ISU's artist in residence Christian Petersen illustrated this 1936 children's book about the Meskwaki. The Special Collections unit of the library has several copies that may be consulted in their reading room.
Petersen's sculpture Fountain of the Four Seasons was said to have been inspired in part by his work on Cha-ki-shi, the children's book about the Meskwaki.
Selected Books
There are many Indigenous people and nations with roots in what is today Iowa and contiguous states, both historically and currently. Here are a few books by and about some of these nations.