The Last Tribe of Iowa: Leadership of the Meskwaki People in a Struggle for Survival

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The Last Tribe of Iowa: Leadership of the Meskwaki People in a Struggle for Survival

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Documentary entry representing Iowa at the 2015 high school National History Day competition at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland.
Teacher: Chris Green
Student: Alex Bare
School: North Scott High School (Eldridge, IA)
Division: Senior individual documentary
Ranking: Finalist, 14th in the nation
Some of the original music used in this video comes from a CD produced by the Meskwaki Nation called "From the Lodges of the Meskwaki Nation." It is available for purchase at the Meskwaki Nation's museum.
In retrospect, looking at the video in 2019, I would change the title. While the Meskwaki are the last federally recognized tribe based in Iowa, they are certainly not the only ones with land claims and deep heritage in this state (especially the Ioway people, for whom the state was named).
If you have any urgent corrections to add, feel free to contact me via Instagram / alexbaretv and I will happily note them here. I was 18 when I made this documentary and I know that my research was not complete and may contain inaccuracies.
Many thanks to the interviewees and others who helped me along the way, especially those at the Meskwaki Tribal Museum!

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@shawnbegay4966 5 жыл бұрын

I am a mutt, I am half Navajo and half Meskwaki. I am also a descendant of Pushetonequa. It was recently discovered he was my grandmother's grandfather. As a result, I am 1/16 French. I know where my fight and drive for independence comes from.

@shawnbegay4966 5 жыл бұрын

@@soxmonki, I was born and raised in the Phoenix area. I'm officially registered as a Navajo and my mother is Meskwaki. The demeanor of my brothers and sister is very different than the local Native population. I've fallen victim to violence, accidents and survived cancer twice, with the last occurrence in my lower left lung. At the Phoenix Indian Medical Center, they noticed I had a lot of fight and unwillingness to give up when undergoing cancer treatments. I attribute my Meskwaki heritage for that fight in all situations. Yeah, that is enlightening on this brief history lesson on the Meskwaki.

@lultay3xyamsayin302 3 жыл бұрын

@@shawnbegay4966 can you tell me about shapeshifters

@shawnbegay4966 3 жыл бұрын

@@lultay3xyamsayin302, unfortunately, I can't without research. I was born and raised in Phoenix and was pretty much detached from my parents' cultures. I have a background in the aerospace and semiconductor industries, but have some knowledge of my cultural ancestry.

@shiverarts8284 2 жыл бұрын

@@lultay3xyamsayin302 we just don't talk about them in general. It's a sin basically, or evilway teachings, don't think about it or talk about it. Certain ways you can prevent certain monsters from creeping in

@TMDubb Ай бұрын

All and all, they took your land.. and no it’s (“our land”) 🇺🇸🙃

@miko3895 Жыл бұрын

I am descended from black hawk and related to Jim Thorpe. My Grandpa was born in Marshaltown . He was very proud of the meskwaki. Love you Tama, and people of the red earth 🌎

@Xavierlikespanthers22 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow me too!😁😃

@miko3895 Жыл бұрын

@@Xavierlikespanthers22 hi cousin

@Xavierlikespanthers22 Жыл бұрын

@@miko3895 Hello 👋 😁

@jameshinton8798 4 ай бұрын

Cousin. 💯

@timothyhammel4758 4 жыл бұрын

im from Dubuque Iowa and have helped restore parts of the native prairies, we still have native sites along in the Mines of Spain and Swiss valley national parks, thank you for the history lesson, i needed it

@robertfuller2807 3 жыл бұрын

I love Dubuque

@SuperMmelaura 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew this until today! Thank you so much for the lesson.

@reuterromain1054 3 жыл бұрын

Courage and perseverance finally resulted in a little bit of justice for the Meskwaki people. And this at a time when the State of California paid bounties for indian scalps! All Meskwaki should gather and live again in Iowa.

@seaglasssparkles6910 2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad he mentioned that. I didn’t know. I’m proud to be an Iowan, not a Californian.

@lucye3098 3 жыл бұрын

Love the video. Very educational.

@shiverarts8284 2 жыл бұрын

Sac n fox meskwaki is a powerful tribe. Powerful songs in peyote meeting

@romeobuffalo7774 3 жыл бұрын

Johnathan Buffalo is my grandfather

@peggychristensen4819 Ай бұрын

Peamushka’s portrait by George Catlin (seen in video) is on display at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis.

@robertfuller6170 3 жыл бұрын

Makes me cry.the battle for credit island. Long live black hawk

@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Well researched and conceived.

@MagnusPowerMaus 2 ай бұрын

The iowa governor at the time let them buy their old land back. The federal government told the iowa government to kick them out but the governor refused. It's why the meskwaki settlement was able to stay.

@bekahboop 4 ай бұрын

This is fine very well thanks!

