The Ioway in Missouri
By: Greg Olson.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780826218247
Subjects: Iowa Indians -- Missouri -- History; Iowa Indians -- Missouri -- Government relations; Indians, Treatment of -- Missouri; Missouri -- History
Description: "Focusing on the Ioways' role in Missouri's colonial and early statehood periods, Olson describes Ioway creation stories and oral tradition; farming and hunting practices; relations with neighboring tribes, incoming white settlers, and the U.S. government; and challenges to their way of life and survival as a people"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Continuing in the spirit of that first meeting between the bear and the buffalo; title: Contact and exchange; title: A troubled time between the Ioway and the United States; title: War in the Ioway homeland; title: Muddled diplomacy and military missteps; title: Navigating the white road; title: Struggle for survival; title: Mayan jegi chexi ke (this land here is difficult).