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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fox canonical 17

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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 ⓘ
Allie Fox → familyName → Fox ⓘ