Editing Sauk people (section)

==Geographical names==
[[Lake Osakis]] in west-central [[Minnesota]], the [[Sauk River (Minnesota)|Sauk River]],{{note|A}} which flows from Lake Osakis, and the towns of [[Osakis, MN|Osakis]], [[Sauk Centre, MN|Sauk Centre]], and [[Sauk Rapids, MN|Sauk Rapids]] all were named for association historically with a small party of Sac who made camp on the shores of Lake Osakis. They had been banished from their tribe for murder. According to [[Ojibwa|Anishinaabe]] oral tradition, these five Sac were killed by local [[Sioux|Dakota]] in the late 18th century.<ref name = Upham>{{cite book| last =Upham| first =Warren| author-link =Warren Upham| title =Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition| publisher =Minnesota Historical Society| year =2001| location =Saint Paul, Minnesota| page =53| isbn =0-87351-396-7}}</ref>

Place names with "Sauk" references include: 
*Iowa: [[Sac City, Iowa|Sac City]], [[Sac County, Iowa|Sac County]], and [[Sac Township, Sac County, Iowa|Sac Township]].
*Illinois: [[Sauk Village, Illinois|Sauk Village]]; Sauk Valley: the cities of [[Dixon, Illinois|Dixon]], [[Sterling, Illinois|Sterling]], [[Rock Falls, Illinois|Rock Falls]] and the surrounding area; [[Sauk Trail]], a winding road south of Chicago, said to follow an old Indian trail; [https://web.archive.org/web/20011217002039/http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/PARKS/R1/JOHNSON.HTM Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area]; and [[Black Hawk College]] [Moline and Kewanee, IL].
*Michigan: The name of [[Saginaw]] is believed to mean "where the Sauk were" in Ojibwe; and the [[Saginaw Trail]] is said to follow an ancient Native American trail.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Saginaw Trail From Native American Path to Woodward Avenue.|last=Pielack|first=Leslie|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Inc|year=2018|isbn=9781439664865|location=Chicago|pages=10|oclc=1044964376}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 12 in Michigan#History|US Route 12 in Michigan]] is said to follow the Sauk Native American trail.<ref name=morrison1>{{cite journal |last= Morrison |first=Roger L. |title=The History and Development of Michigan Highways |journal= Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review |date=Autumn 1937 |location= Ann Arbor, MI |publisher= [[University of Michigan]] Bureau of Alumni Relations |pages=59–73 |volume=39 |issue=54 |oclc= 698029175 }}</ref>
*Minnesota: [[Sauk Centre, Minnesota|City of Sauk Centre]], [[Le Sauk Township, Minnesota|Le Sauk]] and [[Little Sauk Township, Minnesota|Little Sauk]] townships, [[Lake Osakis]], [[Sauk River (Minnesota)|Sauk River]], [[Sauk Rapids, MN|Sauk Rapids]].
*Missouri: [[Sac Township, Dade County, Missouri|Sac Township]], [[Sac River]] and [[Little Sac River]] of southwest Missouri
*North Dakota: [[Sauk Prairie Township, North Dakota|Sauk Prairie]] and [[Sauk Valley Township, North Dakota|Sauk Valley]] Township
*Wisconsin: [[Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin|Prairie du Sac]], [[Sauk City, Wisconsin|Sauk City]], [[Saukville, WI|Saukville]], [[Sauk County, Wisconsin|Sauk County]] and [[Ozaukee County, Wisconsin|Ozaukee County]]