Sacs

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Sacs are a Native American people of the Eastern Woodlands, closely associated with the Meskwaki (Fox) tribe and historically located around the Great Lakes region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
alsoClassifiedAs Central Algonquian
surface form: Central Algonquian people
closelyAssociatedWith Fox people
Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki
colonialEraContactWith British colonists
French colonists
United States government
culturallyRelatedTo Kickapoo
Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki

Ojibwe
Potawatomi
currentPopulationCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnonym Sauk
forcedRemovalTo Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
historicalAllianceWith Meskwaki (Fox)
historicalMigrationDirection westward from Great Lakes
involvedInConflict Black Hawk War
Fox Wars
languageFamily Algonquian languages
locatedInHistoric Eastern Woodlands
surface form: Eastern Woodlands cultural area

Great Lakes region
notableLeader Black Hawk
originalTerritory Great Lakes shoreline areas
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
presentDayFederallyRecognizedTribe Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
surface form: Sac and Fox Nation (Oklahoma)

Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
regionOfCulturalArea Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
religion traditional Algonquian spirituality
spoke Sauk language
traditionalCrafts basketry
beadwork
quillwork
traditionalEconomy fur trade participation
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based bands
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
treatyHistoryIncludes Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
surface form: Treaty of 1804 (St. Louis)
usedWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin alphabet (for later written Sauk)

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Sauk alsoKnownAs Sacs