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Many tribes and bands of [[Indians of Iowa|Indians]] lived or traveled through "the beautiful land" of Iowa. <ref>'Hodge, Frederick Webb. ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/handbook_american_indians.htm Available online].</ref> A timeline is available at [[Iowa History|Iowa History]] detailing the eventual turn over of land from the Indians to settlers. Between 1833 and 1851 after a series of treaties extinguished Indian claims to the land, the first permanent white settlements were made in eastern Iowa. <ref> [[Iowa History|Iowa History]] </ref> Reservations, agencies and the half breed contract <ref> [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hannahslife/history_of_the_half_breed_tract.htm The Half Breed Tract] </ref> are all discussed in the  [[Indians of Iowa|Iowa Indians]] page.
==African American==
==French==
French explorers were the first white men to settle in Iowa. They were there when France ceded the land to Spain. <ref> [http://iagenweb.org/history/soi/soic4.htm Mines of Spain] </ref> Once they settled on mining more French Canadians immigrated to the area. <ref> [http://iagenweb.org/history/moi/moi12.htm Early Iowa Settlers] </ref>
==German==
==Jewish==
==Irish==
==Welsh==
 
===Websites===
*[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3433 German Immigrants in Western Iowa Protestant Church Records]
*[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3436 German Immigrants in NE Iowa Protestant Church Records]
*[http://www.feefhs.org/links/other/jf-iager/jf-iager.html Germans of Iowa] FHL Microfilm number for this book is #1036447
*[http://www.city-data.com/states/Iowa-Ethnic-groups.html Iowa Ethnic Groups]
*[http://names.mongabay.com/ancestry/Iowa.html Largest ethnic groups in Iowa]
 
===Sources and Footnotes===
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[[Category:Germany]]

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Many tribes and bands of Indians lived or traveled through "the beautiful land" of Iowa. [1] A timeline is available at Iowa History detailing the eventual turn over of land from the Indians to settlers. Between 1833 and 1851 after a series of treaties extinguished Indian claims to the land, the first permanent white settlements were made in eastern Iowa. [2] Reservations, agencies and the half breed contract [3] are all discussed in the Iowa Indians page.

African American[edit | edit source]

French[edit | edit source]

French explorers were the first white men to settle in Iowa. They were there when France ceded the land to Spain. [4] Once they settled on mining more French Canadians immigrated to the area. [5]

German[edit | edit source]

Jewish[edit | edit source]

Irish[edit | edit source]

Welsh[edit | edit source]

Websites[edit | edit source]

Sources and Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. 'Hodge, Frederick Webb. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Washington D.C.:Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin #30 1907. Available online.
  2. Iowa History
  3. The Half Breed Tract
  4. Mines of Spain
  5. Early Iowa Settlers