[4] originated in the Great Lakes region.^[5] They migrated south and west into Missouri, but were relocated to Kansas under the provisions of the Platte Purchase of 1836. Subsequent treaties in 1854 and 1861 further reduced the Iowa land holdings to the "Diminished Reserve." A band of Iowas left the reservation for Indian Territory beginning in 1878.^[5] They became the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma. The bands that stayed became the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.

Today, the Iowa reservation consists of 12,000 acres (49 km²) that are almost evenly divided between the states of Kansas and Nebraska. The reservation includes parts of Brown counties in Kansas and Richardson County in Nebraska.

Size

Located along the Missouri River, the reservation was once approximately 2,100-acre (8.5 km²) reservation includes 280 acres (1.1 km²) owned by the Tribe and 210.06 acres (0.8501 km²) in tribal member allotments. There were 947.63 acres (3.8349 km²) owned by the Tribe in Kansas, with an additional 181.01 acres (0.7325 km²) in tribal member allotments. In 1995 Bureau of Indian Affairs indicated that were 1,618.7 acres (6.551 km²) of Iowa tribal lands in trust status.^[6] Today the tribe reports the Iowa Tribe owns 2,707 acres (10.95 km²) within the reservation.^{[citation needed]}

Activities

The tribe farms 1,077 acres (4.36 km²), with portions of the remaining acres balanced between in pastures and woods. There is also a haying operation that supports 150 cattle. The tribe also owns and operates Casino White Cloud and a service station, and employs 186 people. As a sovereign nation the reservation has its own police and fire department, tribal court, health clinic, community health representatives, a senior citizen center, and meal site for seniors with a delivery program. The tribe sponsors a Fourth of July rodeo, a demolition derby in August, and the Iowa Tribe Powwow each September.^[7]

References

^ "Executive Committee". Retrieved 2019-07-24.
^ 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. "My Tribal Area". United States Census Bureau.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ United States Department of the Interior Office of Indian Affairs. (1937) "Constitution and by-laws for the Iowa Tribe of Indians of the Iowa Reservation in Nebraska and Kansas." Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, United States Printing Office. Retrieved 12/1/08.
^ We are the Ioway, Wikidata Q122233976
^ ^a ^b May, John D. Iowa. Archived 2011-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Historical Society's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History & Culture. 2009 (24 Feb 2009)
^ "Ioways today", Ioway Cultural Institute. Retrieved 12/1/08.
^ "Iowa tribe of Kansas and Nebraska" Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, Lewis and Clark in Kansas. Retrieved 12/1/08.