Leaders of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska gave Gov. Mark Parkinson a blanket on Friday. Parkinson and the tribal leaders sign an agreement that allows the tribe to issue its own license plates.

Topeka ? Gov. Mark Parkinson and leaders of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska on Friday signed an agreement that will allow the tribe to issue its own license plates.

The memorandum of understanding allows the tribe to issue license plates and titles for vehicles owned by members of the tribe who live on the tribe’s reservation within the state.

Under the agreement, the tribe will transmit to the state ownership and registration information for each vehicle it registers so that the information will be in the state’s motor vehicle database.