Fox people

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Algonquian-speaking people Native American tribe indigenous people of North America

The Fox people, also known as the Meskwaki, are a Native American tribe originally from the Great Lakes region, particularly present-day Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
indigenous people of North America ⓘ
alternateName Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki

Mesquakie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesquakie Indians ⓘ
contemporaryReligion Christianity ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalPractice oral storytelling ⓘ
powwow ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
culturalRevitalization language preservation programs ⓘ
ethnonymMeaning Red Earth People ⓘ
federallyRecognizedName Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa ⓘ
governingBody Tribal council ⓘ
historicalConflict Fox Wars ⓘ
historicalOpponent French colonists ⓘ
New France ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfConflict early 18th century ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
Algonquian languages ⓘ
surface form: Central Algonquian languages
legalStatus sovereign tribal nation within the United States ⓘ
mainReservation Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa ⓘ
nativeName Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form: Meskwaki
originalRegion Great Lakes region ⓘ
present-day Illinois ⓘ
present-day Iowa ⓘ
present-day Wisconsin ⓘ
populationTrend small but persistent population ⓘ
primaryStateToday Iowa ⓘ
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Kickapoo people ⓘ
Anishinabek ⓘ
surface form: Ojibwe people

Potawatomi ⓘ
surface form: Potawatomi people

Sauk people ⓘ
secondaryStateToday Kansas ⓘ
Oklahoma ⓘ
traditionalHousing longhouses ⓘ
wigwams ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Fox language ⓘ
Meskwaki language ⓘ
traditionalReligion Midewiwin ⓘ
animism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild foods ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ

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

Sauk people → relatedEthnicGroup → Fox people ⓘ
Fox language → spokenBy → Fox people ⓘ
Sac and Fox language → spokenBy → Fox people ⓘ