Meskwaki (Fox)

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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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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

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Black Hawk alliedWith Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki (Fox) people
Fox people alternateName Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Battle of Bad Axe combatant Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Fox (Meskwaki) warriors
this entity surface form: Sauk and Fox band led by Black Hawk
Sauk people currentReservation Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Sauk ethnicallyRelatedTo Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
this entity surface form: Meskwaki people
Sac and Fox hasPart Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki tribe
Black Hawk War hasParticipant Meskwaki (Fox)
Sac historicalAlliance Meskwaki (Fox)
subject surface form: Sauk
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Sac and Fox historicallyAlliedWith Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Battle of Stillman’s Run involves Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Fox (Meskwaki) people
Black Hawk War involvesEthnicGroup Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki people
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) language Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Fox people nativeName Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
this entity surface form: Meskwaki (Fox) people
Sac and Fox refersTo Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Sac and Fox refersTo Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Fox (Meskwaki)
Kickapoo relatedEthnicGroup Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Kickapoo people relatedEthnicGroup Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki people
Sac relatedEthnicGroup Meskwaki (Fox)
subject surface form: Sauk
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Sauk people relatedEthnicGroup Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) signatory Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki
Fox language spokenBy Meskwaki (Fox)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki people
this entity surface form: Fox (Meskwaki)
this entity surface form: Meskwaki people