@alicehallam7949 4 жыл бұрын

I was born next to the Fox River in Illinois. I am white. When I was small I used to ask where our native peoples went they told me "many did not survive, some went to Iowa." It made me cry.

@rodneydavies9604 3 жыл бұрын

You are not native! $5 fake Natives! Research Dawes Rolls!

@TJ-dr8sw 2 жыл бұрын

I think she meant the native people of that area

@seaglasssparkles6910 2 жыл бұрын

@@rodneydavies9604 She clearly explained she was not a Native American. You should delete this.

@tgshark1 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the history lesson, Meskwaki from abroad.

@Iowarail 8 жыл бұрын

Come home.

@andreasmorgan7390 7 жыл бұрын

tgshark1 Tiger Shark prove it

@tgshark1 7 жыл бұрын

meskwaki higher ed scholarship paid for half my tuition don't think I have to prove it beyond that

@karlheidenreich2136 7 жыл бұрын

could be i know some with the name walker

@andreasmorgan7390 3 жыл бұрын

Sahh not even

@midwestkid1879 5 жыл бұрын

Not a Native American, but I live in the Quad Cities where the energy of this history is palpable. Nothing but great admiration and pure respect for the hell you gave the whites

@RD85010 4 жыл бұрын

I bet ye wish the killed all your ancestors as well no doubt😉

@bethg.5611 Жыл бұрын

Nasty

@tren380 8 ай бұрын

What the F…

@matttimmons1933 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Dubuque and the fox and julean Dubuque who helped them it is a big part of are Dubuque history

@manjuitani9299 6 жыл бұрын

I find this video a lot useful.😊

@JRESHOW 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, sad story.

@generobinson8501 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much for this video.this is another reason for " CRT " to be taught for the benefit of us all.

@chiefrocca8022 5 жыл бұрын

We represent the lost tribe members, who went into hiding in northern Mexico..

@reuterromain1054 3 жыл бұрын

Go back to Iowa!

@thyme1483 2 жыл бұрын

You should come back home. It might not be very recognizable to the former descriptions of the once beautiful state; but there are still some parts untouched

@johnannabuffalorufus507 4 жыл бұрын

yup its a settlement not a rez!!!!

@seaglasssparkles6910 2 жыл бұрын

They purchased the land. They took ownership.

@iFenrisulfr 7 жыл бұрын

Its cool that your from meskwaki and this video was awesome!

@failuretorelax9803 4 жыл бұрын

Great video

@crazycoyotie4938 4 жыл бұрын

I hope things are good were your at Alva -- i will never forget that you taught me how to loom bead an tann hides better so may we meet again in the happy hunting grounds.

@user-et5bg9lm6v 2 жыл бұрын

I am interested in this tribe and would like to go sightseeing in Iowa.

@falkorhd6669 2 жыл бұрын

Let me spoil it.. corn.

@hbkslazyeye6916 2 жыл бұрын

@@falkorhd6669 can't forget the wonderful smell of pig shit

@Partimepeasant 6 ай бұрын

Where can I get a copy of the Map @ 7 :09 ?

@vincezito3547 11 ай бұрын

Pretty crazy they were from michigan ended up in iowa. Might aswell be another planet

@shiverarts8284 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah James manroe

@SHV617 3 ай бұрын

whats the song at 2:11?

@jonathanbuyuccan7047 Жыл бұрын

Can you tag a Video's about the the Inca Indian's,very interesting👍

@Eruptive-radar7 Жыл бұрын

Bro u have a video of me dancing when I was 6😭💀

@jameshinton8798 4 ай бұрын

SAC &’ FOX NATION, STROUD OKLAHOMA Roll #4238. JUST WANTED TO SAY HELLO AND LET EVERYONE KNOW IM SENDING LOVE THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. IF ANY FELLOW TRIBALS WANT TO REACH OUT YOUR MORE THAN WELCOME TO. -from the sac & fox reservation of Shawnee Oklahoma ❤️

@jameshinton8798 4 ай бұрын

-James Allan Hinton.

@hawgdawg556 4 жыл бұрын

Crikey. Didn't there used to be a message function on KZfaq? I wish to know what some of the researchers in these threads' interest in Blackhawk is. Is it strictly historical? Or, do some wish to research and establish a blood line/quantum?

@miko3895 Жыл бұрын

Black hawk was a great leader, my relative. He tried hard to save his people, it was desperate, running around hiding. And fighting for their lives. It was probably the last native American war. They ended up being forced onto a reservation. But some hid out , and stayed in the old hunting grounds. Eventually, some tribal family bought some land in Iowa. Now we have about 8,000 acres of private property in Tama!

@miko3895 Жыл бұрын

The thread replying is probably Facebook

@Xavierlikespanthers22 Жыл бұрын

What is the name of the song on 8:00?

