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The Meskwaki:

• The Meskwaki are also known as the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa.
• Originally located east of Toronto, the Meskwaki people were forced west due to conflicts with European colonization and other tribes backed by Europeans. Before arriving in Iowa, they were in Michigan and Wisconsin.
• The Anishinaabe peoples called the Meskwaki Odagaamii, meaning "people on the other shore," referring to their territories south of the Great Lakes. The French had adopted use of this name, and transliterated its spelling into their pronunciation system as Outagamie. This name was later used by Americans for today's Outagamie County of Wisconsin.
• The US Government forced the Meskwaki to sell claims to Iowa land in 1842 and moved them west of the temporary Red Rock Line in 1843. In 1845 they were removed from Iowa to Kansas reservation land.
• In 1851 the Iowa legislature passed a law to allow the Meskwaki to buy land and move back to Iowa, contrary to federal law that declared Native Americans were not citizens and unable to buy or own property.
  • The Meskwaki bought land in Tama county, named after Taimah, a Meskwaki chief.
  • The Meskwaki land was held in trust by the governor of Iowa to prevent the federal government from forcing them back to Kansas, later coming under protection of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Meskwaki men served as "code talkers" in World War Two, providing communications the Germans could not decipher during the North African Campaign.
• The tribe holds a pow-wow each year as well as other smaller cultural events open to the public.