Some 20th Century Tribal Statistics
From Statistical Record
of Native North Americans, Marlita A. Reddy, Ed. Detroit: Gale
Research, Inc. 1993
IOWA TRIBE INFORMATION
1. Number of Iowa
State | 1910 | 1930 |
Nebraska | 38 | 83 |
Kansas | 124 | 19 |
Oklahoma | 79 | 71 |
2. Indian Reservation Population and Land Areas, 1962 and 1963
Iowa (KN)
Estimated Population, June 30, 1962--41 (within units 6,
adjacent to units 35)>BR?
Land area reported in acres, June 30, 1963--no tribal land; 496
allotted land
Iowa (OK)
Estimated Population, June 30, 1962--258 (within units
116, adjacent to units 142)
Land area reported in acres, June 30, 1963--15 tribal land; 1749
allotted land
3. Special Schedule of 1910, Fullblood and Mixed blood Indians
Total Iowa 244 (59 fullblood, 185 mixedblood); Kansas portion 124 (10
full, 114 mixed)
4. Mixed-Tribal Blood status of full-blooded Indians
Total Iowa: 59 fullbloods, full Iowa 34, mixed-Iowa-other 25
Kansas Iowa: 10 fullbloods, 5 full Iowa, 5 mixed Iowa other
5. Indian-White Mixed-bloods
Total Iowa 183, 46 less than half white, 35 half white and half
Indian, 99 more than half-white
Kansas Iowa 114, 20 less than half white, 14 half white and half
Indian, 80 more than half white
Iowa Population, 1980
Urban 649; Rural 298; farm 20. Total 947
Iowa Reservation, KN, 1980
Living on reservation:
31 total both sexes, 13 F; 13 under 18, 18 over 18. 27 enrolled in
tribe of the 31, 9 F, 10 under 18, 17 over 18; 2 enrollment status
not reported (likely not enrolled)
Population of American Indians, 1990
Iowa Res (KN)
Total 172 living on the reservation, of those 83 are counted as
Indian, of those (36 F, 13 under 5, 47 16 yrs and older, 45 18 and
older, 1 18-20
Kansas 157 on res, 71 Indian, 30 F (13, 47, 45, 1)
Nebraska 15 on res, 12 Indian, 6 F (3, 5, 4, -)
Iowa Population by State, 1980 *
Illinois 6
Michigan 15
Minnesota 23
Iowa 8
Missouri 100
Nebraska 119
Kansas 253
Maine 2
Maryland 13
Oklahoma 196
Texas 49
Idaho 13
Colorado 6
Washington 22
California 122
GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY
Of 31 Iowas interviewed, 19 had always lived on reservation
LANGUAGE, 1980
276 age 5-17. 269 speak only English at home. Speak language other
than English at home 7. Of those 7, all were reported "Speak English
not well or not at all"
* Oddly none were reported in Montana, though my family was there in
1980 (at least 6)
Lance Foster
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