Culver declares Native Ioway week

DES MOINES -- Gov. Chet Culver has proclaimed Oct. 4-10 the third annual Native Ioway History Week, honoring the Iowa Tribe of Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma.

Descending from a culture that archaeologists call the Oneota, the Ioway were removed from the territory now known as Iowa in 1837 to a reservation near White Cloud, Kan.

The Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska split in 1878, and the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma was established near Perkins, Okla. Both tribes have a total enrollment of nearly 4,000 members. The Ho Chunk (Winnebago), Otoe and Missouria tribes are also descendants of the Oneota culture.

Native Ioway History Week reminds state residents and Iowa educators to remember the American Indian people whose name the state bears.

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