The museum was reopened under the Tribe in May of 2022. Lance Foster (1960-2025), Museum Director and Historian for the Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission Museum, loves to share the history of the museum and the Tribe to guests.
Currently, a set of sketches of Ioway ancestors by Rudolf Frederiech Kurz(1818-1871) are on display on the museum’s first floor. Kurz was a Swiss artist who traveled along the Mississippi and Upper Missouri Rivers from 1846 to 1852. Upon arriving in the United States, he aimed to give an honest portrayal of the American Indian. In 1850 he married Chief White Cloud’s daughter, Witthae. Witthae missed her family so much that she ran away after only two weeks of marriage. Kurz returned to Switzerland in 1852 where he lived out the rest of his life as an art instructor and artist. Upon his death in 1871, he left numerous sketches, paintings (some of which were burned by his family due to nudity), and texts. He also compiled a brief dictionary of Native American dialects. Kurz’s sketches are on loan from the St. Joseph Museum and are due to be returned in January 2025.
White Cloud, KS, USA
Distance: 8.54 mi (straight line)
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Four State Lookout, 3rd Street, White Cloud, KS, USA
Distance: 8.81 mi (straight line)
Ioway Bee Farm, Thrasher Road, White Cloud, KS, USA
Distance: 11.70 mi (straight line)
Iowa Tribe Powwow Grounds, White Cloud, KS, USA
Distance: 12.53 mi (straight line)
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Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge Welcome Center, State Highway E, Mound City, MO, USA
Distance: 14.17 mi (straight line)
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Independence Creek: Louis and Clark historical site, 314th Rd, Atchison, KS, USA
Distance: 18.21 mi (straight line)
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Remington Nature Center Of St. Joseph, McArthur Drive, Saint Joseph, MO, USA
Distance: 19.78 mi (straight line)
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Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, 286th Road, Atchison, KS, USA
Distance: 20.61 mi (straight line)
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Robidoux Row Museum and St Joseph Historical Society, East Poulin Street, Saint Joseph, MO, USA
Distance: 20.71 mi (straight line)
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St. Benedict's Abbey, North 2nd Street, Atchison, KS, USA
Distance: 20.93 mi (straight line)
Cray Historical Home Museum, North 5th Street, Atchison, KS, USA
Distance: 21.16 mi (straight line)
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Missouri Theater, Edmond Street, Saint Joseph, MO, USA
Distance: 21.19 mi (straight line)
Muchnic Art Gallery, North 4th Street, Atchison, KS, USA
Distance: 21.27 mi (straight line)
The Wyeth Tootle Mansion, Charles Street, Saint Joseph, MO, USA
Distance: 21.47 mi (straight line)
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Pony Express National Museum, Penn Street, Saint Joseph, MO, USA
Distance: 21.54 mi (straight line)
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