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 Wikinfo | Missouri
Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "town of big canoes", is a midwestern state of the United States with Jefferson City as its capital.
The capital of Missouri is Jefferson city and the current governor of the state is Bob Holden (Democrat).
The current constitution of Missouri, the fourth constitution for the state, was adopted in 1945 and provides for 3 branches of government, the legislative, judicial and executive branches.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Missouri   (1052 words)

  
 Missouri Indian Tribes
Representatives of this tribe were a party to a treaty made in 1830, relinquishing lands in Missouri to the Whites.
Historically the Missouri tribe itself is remembered particularly for the tragic manner in which it was almost destroyed, but, as in many other cases, its name has attained a distinction out of all proportion to the aboriginal standing of the people.
Representatives of this tribe were parties to the treaties involving Missouri land cessions made in 1804 and 1830.
www.accessgenealogy.com /native/missouri/index.htm   (871 words)

  
 StJoMo! St. Joseph, Missouri
Missouri means "people having dugout canoes." In the early 1800s the Missouri tribe was defeated by their enemies, the Sac and Osage and the remnants of the Missouri tribe went to live with the Oto.
The original town was bounded by the Missouri River on the west, Sixth Street on the east, Messanie Street on the south and Robidoux Street on the north.
Gold seekers came across Missouri to St. Joseph by steamboat, to where the city’s location on the westward bend of the Missouri River made it one of two choice "jumping-off" points (the other was Independence, about 60 miles southwest), a fact that city promoters enhanced with aggressive advertising in the eastern press.
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 HISTORIC WESTON, MISSOURI: WEB TOUR
The Missouri tribe was the most powerful force in the land that was to become Red Barn Farm when European explorers first entered the area.
The former territory of the Missouri was then contested between the Sac and Fox tribe, their allies and relatives the Iowa, and the Osage from the South.
The Western boundary of Missouri at the time was a straight North and South line, with the land between the river and that line ceded to the Sac, Fox and Iowa Tribes.
ci.weston.mo.us /pages/webtour/red_barn.html   (5428 words)

  
 Welcome to the Sac & Fox!
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa --- Meshwaki.
In 1824, the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri were removed to the Platte Valley northwest of the Missouri river along with the Iowa, Potawatomi and Kickapoo tribes.
The Missouri band became officially known as the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
www.sacandfoxcasino.com /tribal-history.html   (381 words)

  
 Missouri Indian Tribe History
A tribe of the Chiwere group of the Siouan family.
According to Gale the early form of the word Missouri is Algonquian, of the Illinois dialect.
The most closely allied tribes are the Iowa and the Oto.
www.accessgenealogy.com /native/tribes/siouan/missourihist.htm   (602 words)

  
 Missouri tribe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The tribe belonged to the Chiwere division of the Siouan linguistic family, with the Iowa and Oto.
The tribe lived near the mouth of the Grand River in Missouri, the mouth of the Missouri River, and a place called The Pinnacles in Saline County, Missouri.
According to the enthnographer James Mooney, the population of the tribe was about 200 families in 1702; 1000 persons in 1780; 300 in 1805; 80 in 1829, when they were living with the Otoe; and 13 in 1910; afterwards not separated from the Otoe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Missouri_tribe   (197 words)

  
 Indian Missouri Tribe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
A model of research indian missouri tribe and clarity, The Ponca Tribe is still the most complete account of these Indians who inhabited the upper central plains.
Missouri - Missouri (,,, or, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "town of the large canoes", is a central state in the United States.
Missouri tribe - The Missouri or Missouria were an aboriginal tribe that inhabited parts of the midwestern United States before European explorers arrived.
clevelandsports.usamsoc.com /indianmissouritribe.html   (837 words)

  
 Indian Claims Commission Decisions
The Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri, the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, et al.
The Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Oklahoma, et al., Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, et al., the Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri, Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, et al.
The Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of the Iowa Reservation in Oklahoma, et al., the Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri, and Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, et al.
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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Missouri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "town of the large canoes", is a U.S. state in the United States with Jefferson City as its capital.
Missouri's public school system includes kindergarten to 12th grade and requires all children between the ages of 7andndash;16 inclusive to be enrolled in a school.
Additionally, Missouri has several regional public universities in different parts of the state, the largest being Missouri State University (after heated political debate in Jefferson City, the name was changed from Southwest_Missouri_State_University^ in spring 2005) having the second largest student enrollment after University of Missouri-Columbia (commonly referred to as "Mizzou").
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/missouri   (2224 words)

