Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
Meskwakiinaki (Meskwaki) | |
|---|---|
 Water tower, Meskwaki Settlement | |
  Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa | |
| Coordinates: 41°58′51″N 92°39′01″W / 41.98083°N 92.65028°W | |
| Tribe | Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa |
| Country | United States |
| State | Iowa |
| County | Tama |
| Area | |
| • Total | 10.34 sq mi (26.8 km2) |
| • Land | 10.34 sq mi (26.8 km2) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,142 |
| • Density | 110.5/sq mi (42.6/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 641 |
 "Mesquakie Indians responsible for the establishment of the Mesquakie Settlement," 1857 photograph. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Enrolled members: 1300 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States
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| 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]
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