Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa

Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
Meskwakiinaki (Meskwaki)
Indian reservation
Water tower, Meskwaki Settlement
Water tower, Meskwaki Settlement
Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa is located in Iowa
Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
Coordinates: 41°58′51″N 92°39′01″W / 41.98083°N 92.65028°W / 41.98083; -92.65028
TribeSac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountyTama
Area
[1]
 • Total10.34 sq mi (26.8 km2)
 • Land10.34 sq mi (26.8 km2)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total1,142
 • Density110.5/sq mi (42.6/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code641
Meskwaki
"Mesquakie Indians responsible for the establishment of the Mesquakie Settlement," 1857 photograph.
Total population
Enrolled members: 1300
Regions with significant populations
 United States
Languages
English, Meskwaki
Religion
Traditional religion (incl. syncretistic forms)
Related ethnic groups
Sac, Kickapoo

Meskwakiinaki,[3] also called the Meskwaki Settlement, is an unincorporated community in Tama County, Iowa, United States, west of Tama.[4] It encompasses the lands of the Meskwaki Nation (federally recognized as the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa), one of three Sac and Fox tribes in the United States. The others are located in Oklahoma and Kansas. The settlement is located in the historic territory of the Meskwaki (Fox), an Algonquian people. Meskwaki people established the settlement in 1857 by privately repurchasing a small part of the land they had lost in the Sac and Fox treaty of 1842.[5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference gaz2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Casey, Michael (December 21, 2023). "Native American Signs". Clinton Herald. Archived from the original on December 21, 2023. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
  4. ^ Elias Ellefson, "What it Means to be a Meskwaki": Ray Young Bear interview, Des Moines Register, 4 September 1994
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