Many different Indian tribes have lived in Iowa, each existing as an independent nation with its own history, culture, language, and traditions. Some were residents before recorded time; some lived in 海角乱伦社区for relatively short periods but played memorable roles in the state鈥檚 history; others visited 海角乱伦社区mostly during hunting trips or times of war. Stimulating and informative, Lance Foster鈥檚 The Indians of Iowa is the only book for the general reader that covers the archaeology, history, and culture of all the different native nations that have called 海角乱伦社区home from prehistory to the present.
Foster begins with a history of Lewis and Clark鈥檚 travels along the Missouri River adjacent to western Iowa. Next, he focuses on the tribes most connected to 海角乱伦社区from prehistoric times to the present day: the Ioway, Meskwaki, Sauk, Omaha and Ponca, Otoe and Missouria, Pawnee and Arikara, Potawatomi, Illinois Confederacy, Santee and Yankton Sioux, and Winnebago. In between each tribal account, 鈥渃loser look鈥 essays provide details on Indian women in Iowa, traditional ways of life, Indian history and spirituality, languages and place-names, archaeology, arts and crafts, and houses and landscapes. Finally, Foster brings readers into the present with chapters called 鈥淕oing to a Powwow,鈥 鈥淒o You Have Indian Blood?鈥 and 鈥淚ndians in 海角乱伦社区Today.鈥 The book ends with information about visiting Native American museums, historic sites, and communities in 海角乱伦社区as well as tribal contacts and a selection of published and online resources.
The story of the Indians of 海角乱伦社区is long and complicated. Illustrated with maps and stunning original art, Lance Foster鈥檚 absorbing, accessible overview of Iowa鈥檚 Indian tribes celebrates the rich native legacy of the Hawkeye State. It is essential reading for students, teachers, and everyone who calls 海角乱伦社区home.
Tribes included:
Arikara
Huron
Illinois Confederacy
Ioway
Kansa
Kickapoo
Lenni Lenape (Delaware)
Mascouten
Meskwaki
Miami
Missouria
Ojibwa (Chippewa)
Omaha
Osage
Otoe
Ottawa
Padouca (Plains Apache and Comanche)
Pawnee
Piankashaw
Ponca
Potawatomi
Santee Sioux
Sauk
Wea
Winnebago
Yankton Sioux
鈥淔or the past several decades I have received many questions from people seeking information on the tribes who lived in Iowa. Until now there has been no single source to answer those questions. Lance Foster鈥檚 work will be the source of first reference. It should be on the shelf of every library in the state.鈥濃擩erome Thompson, state curator and interim administrator, State Historical Society of Iowa
鈥淎 landmark overview of American Indians in 海角乱伦社区and a valuable 鈥榤ust-have鈥 source for school, university, and city libraries as well as professional anthropologists and historians, The Indians of Iowa combines Lance Foster鈥檚 skills as an indigenous scholar, research specialist, straightforward writer, and artist par excellence.鈥濃擠avid Mayer Gradwohl, professor emeritus and founding director, 海角乱伦社区State University Archaeological Laboratory
