Sauk people

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The Sauk people are a Native American tribe of the Midwest known for their resistance to U.S. expansion, most notably under the leadership of Black Hawk in the early 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American people
Sauk leader
federally recognized tribe
federally recognized tribe
federally recognized tribe
land cession treaty
war
clanSystem patrilineal clans
continent North America
culturalRegion Eastern Woodlands
currentReservation Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
ethnicGroupOf United States
ethnicity Sauk people
ethnonymVariant Sac
Sac and Fox
historicalPopulationMovement westward relocation to Iowa
westward relocation to Kansas
westward relocation to Oklahoma
languageFamily Algonquian languages
nativeLanguage Sac and Fox language
Sauk language
notableEvent Black Hawk War
notableLeader Black Hawk
originalRegion Great Lakes region
Illinois
Michigan
Midwestern United States
Wisconsin
participant Sauk people
United States
relatedEthnicGroup Fox people
Kickapoo people
Meskwaki
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)

Ojibwe people
linked to: Ojibwe

Potawatomi people
linked to: Potawatomi
religion Christianity
traditional tribal religion
resisted United States expansion
signatory Sauk people
startTime 1832
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based leadership
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
treatyInvolvement Treaty of 1804

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Black Hawk War involvesEthnicGroup Sauk people
Black Hawk tribe Sauk Nation
linked to: Sauk people
Black Hawk leaderOf British Band of Sauk and Fox
linked to: Sauk people
Indian Creek massacre combatant Sauk warriors
linked to: Sauk people
Indian Creek massacre perpetrator Sauk warriors
linked to: Sauk people
Black Hawk ethnicity Sauk people
subject linked to: Sauk people
Black Hawk War participant Sauk people
subject linked to: Sauk people
Treaty of 1804 signatory Sauk people
subject linked to: Sauk people
Battle of Wisconsin Heights involved Black Hawk’s band
linked to: Sauk people
Battle of Bad Axe belligerent Sauk and Fox (Meskwaki) band led by Black Hawk
linked to: Sauk people
Meskwaki federallyRecognizedName Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
subject linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
linked to: Sauk people
Battle of Stillman’s Run belligerent Sauk and Fox warriors
linked to: Sauk people
Makataimeshekiakiak memberOf Sauk Nation
linked to: Sauk people
Makataimeshekiakiak hasDescendant Sauk people
Kickapoo people relatedEthnicGroup Sauk people
Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak memberOf Sauk Nation
linked to: Sauk people
Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak band British Band of Sauk and Meskwaki
linked to: Sauk people
Sauk recognizedTribe Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
linked to: Sauk people
Asshewaqua memberOf Sauk people
Asshewaqua associatedWith Sauk people
Fox language spokenBy Sauk people
Sac and Fox hasPart Sauk tribe
linked to: Sauk people
Sac and Fox hasAlternativeName Sauk and Meskwaki
linked to: Sauk people
Fox people relatedEthnicGroup Sauk people
Sauk language ethnicGroup Sauk people
Sac and Fox language spokenBy Sauk people
Bad Axe Massacre combatant Sauk people
Black Hawk War conflict Sauk and Fox people
subject linked to: Indian Creek
linked to: Sauk people
Battle of Stillman’s Run combatant Black Hawk’s band
subject linked to: Isaiah Stillman
linked to: Sauk people
Keokuk memberOf Sauk Nation
linked to: Sauk people
Keokuk culturalContext Sauk and Fox (Meskwaki) peoples
linked to: Sauk people
Sac County, Iowa namedAfter Sauk people
Mascouten associatedWith Sauk people
subject linked to: Mascouten Indigenous peoples
Othâkîwaki usedBy Sauk people
Othâkîwaki refersTo Sauk people
Othâkîwaki selfDesignationOf Sauk people
Thâkîwaki refersTo Sauk people
Thâkîwaki usedBy Sauk people
Thâkîwaki selfDesignationOf Sauk people
Thâkîwaki ethnicGroup Sauk people