The state of Iowa is named for the Iowa or Ioway tribe, who call themselves Báxoje. Their language is the Chiwere branch of the Siouan language family.
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Iowa got it's name from the Iowa tribe of Indians.
Allison Laird has written: 'A guide to native American artifacts in Iowa Hall' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Catalogs, Indians of North America, Museum of Natural History (Iowa City, Iowa)
The Anglo Indians of South Dakota
The Ioway Indians and Paleo Indians were the first known inhabitants.
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The team name for the University of Iowa, being the largest and first recognized public college in the state of Iowa is based on the state nickname of the "Hawkeye State" which was first suggested by James G. Edwars as a tribute to Indian Chief Black Hawk.
Sioux indians
The Ioway Indians lived here . But then again, so did the Souix. But the word Iowa means "This is the Place" or "The Beautiful Land" in Indian. Perhaps the First people here decided to name it after the Ioway, just because they chose to.
The mayor in Iowa is white.
the 29th state, known as the hawkeye state, is named as a tribute to chief Black Hawk, leader of the Sac Indians, who after the tribes unsuccessful fight against the white settlers, were relocated to Iowa, a state named from the Iowa river, after the ioway Indians
Eastern Goldfinch (aka American Goldfinch)
Beer was made by American Indians