Fox Tribe

E144697
Algonquian-speaking people Native American tribe

The Fox Tribe, also known as the Meskwaki, is a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, particularly present-day Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.

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Label Occurrences
Fox tribe 3
Fox Tribe canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
alternateName Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki

Mesquakie ⓘ
Mesquakie ⓘ
surface form: Mesquakie-Sauk
conflict Fox Wars ⓘ
conflictOpponent French colonists ⓘ
French-allied Native American tribes ⓘ
New France ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalPractice clan system ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
culturalRegion Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
currentPopulationCenter Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa ⓘ
demographicStatus small Indigenous nation in the United States ⓘ
ethnonymMeaning Red Earth People ⓘ
governingBody tribal council ⓘ
historicalRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
legalStatus federally recognized tribe in the United States (through associated Sac and Fox entities) ⓘ
notableEconomicActivity tribal enterprises in Iowa ⓘ
primaryLanguage Fox language ⓘ
Meskwaki language ⓘ
recognizedTribalEntity Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska ⓘ
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma

Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kickapoo ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
Sauk ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Meskwaki spiritual practices ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
traditionalHousing longhouses ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild rice ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyParty Treaty of 1804 between Sauk and Fox and the United States ⓘ
various 19th-century treaties with the United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Meskwaki (Fox) → alternateName → Fox Tribe ⓘ
subject surface form: Meskwaki
Meskwaki leader Poweshiek → memberOf → Fox Tribe ⓘ
subject surface form: Poweshiek
this entity surface form: Fox tribe
Illinois Confederation → neighboringGroup → Fox Tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fox tribe
Mesquakie Indians → alsoKnownAs → Fox Tribe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fox tribe