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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. | 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== | ||
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> | 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== | ==Irish== | ||
==Welsh== | ==Welsh== | ||
===Websites=== | ===Websites=== | ||
*[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3433 German Immigrants in Western Iowa Protestant Church Records] | *[http://www.pictonpress.com/store/show/3433 German Immigrants in Western Iowa Protestant Church Records] | ||