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Meskwakia

Iowa Journal of history • 4 • Published In 1906 • Pages: 178-189

By: Ward, Duren J. H. (Duren James Henderson).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This highly focused article provides a brief account of Fox land purchases in Tama, Iowa between 1857 and 1905. Information on the Fox's civil and territorial status and their treatment by the U.S. government is given where necessary to an understanding of their land ownership. Ward also supplies a table listing purchases with information as to location, size and price paid.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Real property
Public welfare
Buying and selling
Poverty
Price and value
External migration
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Fox
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2014
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Eleanor Swanson ; John Beierle ; 1976
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1905
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1857-1905
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Tama County, Iowa, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Duren J. H. Ward
no bibliography
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
05023012
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Fox Indians