The Meskwaki Settlement is an unincorporated community in Tama County, Iowa, United States, west of Tama. This was part of the historic territory of the Meskwaki, an Algonquian people (they were known to English colonists and Americans as the Fox). Since 1857, when Meskwaki bought land here, it has been home to a sizable community of Meskwaki Indians. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, one of three Sac and Fox tribes in the United States. The others are located in Oklahoma and Kansas.
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| Meskwaki portraits Taken by Josephine Wallace in 1925 |
Josephine Martha Wallace (1867–1960) was the daughter of “Uncle Henry” Wallace, owner and editor of Wallaces Farmer magazine and aunt of U.S. Vice-President Henry A. Wallace. She lived and operated a studio in Des Moines, eventually moving to Tucson, Arizona in the 1930s where she continued her photography and also taught music classes.
According to information that appeared with their exhibition, these portraits by Wallace from
State Historical Library and Archives of Iowa were taken at the Meskwaki Settlement (Tama, Iowa) in 1925 by special arrangement of Edgar R. Harlan, Curator of the Iowa State Department of History and Archives. Exhibit information further states: “Several of the Indians shown have never before been photographed. Miss Wallace is the only woman who has ever been present at certain of the tribal ceremonies.”
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| Albert Brown, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Albert Brown, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Albert Davenport, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Albert Davenport, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Charley Keosantuck with bow and arrow, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Dan Young Bear with saxophone, "Member of Orchestra", Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Ed Davenport with trombone, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Ed Davenport, "Orchestra Leader", Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Frank Young Bear, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| George Buffalo, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| George Young Bear, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Group of Meskwaki, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| James Poweshiek holding flute, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| James Poweshiek playing flute, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| James Poweshiek, "arrow and flute maker", Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| John Jones, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| John Young Bear, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki dancer, "The prize dancer of the Mesquakies", Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki dancers at Tama Pow-Wow, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki family: Frank and Mary Young Bear and children, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki family: Jonas Powehiek, wife and son, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki father and daughter: John Buffalo and Leila, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki father and son, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki girl playing with doll beside wickiup, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki girl Rose Lincoln Young Bear, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki man with bear claw necklace, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki man, "Son of Young Bear", Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki men: James Poweshiek (left) and Albert Brown, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki men: James Poweshiek (sitting) and Albert Brown, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki musicians, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki policeman Charles H. Chuck, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki woman "Mrs. Charley", may be Mrs. Charley Keosantuck, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki woman Ida Poweshiek Snowball beside wickiup, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki woman Poweshiek Snowball, "bead and feather maker", Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Meskwaki woman, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Thomas Scott with trumpet, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Unidentified Meskwaki with bow and arrow, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Unidentified Meskwaki, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Unidentified Meskwaki, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Unidentified Meskwaki, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| William Wanatee holding bow and arrows, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
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| Young Bear, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925. |
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| Young Bear, Meskwaki Settlement, Tama, Iowa, 1925 |
(Photo © Josephine Wallace)
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