Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

Inside of the "Upheaval" section of the OKLA HOMMA exhibit at First Americans Museum showing the timeline of Indian Removal on a black wall with government documents in white as the backdrop.

Political Name

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma

Pronunciation

Eye-oh-way

Self-Designated Name

Bah Kho-je

A gray map showing the tribal jurisdiction areas of Oklahoma with a pink pin marking Perkins, Oklahoma, where the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered.

Location

Perkins, OK

Official Website

www.iowanation.org

Title of Tribal Leader

Chairman

The beginning of the WINIKO exhibition on the second floor of the First Americans Museum showing historical Native American items collected by the Smithsonian Institution.

Language

Siouan (Siouan-Catawban)

Tribal Greeting

Aho/Ha/Aha

Tribal Greeting (English)

Variations of Hello

A gray map of the continental United States with all 39 tribes names over their homelands with black lines to their current reservation areas in the state of Oklahoma (highlighted in pink).

Cultural Relatives

Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Ho-Chunk Nation (WI)

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