Meskwaki (Fox)

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Algonquian-speaking people Native American people

The Meskwaki (Fox) are a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, known for their resistance to U.S. expansion and later settlement in what is now Iowa.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Meskwaki people	27
Meskwaki	26
Meskwaki (Fox) canonical	5
Meskwaki (Fox) people	3
Fox (Meskwaki)	2
Meskwaki tribe	2
Fox (Meskwaki) people	1
Fox (Meskwaki) warriors	1
Meskwaki culture	1
Meskwaki–Sauk–Kickapoo branch	1
Outagamie people	1
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa	1
Sauk and Fox band led by Black Hawk	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ Native American people ⓘ
alternateName	Fox ⓘ Fox Tribe ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalPractice	clan-based social organization ⓘ
culturalRevitalization	language preservation programs ⓘ maintenance of traditional ceremonies ⓘ
currentPrimaryLocation	Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa ⓘ surface form: Meskwaki Settlement in Tama County, Iowa
economicActivity	tribal enterprises including gaming and hospitality ⓘ
ethnographicRegion	Eastern Woodlands ⓘ
federallyRecognizedName	Sauk people ⓘ surface form: Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
governingBody	Meskwaki Tribal Council ⓘ
hasReservation	Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa ⓘ
historicalPopulationEvent	suffered heavy losses from warfare and disease in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ
languageFamily	Algonquian languages ⓘ
legalStatus	federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
migrationDestination	Iowa ⓘ
nativeName	Meshkwahkihaki ⓘ
notableConflict	Fox Wars ⓘ
notableFor	longstanding resistance to displacement ⓘ purchasing land in Iowa to reestablish a community in the 19th century ⓘ
opponentInConflict	France ⓘ French-allied Native nations ⓘ
originalRegion	Great Lakes region ⓘ present-day Illinois ⓘ present-day Michigan ⓘ present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
populationTrend	population rebounded in the 20th and 21st centuries ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Fox language ⓘ Meskwaki language ⓘ
purchasedLand	land in Tama County, Iowa in the 1850s ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup	Kickapoo ⓘ Ojibwe ⓘ Potawatomi ⓘ Sauk ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ traditional Meskwaki spiritual beliefs ⓘ
resisted	French colonial expansion ⓘ United States expansion ⓘ
settlement	Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa ⓘ
timePeriodOfConflict	Fox Wars (1712–1733) ⓘ
traditionalCrops	beans ⓘ corn ⓘ squash ⓘ
traditionalHousing	wigwams ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence	hunting, fishing, and agriculture ⓘ
treatyHistory	forced to cede lands in the Great Lakes region through 19th-century treaties ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

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

Black Hawk War → hasParticipant → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

Black Hawk War → involvesEthnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Black Hawk → alliedWith → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki (Fox) people

Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → language → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Treaty of St. Louis (1804) → signatory → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Upper Mississippi Valley → wasInhabitedBy → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Sauk people → relatedEthnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Sauk people → currentReservation → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa

Battle of Bad Axe → combatant → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fox (Meskwaki) warriors

Battle of Stillman’s Run → involves → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fox (Meskwaki) people

Battle of Stillman’s Run → combatantAllegiance → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sauk and Fox band led by Black Hawk

Davis County, Iowa Territory → hasEthnicHistoricalAssociation → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Kickapoo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Sauk → ethnicallyRelatedTo → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Sauk village of Saukenuk → neighboringGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki (Fox) people

Kickapoo → relatedEthnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Fox language → spokenBy → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Eastern Woodlands → traditionalInhabitants → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fox (Meskwaki)

Sac → relatedEthnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

subject surface form: Sauk

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Sac → historicalAlliance → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

subject surface form: Sauk

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Sac and Fox → refersTo → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Sac and Fox → refersTo → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fox (Meskwaki)

Sac and Fox → hasPart → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki tribe

Sac and Fox → historicallyAlliedWith → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Fox people → alternateName → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Fox people → nativeName → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Sac and Fox language → spokenBy → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Sac and Fox language → ethnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Fox → alsoKnownAs → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Henry Atkinson – United States forces → hasEthnicGroupAsOpponent → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Atkinson

Battle of Bad Axe Monument → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

Bad Axe Massacre → combatant → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki (Fox) people

Fox Tribe → alternateName → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Meshkwahkihaki → refersTo → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Meshkwahkihaki → usedBy → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Meshkwahkihaki → selfDesignationOf → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Meshkwahkihaki → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Meshkwahkihaki → partOfCulture → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki culture

Fox Wars → mainBelligerent → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Fox Wars → involvedEthnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa → ethnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Meskwaki Tribal Council → represents → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Meskwaki Tribal Council → ethnicGroupRepresented → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Fox Wars (1712–1733) → conflictBetween → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Fox Wars (1712–1733) → mainBelligerent → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Fox Wars (1712–1733) → opponent → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki people

Fox Wars (1712–1733) → indigenousGroupInvolved → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

Poweshiek → ethnicGroup → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki

Poweshiek → memberOf → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meskwaki tribe

Meskwaki leader Poweshiek → ethnicity → Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ

subject surface form: Poweshiek

this entity surface form: Meskwaki