Government
The Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma is headquartered in Perkins, Oklahoma, and their tribal jurisdictional area is in Lincoln, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne Counties, Oklahoma. Of the 697 enrolled tribal members, 517 live within the state of Oklahoma. Janice Kurak is the current tribal chairperson. She replaced Christie Modlin, the youngest person to ever have held this position.
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