Iowa tribe
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The
Iowa (also spelled
Ioway) are a
Native American people. Together with the
Missouri, the Omaha, the
Oto and the Ponca they were once part of the
Winnebago. Their estimated population of 1100 (in 1760) dropped to 800 (in 1804), mainly due to
smallpox. In 1824, the Iowa were moved to a
reservation in
Kansas. Today, some of them also live in
Oklahoma. As of 1990, their population is ~1500.
Music sample
- of a courtship song from the Library of Congress' Omaha Indian Music Collection; performed by George Miller in 1897, collected by Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche
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