Sauk

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Indigenous people of North America Native American people

The Sauk are a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, known for their resistance to U.S. expansion and their prominent leader Black Hawk.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Menominee 1
Piankashaw 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sac ⓘ
Sacs ⓘ
colonialContactWith American settlers ⓘ
British America ⓘ
surface form: British colonists

French colonists ⓘ
conflictWith United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalPractice clan system ⓘ
council governance ⓘ
culturalRegion Northeast Woodlands ⓘ
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands
currentPopulationCenter Iowa ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
ethnicallyRelatedTo Fox ⓘ
Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
forcedRemoval 19th century ⓘ
historicalLeader Black Hawk ⓘ
Keokuk ⓘ
Quashquame ⓘ
historicalResistanceTo U.S. expansion ⓘ
involvedIn War of 1812 ⓘ
language Sauk language ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
nativeTo Great Lakes region ⓘ
Illinois ⓘ
Iowa ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
notableEvent Black Hawk War ⓘ
notableFigure Black Hawk ⓘ
recognizedTribe Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma ⓘ
surface form: Sac and Fox Nation (Oklahoma)

Sac and Fox ⓘ
surface form: Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska

Sauk people ⓘ
surface form: Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional tribal religion ⓘ
signedTreaty Treaty of St. Louis (1804) ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of 1804
traditionalHousing longhouses ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
traditionalTerritoryFeature Mississippi River ⓘ
Rock River ⓘ
treatyWith United States government ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Sac → alternativeNameOf → Sauk ⓘ
Asshewaqua → ethnicity → Sauk ⓘ
Black Hawk → ethnicity → Sauk ⓘ
Sac → ethnicity → Sauk ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Hawk
this entity surface form: Menominee
Sac → participant → Sauk ⓘ
subject surface form: Black Hawk War
Sac and Fox → refersTo → Sauk ⓘ
subject surface form: Meskwaki
this entity surface form: Piankashaw