  
 Top20Missouri.com - Your Top20 Guide to Missouri!
As of 2004, the population of Missouri was estimated to be 5,754,618.
Columbia — the University of Missouri at Columbia.
Additionally, Missouri has several regional public universities in different parts of the state, the largest being Missouri State University (after heated political debate in Jefferson City, the name was changed from Southwest Missouri State University in spring 2005) having the second largest student enrollment after University of Missouri-Columbia (commonly referred to as "Mizzou").
top20missouri.com   (1858 words)

  
 Missouri - Gurupedia
Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "canoe", is a midwestern state of the United States with
Originally part of the Louisiana Purchase, Missouri was admitted as a state in 1821 as part of the
Missouri's two U.S. senators are Christopher S. Bond (Republican) and Jim Talent (Republican).
www.gurupedia.com /m/mi/missouri.htm   (980 words)

  
 SAC & FOX NATION OF MISSOURI community profile
Their indigenous culture, later influenced by contact with Plains Tribes and the acquisition of horses in the nineteenth century, was that of the eastern woodlands.
The two Tribes lived in bark houses in the warm weather and in oval flag-reed lodges during the winter.
Cakewalk, and later his son Moses, continued to lead the conciliatory faction of the Tribes, but most of the Foxes opposed the many cessions of land to the Government and, under the leadership of Chief Poweshiek, returned to Iowa in 1850 to join a small number who had steadfastly refused to leave.
www.mnisose.org /profiles/sacfox.htm   (541 words)

  
 Swtext Missouri Tribes 1d
Only 13 Indians of the Missouri tribe were returned by the census of 1910, and in 1930 they were not separated from the Oto (q.
The greater part of this tribe was anciently on Osage River, Mo., but from a very early period a smaller division known as Little Osage was on the Missouri River near the village of the Missouri Indians (q.
During the eighteenth century and the first part of the nineteenth, the Osage were at war with practically all the other tribes of the Plains and a large number of those of the woodlands, to many of which their name was a synonym for enemy.
www.hiddenhistory.com /PAGE3/swsts/Missour1.htm   (1679 words)

  
 00-3063 -- Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri v. Norton -- 02/27/2001
The reconstituted tribe settled in Oklahoma on land that had formerly belonged to the Seneca Indians.
Although the Huron Cemetery was reserved by the federal government in the 1855 treaty, it is uncontroverted that the reservation was made strictly for purposes of preserving the tract's status as a burial ground.
We also note that, despite their contentions that they are entitled to sovereign immunity and should be deemed a necessary and indispensable party under Rule 19, the Wyandottes have been heavily involved in defending this action and have filed a brief with this court addressing the merits of all the issues raised by plaintiffs.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2001/02/00-3063.htm   (7827 words)

  
 Missouri
Missouri (,,, or, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "town of the large canoes", is a central state in the United States.
The state is named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning "town of the large canoes".
The USS Missouri, a U.S. Navy battleship, was named in honor of the state.
articles.gourt.com /en/Missouri   (2170 words)

  
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The governing body of the Sac and Fox Tribe shall be the Tribal Council which shall be composed of seven members of the tribe elected at a general tribal meeting on the third Friday in September at a place designated by the Tribal Council and conducted under regulations of the Tribal Council.
Upon a petition signed by one-third of the qualified voters of the tribe stating a complaint against a member of the Tribal Council and asking for his recall, the Tribal Council shall call a meeting of the tribe to vote on whether or not the Councilman shall be recalled.
BY-LAWS OF THE SAC AND FOX TRIBE OF MISSOURI OF THE SAC
thorpe.ou.edu /IRA/sfcons.html   (1783 words)

  
 Missouri: History, Geography, Population, and State Facts — Infoplease.com
Missouri is a leading producer of transportation equipment (including automobile manufacturing and auto parts), beer and beverages, and defense and aerospace technology.
Missouri also ranks high among the states in cattle and calves, hogs, and turkeys and broilers.
Missouri, state, United States - Missouri, one of the midwestern states of the United States.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108234.html   (509 words)

