Fox people

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The Fox people, also known as the Meskwaki, are a Native American tribe originally from the Great Lakes region, particularly present-day Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.

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Fox people canonical 20

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Native American tribe
indigenous people of North America
alternateName Meskwaki
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)

Mesquakie
Mesquakie Indians
contemporaryReligion Christianity
country United States
culturalPractice oral storytelling
powwow
traditional dance
culturalRevitalization language preservation programs
ethnonymMeaning Red Earth People
federallyRecognizedName Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
governingBody Tribal council
historicalConflict Fox Wars
historicalOpponent French colonists
New France
historicalPeriodOfConflict early 18th century
languageFamily Algonquian languages
Central Algonquian languages
legalStatus sovereign tribal nation within the United States
mainReservation Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
nativeName Meskwaki
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
originalRegion Great Lakes region
present-day Illinois
present-day Iowa
present-day Wisconsin
populationTrend small but persistent population
primaryStateToday Iowa
recognizedAs federally recognized tribe in the United States
relatedEthnicGroup Kickapoo people
Ojibwe people
linked to: Anishinabek

Potawatomi people
linked to: Potawatomi

Sauk people
secondaryStateToday Kansas
Oklahoma
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalLanguage Fox language
Meskwaki language
traditionalReligion Midewiwin
animism
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild foods
hunting
maize agriculture

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Sauk people relatedEthnicGroup Fox people
Fox language spokenBy Fox people
Sac and Fox language spokenBy Fox people
Fox Wars mainBelligerent Fox people
Poweshiek peopleRepresented Fox people
subject linked to: Meskwaki leader Poweshiek
Meskwaki syllabary associatedEthnicGroup Fox people
Meskwaki language isSpokenBy Fox people
Mascouten associatedWith Fox people
subject linked to: Mascouten Indigenous peoples
Sauk and Fox hasPart Fox people
Red Earth People ethnonymFor Fox people
Meskwaki people alsoKnownAs Fox people
subject linked to: Red Earth People
Meskwaki language spokenBy Fox people
subject linked to: Red Earth People
Business Committee (Sac and Fox Nation) ethnicGroupRepresented Fox people
subject linked to: Business Committee
Mesquakie Indians alsoKnownAs Fox people