The word "Iowa" comes from the American Indian tribe of the same name. Iowa was part of the Louisiana Purchase, a deal arranged between President Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte of France that brought a vast tract of the continent under the control of the United States. The area was closed to white settlement until the early 1830s.
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Sponsorship is in coordination with:

• Iowas Department of Administrative Services (DAS) - http://das.iowa.gov/
• Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) - http://www.iowaworkforce.org/