Sauk village of Saukenuk

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The Sauk village of Saukenuk was a major Native American settlement along the Rock River in present-day Illinois, historically significant as the principal home of the Sauk people and later central to conflicts leading up to the Black Hawk War.

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Sauk village at Saukenuk 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sauk settlement
historic Native American village
abandonmentContext largely abandoned after the Black Hawk War
archaeologicalStatus recognized as an important archaeological and historical site
associatedWith Black Hawk
Sauk leadership and councils
colonialPowerInvolved United States of America
surface form: United States
conflict site of tensions between Sauk people and United States settlers
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culture Sauk
economy corn-based agriculture
fur trade participation
ethnicGroup Sauk people
heritageStatus commemorated in local and regional history of Illinois
historicalEvent Black Hawk War
language Sauk language
locatedIn Rock River valley
United States of America
surface form: United States

along the Rock River
near present-day Rock Island, Illinois
present-day Illinois
memorialization subject of historical markers and local commemoration near Rock Island, Illinois
nearbyWaterBody Mississippi River
Rock River
neighboringGroup Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki (Fox) people
politicalStatus main political center of the Sauk nation
population one of the largest Native American villages in the Great Lakes region in the early 19th century
preColonialStatus established before intensive Euro-American settlement of Illinois
principalSettlementOf Sauk people
region Midwestern United States
Upper Mississippi Valley
surface form: Upper Mississippi River region
relatedConflict U.S. expansion into Sauk homelands
significance central to events leading to the Black Hawk War
major Native American settlement in the upper Mississippi region
principal home of the Sauk people
timePeriod 18th century
early 19th century
treatyContext affected by early 19th-century land cession treaties between Sauk and United States
typeOfSettlement permanent village with seasonal movements for hunting
usedFor agriculture
seasonal hunting and gathering
trade

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Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak livedIn Sauk village of Saukenuk
this entity surface form: Sauk village at Saukenuk
Treaty of St. Louis (1804) topic Sauk village of Saukenuk