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The Meskwaki Indian Settlement is located along the Iowa River about
17 miles southeast of Marshalltown, Iowa and 6 miles west of the sister
communities of Tama and Toledo, Iowa. Since Proclamation Day, July 13,
1857, when the Settlement was established, it has grown to over 8,000
acres. There are about 1,300 members of the Meskwaki Tribe with about
800 living on the Settlement.
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the Sac and Fox Settlement School was established as a Day School by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Next, it became part of the South Tama County
Community School District, an Iowa public school system. In 1972, the school
was closed and tribal members applied for the school to become BIA operated.
In 1980, the Sac and Fox Settlement School became a tribally operated school,
first as a contract school and now as a grant school. |
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In
the early 1990's it was determined that additional facilities were needed
to accommodate the growing number of students. Therefore, an early childhood
center was established in a tribal building located one mile from the main
school building. In addition, portable trailers were stationed on the main
school grounds to accommodate those classes and programs remaining at the
main school building. The completion of a new state of the art school building
in 2000 brought everyone under the same roof. The new school building now
houses Pre-K through 12th grade, and offers such programs as Music, Art,
Technology, Guidance, and Meskwaki Language and Culture.
In the spring of 2007, construction of the Meskwaki High School began. Upon
it's completion in the spring of 2009, the 7th through 12th grade will move
to their new home. You can watch the construction via web-cam on the
Knutson
Construction website. |
The
mission of the school since the 1980's has been, and continues to be, the
preservation of the Meskwaki culture and language and preparation of all
students to become productive citizens.
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