Fox

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The Fox were a Native American tribe of the Great Lakes region, closely allied with the Sauk and known for their resistance to U.S. expansion during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Fox canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American tribe
alliedWith British during some 18th-century conflicts
alsoKnownAs Hoocąk
surface form: Meskwahki

Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki

Mesquakie
clanSystem yes
closelyAlliedWith Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
surface form: Sac and Fox Nation

Sauk
conflict Fox Wars
conflictWith France
French colonists
surface form: French colonists in New France

United States of America
surface form: United States
cultureArea Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
currentCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
endonym Meshkwahkihaki
ethnicGroupUnion Sac and Fox
forcedMigration west of the Mississippi River
historicalRegion Northern Lakes and Forests ecoregion
surface form: Great Lakes woodlands

Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
knownFor resistance to French colonial expansion
resistance to U.S. expansion
languageFamily Algonquian languages
materialCulture birchbark canoes
woodland-style beadwork
modernCommunity Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
populationTrend decline after European contact
primaryLanguage Fox language
Meskwaki language
region Great Lakes region
religion traditional Algonquian spirituality
timePeriodOfMajorConflict 18th century
19th century
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based leadership
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
wild rice gathering
treatyPartyWith United States government
UNESCOStatusOfLanguage endangered

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meskwaki (Fox) alternateName Fox
subject surface form: Meskwaki
Sac relatedEthnicGroup Fox
subject surface form: Sauk
Sac historicalAlliance Fox
subject surface form: Sauk
Poweshiek ethnicGroup Fox
Meskwaki leader Poweshiek ethnicity Fox
subject surface form: Poweshiek
Meskwaki leader Poweshiek ethnonym Fox
subject surface form: Poweshiek
Algic includesLanguage Fox