Meskwaki (Fox)

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The Meskwaki (Fox) are a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, known for their resistance to U.S. expansion and later settlement in what is now Iowa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American people
alternateName Fox
Fox Tribe
country United States
culturalPractice clan-based social organization
culturalRevitalization language preservation programs
maintenance of traditional ceremonies
currentPrimaryLocation Meskwaki Settlement in Tama County, Iowa
economicActivity tribal enterprises including gaming and hospitality
ethnographicRegion Eastern Woodlands
federallyRecognizedName Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
linked to: Sauk people
governingBody Meskwaki Tribal Council
hasReservation Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
historicalPopulationEvent suffered heavy losses from warfare and disease in the 17th and 18th centuries
languageFamily Algonquian languages
legalStatus federally recognized tribe in the United States
migrationDestination Iowa
nativeName Meshkwahkihaki
notableConflict Fox Wars
notableFor longstanding resistance to displacement
purchasing land in Iowa to reestablish a community in the 19th century
opponentInConflict France
French-allied Native nations
originalRegion Great Lakes region
present-day Illinois
present-day Michigan
present-day Wisconsin
populationTrend population rebounded in the 20th and 21st centuries
primaryLanguage Fox language
Meskwaki language
purchasedLand land in Tama County, Iowa in the 1850s
relatedEthnicGroup Kickapoo
Ojibwe
Potawatomi
Sauk
religion Christianity
traditional Meskwaki spiritual beliefs
resisted French colonial expansion
United States expansion
settlement Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
timePeriodOfConflict Fox Wars (1712–1733)
traditionalCrops beans
corn
squash
traditionalHousing wigwams
traditionalSubsistence hunting, fishing, and agriculture
treatyHistory forced to cede lands in the Great Lakes region through 19th-century treaties

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Black Hawk War hasParticipant Meskwaki (Fox)
Black Hawk War involvesEthnicGroup Meskwaki people
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Black Hawk alliedWith Meskwaki (Fox) people
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Treaty of St. Louis (1804) language Meskwaki
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Treaty of St. Louis (1804) signatory Meskwaki
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Upper Mississippi Valley wasInhabitedBy Meskwaki people
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Sauk people relatedEthnicGroup Meskwaki
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Sauk people currentReservation Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
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Battle of Bad Axe combatant Fox (Meskwaki) warriors
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Battle of Stillman’s Run involves Fox (Meskwaki) people
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Battle of Stillman’s Run combatantAllegiance Sauk and Fox band led by Black Hawk
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Davis County, Iowa Territory hasEthnicHistoricalAssociation Meskwaki people
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Kickapoo people relatedEthnicGroup Meskwaki people
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Sauk ethnicallyRelatedTo Meskwaki
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Sauk village of Saukenuk neighboringGroup Meskwaki (Fox) people
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Kickapoo relatedEthnicGroup Meskwaki
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Fox language spokenBy Meskwaki people
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Eastern Woodlands traditionalInhabitants Fox (Meskwaki)
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Sauk relatedEthnicGroup Meskwaki
subject linked to: Sac
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Sauk historicalAlliance Meskwaki
subject linked to: Sac
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Sac and Fox refersTo Meskwaki
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Sac and Fox refersTo Fox (Meskwaki)
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Sac and Fox hasPart Meskwaki tribe
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Sac and Fox historicallyAlliedWith Meskwaki
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Fox people alternateName Meskwaki
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Fox people nativeName Meskwaki
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Sac and Fox language spokenBy Meskwaki people
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Sac and Fox language ethnicGroup Meskwaki
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Fox alsoKnownAs Meskwaki
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Henry Atkinson hasEthnicGroupAsOpponent Meskwaki (Fox)
Bad Axe Massacre combatant Meskwaki (Fox) people
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Fox Tribe alternateName Meskwaki
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Meshkwahkihaki refersTo Meskwaki people
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Meshkwahkihaki usedBy Meskwaki people
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Meshkwahkihaki selfDesignationOf Meskwaki people
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Meshkwahkihaki associatedWithEthnicGroup Meskwaki
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Meshkwahkihaki partOfCulture Meskwaki culture
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Fox Wars mainBelligerent Meskwaki people
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Fox Wars involvedEthnicGroup Meskwaki
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Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa ethnicGroup Meskwaki people
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Meskwaki Tribal Council represents Meskwaki people
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Meskwaki Tribal Council ethnicGroupRepresented Meskwaki
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Fox Wars (1712–1733) conflictBetween Meskwaki people
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Fox Wars (1712–1733) mainBelligerent Meskwaki people
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Fox Wars (1712–1733) opponent Meskwaki people
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Poweshiek ethnicGroup Meskwaki
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Poweshiek memberOf Meskwaki tribe
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Poweshiek ethnicity Meskwaki
subject linked to: Meskwaki leader Poweshiek
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