The Ioway Bookstore (wawagaxe = "book") is a convenient way for tribal members and
others to learn about and order books on the Iowa Tribe. Only books and other
materials I can personally recommended for their accuracy and usefulness are
listed here.
The Ioway Bookstore is an Associate of Amazon.com, the biggest
online bookstore in the world. I have ordered perhaps a dozen books from them
through the Internet, and recommend it highly. Not only do you get your book
delivered right to your door, usually in a few days, you get a discount off the
usual bookstore price too! They handle all the billing and shipping in a very
secure and professional manner.
Compared to some other tribes, there are very few books on the
Iowa tribe currently in print. There is only one book specifically on the Iowa
right now, and it is one book every tribal member should own. It is called "The
Ioway Indians," by Martha Royce Blaine.
The Ioway Indians
By Martha Royce Blaine (University of Oklahoma Press, 1995) [The first
edition was hardback and published in 1979; this second edition is paperback and
published in 1995, with a valuable NEW section about the modern Ioway] --
Illustrations and maps; 364 pages. Paperback.
"This account is the first extensive ethnohistory of the
Ioway Indians, whose influence -- out of all proportion to their numbers --
stemmed partly from the strategic location of their homeland between the
Mississippi and Missouri Rivers.
Beginning with archaeological sites in northeast Iowa, Martha Royce Blaine
traces Ioway history from ancient to modern times. In the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, French, Spanish, and English traders vied for the tribe's
favor and for permission to cross their lands. The Ioways fought in the French
and Indian War in New York, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, but ultimately
their influence waned as they slowly lost control of their sovereignty and
territory. By the end of the nineteenth century, the Ioways were separated in
reservations in Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory [Oklahoma]. A new preface
by the author carries the story to modern times and discusses the present status
of and issues concerning the Oklahoma and the Kansas and Nebraska Ioways." [From
the book cover]
Every Iowa tribal member should have a copy of this book, as well as anyone
else interested in Iowa history!
Click
here to Order The Ioway Indians (Paperback: $19.95)
Madame Dorion
By Jerome Peltier (Ye Galleon Press, 1980) -- Illustrations; 46 pages. Both a
hardcover and a paperback version are available; photograph is of the hardback
version.
Did you know there was once an Ioway woman who
was just as courageous as Sacajawea? Just about everyone has heard of Sacajawea,
the Shoshone Indian woman who guided Lewis and Clark in their explorations of
the Louisiana Purchase in 1804-06. Now read about Madame Marie Dorion
(1783?-1850), an Ioway Indian woman who traveled with the Astorian exploration
party from 1811-1814 seeking an overland route across the Plains and Rockies to
the Pacific. Madame Dorion was an amazing woman who traveled with two small
children, through incredible hardships, surpassing the men in her character and
fortitude. The party met several disasters, including the death of her husband,
but Madame Dorion survived them all. She decided to stay in Oregon and never
returned to the Iowa tribe.
A true story of a remarkable Ioway heroine!
Click
here to Order Madame Dorion (hardback: 9.95 + special surcharge .85 =
$10.80)
Click
here to Order Madame Dorion (paperback: 5.95 + special surcharge 1.85 =
$7.80)
Notice: Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery of this book as it requires a special
order.
The Many Hands of My Relations: French and Indians on the Lower
Missouri
By Tanis C. Thorne (University of Missouri Press, 1996) -- Maps,
illustrations; 312 pages.
From the University of Missouri Press:
"The Many Hands of My Relations is a study of kinship networks
among French Creoles and Central Siouan tribes and the influence of those
networks on social, political, and economic development along the lower Missouri
River from the late prehistoric period to the removal era in the 1870s. The
book's primary focus is on the economic relations and intermarriages between
French fur traders and native people of the Central Siouan tribes and the
consequences for intergroup relationships as three imperial powers (France, then
Spain, and then the United States) vied for political control and commercial
supremacy.
Arguing that cultural and biological hybridization is an underappreciated
aspect of the historical development of this region, Tanis Thorne focuses much
of her analysis on French-Indian mixed-bloods of the lower Missouri River
region. She examines their economic roles as intermediaries in the fur and
liquor trade, their attempts to form communities, and their political loyalties
and cultural orientations. Of special importance is Thorne's examination of the
French-Indian borderlands people, not as isolated individuals, but as members of
family networks set in a social and historical context. The study concludes with
an assessment of how persons of mixed ancestry influenced tribal politics in the
era of white settlement and Indian removal.
This significant work helps dispel stereotypes regarding "half-breeds" and
shows how kinship between culturally different groups served as a means of
accommodation and coexistence in America's multiethnic panorama. Filling a major
gap in the literature on the fur trade, The Many Hands of My Relations
also yields important new insights into the history of native peoples of the
Midwest and their relations with European newcomers."
Tanis C. Thorne is Adjunct Assistant Professor of History at the University
of California in Irvine.
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Here to Order Many Hands of My Relations (hardback: 39.95)
American Indian Portrait Postcards
This book of postcards reproduces 24 prints from the McKenney and Hall
Portrait Gallery. It includes the following Iowas:
Click
Here to Order American Indian Portrait Postcards: 24 Lithographs-McKenney and
Hall (Paperback: 4.95)
The North American Indian Portfolios : From the Library of
Congress (Tiny Folios)
by James Gilreath (Abbeville Press, Inc., 1993) -- Reprint edition.
Illustrations; 272 pages.
This miniature book contains over 200 full color reproductions of many of the
best-known frontier paintings from Bodmer's America, Catlin's North
American Indian Portfolio, and McKenney & Hall's History of the
Indian Tribes of North America.
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Here to Order The North American Indian Portfolios : From the Library of
Congress (Tiny Folios) (Paperback: $9.56)
Native Americans: A Portrait; The Art and Travels of Charles
Bird King, George Catlin, and Karl Bodmer
By Robert J. Moore (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1997) -- Illustrations; 279
pages.
"Native Americans: A Portrait is the story of three artists who took
advantage of a moment in time to record the lifeways and cultures of the Indian
tribes of North America. George Catlin, Karl Bodmer and Charles Bird King
illustrated American Indian people in the 1820s and 1830s, before devastating
change came to many tribes. The paintings and engravings in this book show
Indian people just before the overland migrations of the 1840s and 50s changed
their way of life forever. In addition to the works of art which are handsomely
reproduced in this volume, why not come along on a chugging steamboat up the
Missouri River to meet some unforgettable American Indian people and the
chroniclers of a now-vanished world?"
Click
Here to Order Native Americans : A Portrait : The Art and Travels of Charles
Bird King, George Catlin, and Karl Bodmer (Hardback: $42.00)
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