Ioway
Noun
Meaning
a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Iowa
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri
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Birmingham 2000, pp. 152–56 The Oneota may be the ancestors of the modern Ioway and Ho-Chunk tribes who shared the Wisconsin region with the Menominee at the time of European contact.
Open daily from May through October, the Living History Farms include a 1700 Ioway Indian village, 1850 pioneer farm, 1875 frontier town, 1900 horse-powered farm, and a modern crop center.
The filmmakers said they picked the topic, in part, because the story of the Ioway is compelling and often forgotten.