Sac people

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The Sac people are a Native American tribe historically located in the Great Lakes region and later the Midwest, closely associated with the Meskwaki (Fox) and known for their role in early U.S. frontier history.

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Label Occurrences
Sac people canonical 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American people
alsoKnownAs Sac and Fox
Sauk
colonialContactWith American colonists
British colonists
French colonists
conflictWith American frontier settlers
United States Army
culturallyRelatedTo Kickapoo people
Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki people

White Earth Ojibwe
surface form: Ojibwe people

Potawatomi
surface form: Potawatomi people
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe 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
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
historicallyAssociatedWith Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki people
historicalTerritory Great Lakes region
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
involvedIn Black Hawk War
languageFamily Algonquian languages
laterRelocatedTo Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
nativeTo Great Lakes region
Midwestern United States
notableLeader Black Hawk
Keokuk
populationTrend declineAfterEuropeanContact
region North America
signedTreaty Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
surface form: Treaty of 1804 (St. Louis)
traditionalClanSystem yes
traditionalEconomy fur trade participation
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalReligion Midewiwin practices
animism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
wild rice gathering
traditionalTransportation canoes
treatyPartnerWith United States government

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Fox language spokenBy Sac people
Sac language spokenBy Sac people