Sacs

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Sacs are a Native American people of the Eastern Woodlands, closely associated with the Meskwaki (Fox) tribe and historically located around the Great Lakes region.

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Sacs canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
alsoClassifiedAs Central Algonquian people
linked to: Central Algonquian
closelyAssociatedWith Fox people
Meskwaki
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
colonialEraContactWith British colonists
French colonists
United States government
culturallyRelatedTo Kickapoo
Meskwaki
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)

Ojibwe
Potawatomi
currentPopulationCountry United States
ethnonym Sauk
forcedRemovalTo Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
historicalAllianceWith Meskwaki (Fox)
historicalMigrationDirection westward from Great Lakes
involvedInConflict Black Hawk War
Fox Wars
languageFamily Algonquian languages
locatedInHistoric Eastern Woodlands cultural area
linked to: Eastern Woodlands

Great Lakes region
notableLeader Black Hawk
originalTerritory Great Lakes shoreline areas
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin
presentDayFederallyRecognizedTribe Sac and Fox Nation (Oklahoma)
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
regionOfCulturalArea Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
religion traditional Algonquian spirituality
spoke Sauk language
traditionalCrafts basketry
beadwork
quillwork
traditionalEconomy fur trade participation
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalPoliticalOrganization village-based bands
traditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
treatyHistoryIncludes Treaty of 1804 (St. Louis)
usedWritingSystem Latin alphabet (for later written Sauk)
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Sauk alsoKnownAs Sacs