Lost Nation: The Ioway

New Ioway Movie Fan Site on Facebook Focuses on Native American Film

Lost Nation: The Ioway has arrived on facebook!  Blog post updates, new photos, videos and more will be posted on a regular basis.

Learn more about this exciting Native American story, get the latest updates on showings and events, take a peek behind-the-scenes of Lost Nation: The Ioway, and find other people with an interest in Ioway history and culture.

Join the Ioway Movie fan site on facebook!  We look forward to seeing you there.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/Lost-Nation-The-Ioway/46239915255?ref=ts

"The Ioway" and National Native American Heritage Month 2008

   
Aho!

November 2008 is National American Indian Heritage Month.  Those who live in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma can participate by learning about the role of the Ioway in their state's past and present.

Viewing Lost Nation: The Ioway is a good place to start.  There is also a new book on the history of the Ioway in Missouri that we will blog about soon.

In addition to home viewing copies of Ioway, we do offer an institutional version of the DVD for schools that includes a study guide and public performance license.

Find out more about National American Indian Heritage Month by visiting the links below or by searching online for Native American topics that interest you.

http://www.loc.gov/topics/nativeamericans/

http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/nativeamerican01/inner.html

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123121695

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson209.shtml

http://www.ihs.gov/PublicAffairs/Heritage/index.cfm

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/heritage_month/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081030-3.html

Iowaville Ioway Village Site Article

I enjoyed the following article regarding Iowaville, an Ioway village site for some 60 years, and thought you might, too.

http://www.beloit.edu/belmag/08_summer/08_summer_content/08_summer_last_word.html

Were the Ioway Attacked by the Sac & Fox in Iowaville?

Lucas Countyan photo of the Iowaville cemetery.

The link below leads to an interesting meditation on the Iowaville village site near the Des Moines River.  Some historians don't believe the attack mentioned in the article on the Ioway by the Sac and Fox ever happened.

I wonder if there are stories in Ioway oral history that confirm or deny the event?

Here is the link to the blog entry:

http://lucascountyan.blogspot.com/2008/07/view-from-iowaville.html