Sauk and Fox

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Sauk and Fox refers to a Native American people of the Great Lakes and Midwest region, historically known for their alliances, resistance to U.S. expansion, and shared cultural and linguistic heritage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sauk and Fox canonical 2
Sauk and Fox warriors 1
Sauk-Fox 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
experienced forced removals
land cessions
hasAlternativeName Sac and Fox
Sac and Meskwaki
linked to: Sauk people

Sauk and Meskwaki
linked to: Sauk people
hasColonialEraInteractionWith British colonists
French colonists
United States government
hasContemporaryReligion Christianity
hasCulturalPractice clan system
traditional councils of chiefs
hasCulturalRegion Woodland culture area
hasCurrentFederallyRecognizedTribe Sac and Fox Nation (Oklahoma)
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
hasHistoricalAllianceWith each other
hasHistoricalPeriodOfConflict early 19th century
hasLanguageFamily Algonquian languages
hasLanguageStatus endangered language
hasModernPopulationLocation Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
hasNotableLeader Black Hawk
hasPart Fox people
Sauk people
hasPrimaryLanguage Sauk-Fox language
linked to: Sauk language
hasReligion traditional Algonquian spiritual beliefs
hasTraditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
hasTraditionalRegion Great Lakes region
Midwest region of the United States
hasTraditionalSubsistence fishing
hunting
maize agriculture
hasTraditionalTerritory present-day Illinois
present-day Iowa
present-day Michigan
present-day Missouri
present-day Wisconsin
hasTreatyHistoryWith United States
isKnownFor resistance to U.S. expansion
warfare and alliances in the Great Lakes region
participatedIn Black Hawk War
sharesCulturalHeritageWith Fox people
Sauk people
sharesLinguisticHeritageWith Fox people
Sauk people

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Sac and Fox hasAlternativeName Sauk and Fox
John Ewing opponentForce Sauk and Fox warriors
linked to: Sauk and Fox
Poweshiek memberOf Sauk and Fox
Sac language hasAlternativeName Sauk-Fox
linked to: Sauk and Fox