Nation

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska

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Official name: Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
Recorded status: Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)

In the record

This nation carries the history of Iowa in the treaty record.

Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.

Treaty or agreementTreaty under documented pressureExecutive orderShapes from the 1899 federal record: approximate, not legal boundaries.

The record over time

Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.

Land recorded as ceded

This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:

Iowa About 27 million acres recorded as ceded by the end of 1894

Treaty or agreement11 million
Treaty under documented pressure16 million

Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.

12 cessions. Follow Iowa through the years on the map

Who is doing the work

Native legal and land defense, nationally

Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website

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Connections

These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.

Land recorded in this nation’s name 7, matched by the Forest Service, under review

Carries the treaty history of 1

Iowa

Sources

iowatribeofkansasandnebraska.com/about-us/unclassified
The southern Ioway moved to indian territory while the northern Ioway remained in Kansas and Nebraska.
Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).

Kind: Nation
Confidence: High
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