@alexbare211 Жыл бұрын

It’s from the album “From the Lodges of the Meskwaki Nation” by the Meskwaki Language Department, I’m not sure exactly which song it is.

@vintagechild4418 6 ай бұрын

Crimes against humanity, my tribe Black Hawk was sold by missionaries into slavery! The only thing left are family stories.

@megabushcraft 4 жыл бұрын

I dont see any individualism between the modern tribes weather it's the dress, dance, song, and even drumming it all seems vary similar. When we know each tribe was vary distinctly unique to one another and the environments they live from.

@seaglasssparkles6910 2 жыл бұрын

I see what you mean. It’s important for tribes to keep their individual identities.

@ranewanders8147 2 жыл бұрын

I'm curious about Keokuk! Is he respected among his tribe and/or other Natives for negotiating land? Did the negotiations benefit the Natives in any way?

@seaglasssparkles6910 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t he the guy who didn’t have the right background to negotiate? He did it anyway? Back them there was probably little choice but the Mesakwi leaders who bought land in Iowa were amazing. What a wonderful history lesson for Iowa and the nation.

@ranewanders8147 2 жыл бұрын

@@seaglasssparkles6910 He was the chief of his tribe, alongside Blackhawk's tribe I would imagine being chief is credential enough, what else would a native posses? Or was he making negotiations that impacted far more tribes than his own?

@warriorhudson2594 2 жыл бұрын

And he was curious about you too. He would have loved to have looked at you through his magnifying glass and laughed

@ranewanders8147 2 жыл бұрын

@@warriorhudson2594 I'll do it right back if that's what up

@noetrejo1432 5 жыл бұрын

What is the Native American music used in this video

@tjna2996 Жыл бұрын

Race cars dad has me ...

@mommasuesue 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from the sac and fox tribe

@bobbiwolfgang 6 жыл бұрын

For ONCE...A GREAT ending of an American Indian story!! Cool high school prom clip.

@lylelogan9468 3 жыл бұрын

My grandpas mom was poweskiek

@lylelogan9468 3 жыл бұрын

Poweshiek

@ramiroolguin8288 6 жыл бұрын

Good knowledge, I have yet to go see the Pow Wow in Iowa :(

@seaglasssparkles6910 2 жыл бұрын

I cut out full and brightly colored photos from the Des Moines Register back when I first started teaching in the early 80s. I found them cleaning up. I had moved to Arizona but always thought about Tama. I’ve been to Pow Wows here but not in Iowa. Maybe someday I will.

@johnannabuffalorufus507 4 жыл бұрын

if you see this again dad I just want to say I LOVE YOU AND I MISS YOU!!!!!! AND YOUR GRANDKIDS WANT TO SEE YOU!!!!!

@tjna2996 Жыл бұрын

Sdann

@B.J.Murphy-fr8pz 7 ай бұрын

Non original tribes are like mesquakie claiming land that wasn't theres they hid and in turn turned on Iowans non native

@claytonliberty462 6 жыл бұрын

yo what about the ioway

@warriorhudson2594 2 жыл бұрын

The Iowa are separate. They are related to the Ponca, OTO, Omaha, Pawnee, Lakota, nichisitia, Shoshone and all the other siouan people at the State Fair.

@chadbaier9752 2 жыл бұрын

a settlement sounds like: I come and kick you the F out your house in the winter you there assed out and finally I hear you knocking at the front door of the house I stole from you fair and square and then cut a deal that I'll let you rent maybe stay in one of the rooms in the house and give some of your shit back but only on conditions Is that better than a Rez?? I guess depends who you ask, most of the youngsters nowadays don't really seem to give a shit cause they busy smoked out and "hit" from drugs and or drunk off their ass startin' drama or they gangbanging n shit But yet at the Pow Wow eating up all the mf'n Fry Bread and trying too get phone numbers from chicks and taking selfies n shit It's not always like that though bro I'm just venting low key 💯🌽

@seaglasssparkles6910 2 жыл бұрын

Some of your language is inappropriate. I think I understand what you are saying but this tribe should still be proud of what their chief did back in the 1800s. And it’s good to keep their culture and language alive. It’s too bad casinos have to be a part but I hope the tribe is able to improve lives of the Native people living in Tama. I hope the students take advantage of the opportunities they are given. The way you describe young people is nationwide. Probably worldwide. I know most make good decisions and pray it continues.

@chadbaier9752 2 жыл бұрын

@@seaglasssparkles6910 apologies for the inappropriate language. yeah I hope that they care cause the way it's looking on the front line it sure don't look like it's headed that way.

@B.J.Murphy-fr8pz 7 ай бұрын

To this day the true stories are the living survivors of Sioux mesquakie anti American tribes..unbelievable govt hid them slaughtering taking hostage and other horrors in Iowa ..may peace come to all who suffered including the peoples forced to live under chiefs of insane evils towards their peoples and to reveal the lies of their ancestors