Fox

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The Fox were a Native American tribe of the Great Lakes region, closely allied with the Sauk and known for their resistance to U.S. expansion during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Fox canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American tribe
alliedWith British during some 18th-century conflicts
alsoKnownAs Meskwahki
linked to: Hoocąk

Meskwaki
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)

Mesquakie
clanSystem yes
closelyAlliedWith Sac and Fox Nation
Sauk
conflict Fox Wars
conflictWith France
French colonists in New France
linked to: French colonists

United States
cultureArea Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
currentCountry United States
endonym Meshkwahkihaki
ethnicGroupUnion Sac and Fox
forcedMigration west of the Mississippi River
historicalRegion Great Lakes woodlands
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
knownFor resistance to French colonial expansion
resistance to U.S. expansion
languageFamily Algonquian languages
materialCulture birchbark canoes
woodland-style beadwork
modernCommunity Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
populationTrend decline after European contact
primaryLanguage Fox language
Meskwaki language
region Great Lakes region
religion traditional Algonquian spirituality
timePeriodOfMajorConflict 18th century
19th century
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based leadership
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
wild rice gathering
treatyPartyWith United States government
UNESCOStatusOfLanguage endangered

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Referenced by (14)

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

Meskwaki alternateName Fox
subject linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
Sauk relatedEthnicGroup Fox
subject linked to: Sac
Sauk historicalAlliance Fox
subject linked to: Sac
Poweshiek ethnicGroup Fox
Poweshiek ethnicity Fox
subject linked to: Meskwaki leader Poweshiek
Poweshiek ethnonym Fox
subject linked to: Meskwaki leader Poweshiek
Algic includesLanguage Fox