From about 1700 until 1837, but the ancestors of the Ioway lived in the area for nearly 1,000 years.
Technically speaking, the word Iowa does not come from the Ioway language. Iowa possibly comes from the word ayuhwa ("asleep"), however, early European explorers often adopted names of tribes from words which other tribes gave them, not understanding that these differed from what the peoples called themselves. Thus, ayuhwa is not an Ioway word. The word Ioway comes from Dakotan ayuxbe via French aiouez. (The Ioway called themselves Báxoje).
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The main tribe that lived in Northern Iowa was the Dakota Sioux. The Ioway also inhabited Northern Iowa. Lakota for forever: oihanke wanil Ioway (Baxoje) for forever/always: báñi írógre; iyam
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 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.
Iowa was named after the Bah-kho-je Indians who lived there. The French explorers who cataloged the area referred to them as the "Ioway".
The name Iowa comes from Ioway, the French word for the Bah-kho-je Indian tribe that lived in the area.
They lived in what are called closed circles
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. See links below for images:
The word "Iowa" comes from the Native American Iowa tribe, one of the indigenous peoples of the Great Plains region in the United States. Their name means "sleepy ones" or "people of the beautiful lands."
The Ioway Indians and Paleo Indians were the first known inhabitants.
If your dumb enough to live in Iowa, you can figure it out yourself.