- Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
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Coordinates: 41°59′N 92°39′W / 41.99°N 92.65°W
1857 photograph of the "Mesquakie Indians responsible for the establishment of the Mesquakie Settlement."
Water tower, Meskwaki Settlement.The Meskwaki Settlement is an unincorporated community in Tama County, Iowa, United States, west of Tama. It is often called "the Sett" by residents.[1] It is home to a sizable community of Meskwaki Indians, enrolled in the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, who maintain a tribal school, tribal courts, public works department, and police force. The settlement includes more than 8,000 acres (32 km2). There are about 1,300 members of the Meskwaki Tribe with about 800 living on the settlement; non-tribal members also live on the settlement.[2][3] A large Pow-Wow is held there each year.[4] The Meskwaki Casino Resort is located on the Settlement.[5]
References
- ^ What it Means to be a Meskwaki, Ray Young Bear interview, http://www.hanksville.org/storytellers/youngbear/DesMoines.html
- ^ Official site of the Meskwaki Nation
- ^ Meskwaki Settlement School
- ^ Meskwaki Annual Pow Wow Association
- ^ Meskwaki Casino Bingo Hotel
Municipalities and communities of Tama County, Iowa Cities 
Townships Unincorporated
communitiesBuckingham | Meskwaki Settlement
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Sac and Fox
- Populated places in Tama County, Iowa
- Unincorporated communities in Iowa
- Algonquian peoples
- Iowa geography stubs
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