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Annual Harvest Festival HaserBeen in Progress This Week t ■ ____i mThe annua) powwow of the Meskwaki Indians living In the reservation near Tama, which opened, Aug. IS, will close tomorrow.hitliaimattliThe powwow Is a kind of 1m- mve t festival and celebration, and j( is a part of the Indians* ancientreligion.The Meskwakifi, a remnant of \\ rhe Sacs anti Foxes, have lived cr near Tama since 1S5C- In 1842 {j, the Sacs and Foxes made a treaty «lt;t at Ft. Des Moines with the whites, whereby they were to re- Hj celve cot tain land in the Kansas jn totritory for theft land here. They o1 went reluctantly to Kansas- The p climate did not agree with them. Many wandered back, and a little t, group, calling themselves the sj Meskwnkis. settled at Tama. There ; are now about 40b people there. w holding 3.600 acres of land. Kaeh ■ af one receives an annual allowance n( of $14 from the government. About «■-, i dozen own automobiles. • 3,Tlie Meskwakts ellqg persistent- jM ly to their own customs, habit . I and religion. Altho they have mod-ern frame houses, in the back js of nearly every one there is a fe wickiup or tepee. They especially ^ dislike, to send their children to }t] the white man's schools. A government school was turned into . “ i sanitarium in 1912. Two schools i there now have a combined average attendance of onlv 30. The Presbyterian chprch gives linafnie-! tion to a very few. 1The Meskwaki braves often \ speak of the old days when they i had wider spaces for wandering, and more wives. --
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Ames Daily Tribune and Ames Evening Times
Ames, Iowa, US
Sat, Aug 20, 1927
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