Sauk people

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Algonquian-speaking people Native American people Sauk leader federally recognized tribe land cession treaty war

The Sauk people are a Native American tribe of the Midwest known for their resistance to U.S. expansion, most notably under the leadership of Black Hawk in the early 19th century.

Aliases (16)

Black Hawk War ×4
Sauk Nation ×3
Black Hawk ×2
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa ×2
Sauk warriors ×2
Treaty of 1804 ×2
Black Hawk’s band ×1
British Band of Sauk and Fox ×1
British Band of Sauk and Meskwaki ×1
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa ×1
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska ×1
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma ×1
Sauk and Fox (Meskwaki) band led by Black Hawk ×1
Sauk and Fox warriors ×1
Sauk and Meskwaki ×1
Sauk tribe ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Algonquian-speaking people → Native American people → Sauk leader → federally recognized tribe → federally recognized tribe → federally recognized tribe → land cession treaty → war →
clanSystem	patrilineal clans →
continent	North America →
culturalRegion	Eastern Woodlands →
currentReservation	Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska → Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma → Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa →
ethnicGroupOf	United States →
ethnicity	Sauk people →
ethnonymVariant	Sac → Sac and Fox →
historicalPopulationMovement	westward relocation to Iowa → westward relocation to Kansas → westward relocation to Oklahoma →
languageFamily	Algonquian languages →
nativeLanguage	Sac and Fox language → Sauk language →
notableEvent	Black Hawk War →
notableLeader	Black Hawk →
originalRegion	Great Lakes region → Illinois → Michigan → Midwestern United States → Wisconsin →
participant	Sauk people → United States →
relatedEthnicGroup	Fox people → Kickapoo people → Meskwaki → Ojibwe people → Potawatomi people →
religion	Christianity → traditional tribal religion →
resisted	United States expansion →
signatory	Sauk people →
startTime	1832 →
traditionalHousing	longhouses → wigwams →
traditionalPoliticalOrganization	village-based leadership →
traditionalSubsistence	fishing → hunting → maize agriculture →
treatyInvolvement	Treaty of 1804 →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma → Sauk language → Sauk village of Saukenuk →	ethnicGroup
Asshewaqua → Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak ("Sauk Nation") → Makataimeshekiakiak ("Sauk Nation") →	memberOf
Battle of Bad Axe ("Sauk and Fox (Meskwaki) band led by Black Hawk") → Battle of Stillman’s Run ("Sauk and Fox warriors") →	belligerent
Fox people → Kickapoo people →	relatedEthnicGroup
Asshewaqua →	associatedWith
Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak ("British Band of Sauk and Meskwaki") →	band
Indian Creek massacre ("Sauk warriors") →	combatant
Black Hawk →	ethnicity
Meskwaki ("Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa") →	federallyRecognizedName
Sac and Fox ("Sauk and Meskwaki") →	hasAlternativeName
Makataimeshekiakiak →	hasDescendant
Davis County, Iowa Territory →	hasEthnicHistoricalAssociation
Sac and Fox ("Sauk tribe") →	hasPart
Battle of Wisconsin Heights ("Black Hawk’s band") →	involved
Battle of Stillman’s Run →	involves
Black Hawk War →	involvesEthnicGroup
Black Hawk ("British Band of Sauk and Fox") →	leaderOf
Black Hawk War →	participant
Indian Creek massacre ("Sauk warriors") →	perpetrator
Sauk village of Saukenuk →	principalSettlementOf
Sauk ("Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa") →	recognizedTribe
Treaty of 1804 →	signatory
Fox language →	spokenBy
Black Hawk ("Sauk Nation") →	tribe
Upper Mississippi Valley →	wasInhabitedBy