Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

7/1/1983 - 6/30/1984

Funding Totals

$113,115.00 (approved)
$113,115.00 (awarded)


The Mesquakie Indians in 1845: Refugees During the Reservation Period (Implementation)

FAIN: GM-21533-83

University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA 52242-1320)
George D. Schrimper (Project Director: December 1982 to October 1990)

To support a permanent exhibition depicting the daily life of a group of Mesquakie Indians along the Iowa River in the fall of 1845, which will interpret the history, language, and culture of the period.