  
 Missouri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Missouri (pronounced: IPA: [mɪˈzʊɹi] or IPA: [mɪˈzʊɹə]) named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe whose Illinois name, ouemessourita, means « those who have dugout canoes » [1], is a central state in the United States.
Although today the state is often considered part of the Midwest, Missouri is also commonly and historically considered a Southern state, the institution of slavery in the state contributing in no small part to this.
The center of population of Missouri is located in Osage County, in the city of Westphalia [3].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Missouri   (2575 words)

  
 Missouri Real Estate, Missouri MLS, Missouri Multiple Listing Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Missouri, well known for its beauty throughout the state and world known for its Lake of the Ozarks.
Missouri MLS is the most advanced, easy to use real estate directory and multiple listing service on the Internet.
Missouri was named after Missouri Indian tribe whose name means, "town of the large canoes".
www.missouri-mls.net   (168 words)

  
 Missouri State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
Whether you are planning a family getaway or a solo adventure, Missouri has great vacation opportunities just waiting for you.
Centered on red, white and blue fields is the Missouri state seal.
Topography: Image Rolling hills, open, fertile plains, and well watered prairie north of the Missouri river; south of the river land is rough and hilly with deep, narrow valleys; alluvial plain in the southeast; low elevations in the west.
www.50states.com /missouri.htm   (297 words)

  
 Corporate charter of the Sac and Fox tribe of Missouri of the Sac and Fox reservation in Kansas and Nebraska : a ...
The Tribal Council of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri established in accordance with the said Constitution and By-laws of the Tribe, shall exercise all the corporate powers hereinafter enumerated.
The officers of the Tribe shall maintain accurate and complete public accounts of the financial affairs of the Tribe, which shall clearly show all credits, debts, pledges, and assignments, and shall furnish an annual balance sheet and report of the financial affairs of the Tribe to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Submitted by the Secretary of the Interior for ratification by the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri of the Sac and Fox Reservation in a popular referendum to be held on June 19, 1937.
memory.loc.gov /ll/llnc/240/llnc240.sgm   (1620 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Missouri tribe's plans for casino revived
The Shawnee Tribe's plans for the casino were revived this week when President Clinton signed legislation providing financial aid and other assistance to dozens of U.S. tribes.
The Johnson County casino would be jointly developed by the Shawnee Tribe and Olathe-based Butler National Corp. on 72 acres of former Shawnee reservation land south of West 83rd Street, about three miles west of Kansas 7.
Before the casino could open, the Shawnee Tribe would have to win reservation status for the land and then negotiate and sign a compact with the state, spelling out casino management and gambling guidelines.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/gaming/2000/dec/30/511236679.html   (426 words)

  
 Native Americans: Missouri Tribes | eThemes | eMINTS
These are all tribes living near the Missouri river.
The Osage Indians are one of the most important tribes in early Missouri.
This is a description of Native Americans settlements in southeast Missouri.
www.emints.org /ethemes/resources/S00000374.shtml   (336 words)

  
 Missouri Western State University Ponds
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is located one mile west of Mayetta, Kan. Originally located in the upper northeast region of the United States, the tribe migrated into Michigan’s Lower Peninsula and the area around present-day Chicago as early settlers developed the northeastern region.
The tribe stayed in that area as the European settlers gradually moved in.
With revenue from the casino, the tribe has built several new buildings on the reservation, including a fire station, senior community center, tribal administration building and an addition to the Headstart preschool.
www.missouriwestern.edu /campusponds/potawatomi.html   (343 words)

  
 Missouri Indian Tribe
Marquette's autograph map of 1673, which is perhaps the earliest authentic notice of the tribe, locates the Semesssrit on Missouri river, apparently as far north as the Platte.
Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi
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www.nanations.com /missouri   (310 words)

  
 Welcome - tribe.net
This tribe is the place to report bugs you find in the system.
I put this tribe together to give people a place to be helpful and...
A tribe for people who were home schooled in some part of their lives.
missouri.tribe.net   (458 words)

  
 Lewis and Clark Along the Missouri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Corps of Discovery, with their arrival in Montana, was farther west than any white men had ever gone on the Missouri River.
At the confluence of the Marias and Missouri Rivers meet a member of the Blackfeet tribe to hear their unique perspective.
Travel by van along the Missouri River to Three Forks stopping en route at a buffalo jump at Ulm Pushkin, the State Historical Museum in Helena, and to enjoy a boat cruise through Gates of the Mountains.
www.smithsonianjourneys.org /unitedstates/090603lewis.asp   (514 words)

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