Sac and Fox

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Sac and Fox is a collective name commonly used for the closely related Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) Native American tribes of the central United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribal group
collective ethnonym
culturalArea Northeast Woodlands
surface form: Northeastern Woodlands

Plains (later period)
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 central United States
hasAlternativeName Sauk and Fox
Sauk people
surface form: Sauk and Meskwaki
hasAutonym Sauk language
surface form: Thâkîwaki (for Sauk)
hasEthnolinguisticAffiliation Algonquian peoples
hasPart Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki tribe

Sauk people
surface form: Sauk tribe
historicallyAlliedWith French colonial authorities
Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki
historicallyInConflictWith United States settlers
historicalRegion Great Lakes region
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
involvedInConflict Black Hawk War
languageFamily Algonquian languages
nativeTo Midwestern United States
notableLeader Black Hawk
refersTo Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Fox (Meskwaki)

Meskwaki (Fox)
surface form: Meskwaki

Sauk
relatedGroup Kickapoo
Ojibwe
Potawatomi
timePeriodOfProminentHistoricalActivity 18th century
19th century
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalReligion Midewiwin
surface form: Midewiwin (Grand Medicine Society)

animism
traditionalSocialOrganization clan system
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
treatyHistoryWith United States government
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet (for modern language use)

Referenced by (8)

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

Sauk people ethnonymVariant Sac and Fox
Sauk recognizedTribe Sac and Fox
this entity surface form: Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Treaty of Prairie du Chien signatory Sac and Fox
subject surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825)
Treaty of Prairie du Chien signatory Sac and Fox
subject surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1830)
Fox ethnicGroupUnion Sac and Fox
Sac people alsoKnownAs Sac and Fox
Sauk and Fox hasAlternativeName Sac and Fox