Ioway Cultural Institute : History :
The People

The People

Antoine Barada

Bright Eyes

Truman W. Dailey

Laughing Buffalo

James White Cloud

Arthur Lightfoot

Ioway Civil War Veterans

Smithsonian Collection Images

Ioway images from the Smithsonian Collection

The People Portrayed

McKenney Images

Ioway Paintings from the McKenney Archives:

Mahaska or White Cloud
Rantchewaime or Flying Pigeon
Mahaska the Younger
Moanahonga, or Great Walker
Neomonni or Cloud Out of Which the Rain Comes
Notchiminie or No Heart
Shauhaunapotinia or Man Who Killed Three Sioux
Tahronohon, Watchemonne or the Orator.

Catlin Images

Ioways of 1844-45 trip to Europe.

Individuals given as portrayed:
Mew-hu-she-kaw, White Cloud, first chief of the nation
Neu-mon-ya, Walking Rain, third chief
Se-non-ty-yah, Blister Feet; great medicine man
Wash-ka-mon-ya, Fast Dancer
No-ho-mun-ya, One who gives no attention
Shon-ta-yi-ga, Little Wolf
Wa-tan-ye, One always foremost
Wa-ta-we-bu-ka-na, Commanding General, the son of Walking Rain, ten years old
Jeffrey Doraway (Dorion, omitted)
Ruton-ye-we-ma, Strutting Pigeon, White Cloud's Wife
Ruton-we-me, Pigeon on the Wing
Oke-we-me, Female Bear that walks on the back of another
Koon-za-ya-me, Female War Eagle Sailing
Ta-pa-ta-me, Sophia, wisdom, White Cloud's daughter
Corsair, a papoose.

George Catlin's, "The White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas. 1844/45. Oil on canvas. 28 x 22 7/8 in. Paul Mellon Collection at the National Gallery of Art. 1965.16/347. In graphics version of site only.

"See-non-ty-a, an Iowa Medicine Man" by George Catlin. 1844/45. Oil on canvas. 28 by 22 7/8 in. Paul Mellon Collection at the National Gallery of Art. 1965.16.346. In graphics version of site only.

"Shooting Cedar" by George Catlin. 1832. Oil on fabric: canvas mounted on aluminum. 29 x 24 in. Gift of Mrs. Joseph Harrison Jr. to the Smithsonian American Art Museum. 1985.66.257. In graphics version of site only.

"Three Iowa Indians" by George Catlin. 1861/1869. Oil on card mounted on paperboard. 468 7/16 x 24 7/8 inches. Paul Mellon Collection at the National Gallery of Art. 1965.16.88. In graphics version of site only.

"Indian File--Iowa" by George Catlin. 1861/69. Oil on card mounted on paperboard. 18 3/8 x 24 3/8 in. Paul Mellon Collection at the National Gallery of Art. 1965.16.212. In graphics version of site only.

Catlin's "The Ioway". A principle warrior of Sauk and Fox chief, Black Hawk.

Catlin's Wa-ta-we-buck-ana or Commanding General

The Catlin Indian Collection, description by Catlin.

Painted Warriors, off-site link to article on George Catlin.

Miscellaneous Artists

An Indian man - profile bust (Culture: Iowa of the Missouri), by St. Mermin (in graphics version of site)

Painting by C. B. King in 1824 of Portrait (Front) of Moanahonga (Great Walker) or Winaugusconey (Man Not Afraid To Travel), Called Big Neck, in Native Dress with Ornaments and Holding War Club n.d., by St. Mermin (in graphics version of site)

Harpers Weekly Journal of Civilization

Indian delegation of Iowas, Sacs and Foxes to Washington D.C., Harpers Weekly Journal of Civilization

Other

Noble Savage in the Courthouse Square: Patronage and Legacy in Sherry Edmundson Fry's Mahaska, paper by Greg Olson

Community Unites to Restore Unique Mahaska Statue, link to off-site article by Diane L. Mossholder

Museum of the Fur Trader Quarterly, Vol. 24, No. 3, shows on its cover: Ta-Ro-Han, An Ioway Warrior Wearing a calico shirt, 1837. Back issues may be ordered.

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