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The Iowa (also spelled Ioway), also known as the Báxoǰe, are a Native American Siouan people. Today they are enrolled in either of two federally recognized tribes, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. With the Missouria and the Otoe, the Ioway are the Chiwere-speaking peoples, claiming the Ho-Chunks as their "grandfathers." Their estimated population of 1,100 (in 1760) dropped to 800 (in 1804), a decrease caused mainly by smallpox, to which they had no natural immunity. In 1837, the Iowa were moved from Iowa to reservations in Brown County, Kansas, and Richardson County, Nebraska. Bands of Iowa moved to Indian Territory in the late 19th century and settled south of Perkins, Oklahoma, becoming the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma. ==Name== Their name has been said to come from ''ayuhwa'' ("asleep"). Early European explorers often adopted the names of tribes from the ethnonyms which other tribes gave them, not understanding that these differed from what the peoples called themselves. Thus, ''ayuhwa'' is not an Ioway word. The word Ioway comes from Dakotan ''ayuxbe'' via French ''aiouez''.〔(Koontz, John E. (2004) Contribution to Siouan listserv thread "(O)maha" (24 March) )〕 Their autonym (their name for themselves) is Báxoje, pronounced (alternate spellings: ''pahotcha'', ''pahucha'', ''Bah-kho-je'') ("dusted faces," "dusty nose,"〔 or "grey snow"). The translation "dusted faces" is a likely folk etymology, since the Ioway words use different consonants.〔Goodtracks, Jimm (16 August 2008), personal communication. (Ioway Otoe-Missouria Language Website )〕 The state of Iowa, where they once lived, was named after this tribe. Their name has been applied to other locations, such as Iowa County, Iowa City and the Iowa River. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iowa people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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