Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is one of two federally recognized tribes of Iowa people and one of the three Kansas tribes served by the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board. Their tribal headquarters is located in White Cloud, Kansas while their Reservation is located in Richardson County in southeastern Nebraska and Brown and Doniphan counties in Kansas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_Tribe_of_Kansas_and_Nebraska
According to tribal tradition, the Ioway ancesters united as a people ages ago. The Clans had come together to become a People calling themselves the Great Nation or the Honga. Some clans had come from the Great Lakes while others had come from the very cold north. Others had come from the western prairies or the eastern woodlands. The development of the Clans into the Great Nation, can be traced back to ancient stories and traditions of the Ioway and their brothers, the Otoe, the Hochunk (Winnebago), and Missouria. Other relatives that seem to have been part of this Great Nation, included the Omaha, Ponca, Kansa, Quapaw, and Osage. These stories tell of a time when they were all one people and all of the land of this Middle Place was theirs.
The archaeological culture is called Oneota. It was a flexible culture that survived changing climate and varying resource availability. The people hunted when there was game, farmed when growing conditions were good, and in scarce times intensified the gathering of wild plants (Wood 1995). The Oneota way of life dominated these areas until the 1600s, when contact with European settlers and their foreign diseases and trade wars splintered the Nation into smaller ones, of which were the Ioway tribes.
http://ioway.nativeweb.org/iowayksne.htm
In 1824, after further encroachment of white settlers into western lands, the Iowa Tribe ceded their lands and were given two years to vacate. Between 1836 and 1838 more lands were ceded, and the Tribe was removed to an area near the Kansas-Nebraska border. Later that land would be further reduced. Due to poor conditions and mistreatment a number of Iowa tribal members left the Kansas-Nebraska reserve in 1878 and moved to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). In 1883 an Iowa reservation established, and those that remained became the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
Today the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is organized and chartered under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Its first constitution and bylaws were adopted on November 6, 1978
The tribe’s economy is primarily based on agriculture. The tribal farm raises cattle, and operates the Flaky Mills (grain-processing) and a grain elevator. The tribe has also been engaged with gaming operations, first with Iowa Tribal Bingo, and then in 1998 with the opening of the tribal casino. The tribe operates various social services as well as a gas station and a fire station.
http://ioway.nativeweb.org/iowayksne.htm
Timothy Rhodd (Chairman)
Tel: (785) 595-3258
Fax: (785) 595-6610
3345 Thrasher Road
White Cloud, KS66094-402
According to tribal tradition, the Ioway ancesters united as a people ages ago. The Clans had come together to become a People calling themselves the Great Nation or the Honga. Some clans had come from the Great Lakes while others had come from the very cold north. Others had come from the western prairies or the eastern woodlands. The development of the Clans into the Great Nation, can be traced back to ancient stories and traditions of the Ioway and their brothers, the Otoe, the Hochunk (Winnebago), and Missouria. Other relatives that seem to have been part of this Great Nation, included the Omaha, Ponca, Kansa, Quapaw, and Osage. These stories tell of a time when they were all one people and all of the land of this Middle Place was theirs.
The archaeological culture is called Oneota. It was a flexible culture that survived changing climate and varying resource availability. The people hunted when there was game, farmed when growing conditions were good, and in scarce times intensified the gathering of wild plants (Wood 1995). The Oneota way of life dominated these areas until the 1600s, when contact with European settlers and their foreign diseases and trade wars splintered the Nation into smaller ones, of which were the Ioway tribes.
http://ioway.nativeweb.org/iowayksne.htm
In 1824, after further encroachment of white settlers into western lands, the Iowa Tribe ceded their lands and were given two years to vacate. Between 1836 and 1838 more lands were ceded, and the Tribe was removed to an area near the Kansas-Nebraska border. Later that land would be further reduced. Due to poor conditions and mistreatment a number of Iowa tribal members left the Kansas-Nebraska reserve in 1878 and moved to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). In 1883 an Iowa reservation established, and those that remained became the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
Today the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is organized and chartered under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Its first constitution and bylaws were adopted on November 6, 1978
The tribe’s economy is primarily based on agriculture. The tribal farm raises cattle, and operates the Flaky Mills (grain-processing) and a grain elevator. The tribe has also been engaged with gaming operations, first with Iowa Tribal Bingo, and then in 1998 with the opening of the tribal casino. The tribe operates various social services as well as a gas station and a fire station.
The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska tribal headquarters is located in White Cloud, Kansas while their Reservation is located in Richardson County in southeastern Nebraska and Brown and Doniphan counties in Kansas.
3345 B. Thrasher Rd.
White Cloud, KS 66094
Today the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska is organized and chartered under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. Its first constitution and bylaws were adopted on November 6, 1978
The tribe’s economy is primarily based on agriculture. The tribal farm raises cattle, and operates the Flaky Mills (grain-processing) and a grain elevator. The tribe has also been engaged with gaming operations, first with Iowa Tribal Bingo, and then in 1998 with the opening of the tribal casino. The tribe operates various social services as well as a gas station and a fire station.
Timothy Rhodd (Chairman)
Tel: (785) 595-3258
Fax: (785) 595-6610
3345 Thrasher Road
White Cloud, KS66094-402
