Editing Sauk people

{{Short description|Indigenous people from the Northeastern Woodlands, U.S.}}
{{for|the tribe in Washington state|Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Sauk
| native_name      = Thâkîwaki
| native_name_lang = [[Sauk langauge]]
| image            = File:Massika and Wakusasse.jpg
| image_caption    = Massika, a Sauk Indian, left, with Wakusasse ([[Meskwaki]]) at right. [[Aquatint]] of painting by [[Karl Bodmer]],  made at [[St. Louis]] in Spring 1833 when Massika pleaded for the release of war chief [[Black Hawk (Sauk leader)|Blackhawk]] following the [[Black Hawk War]]
| image_alt        = Massika, a Sauk Indian at left
| image_upright    = 
| total            = 3,794
| total_year       = 
| total_source     = <!-- source of total population; may be ''census'' or ''estimate'' -->
| regions          = formerly Michigan and Wisconsin, currently Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma
| languages        = [[Sauk language|Sauk]], [[English language|English]]
| religions        =
| related_groups   = [[Meskwaki]]
}}
The '''Sauk''' or '''Sac''' ([[Sauk language|Sauk]]: ''Thâkîwaki''<ref name=ohs/>) are [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s and [[Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands]]. Their historical territory was near [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]]. Today they have three tribes based in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Their [[federally recognized tribes]] are:
* [[Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska]]
* [[Sac and Fox Nation]], Oklahoma
* [[Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa]].

They are closely allied with the [[Meskwaki]] people.<ref name=ohs/> Their [[Sauk language]] is part of the [[Algonquian language family]].

== Name ==
The Sauk or Sac called themselves Thâkîwaki, translating as "people coming forth [from the outlet]" or "[from the water]".<ref name=ohs/> Their [[endonym|autonym]] is written '''oθaakiiwaki''' in the current orthography. Ojibwe people called them '''Ozaagii(-wag)'''. The latter name was transliterated into [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]] by European colonists.

The neighboring [[Anishinaabe|Anishanabeg]] [[Ojibwa|Ojibwe]] (Sauk name: Ochipwêwa) and [[Ottawa (tribe)|Odawa]] peoples referred to them by the [[exonym]] ''Ozaagii(-wag)'', meaning "those at the outlet". French colonists transliterated that as ''Sac'' and the English as "Sauk". The Sauk/Sac called themselves the 
[[endonym|autonym]] of '''Othâkîwa, Thâkîwa, Thâkîwaki''' or ''Asaki-waki/Oθaakiiwaki'' people of the yellow earth [("people coming forth [from the outlet]," i.e., "from the water")], which is often interpreted to mean "yellow-earth people" or "the Yellow-Earths", due to the yellow-clay soils found around Saginaw Bay. This interpretation possibly derived from the Sauk words ''Athâwethiwa'' or {{transliteration|sac|Athâw(i)}} ("yellow")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.native-languages.org/sf_colors.htm|title=Meskwaki-Sauk Color Words|publisher=Native Languages of the Americas|access-date=2022-08-21|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802150050/http://www.native-languages.org/sf_colors.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Neniwaki'' ("men, people"). This was later shortened to "Asaki-waki". In addition, the [[Meskwaki|Fox (Meskwaki)]] were generally known among neighboring tribes as the "people of the red earth" - the Sauk and Fox also used this term: ''Êshkwîha'' or ''Meshkwahkîha'' ("people of the red earth").

==History==
=== Precontact to 17th century ===
The Sauk, an [[Algonquian languages]] people, are believed to have developed as a people along the [[St. Lawrence River]], which is now northern New York. The precise time is unknown, but around the time of the year 1600, they were driven from the area of the [[St. Lawrence River]]. Some historians believe that the Sauk migrated to what is now eastern [[Michigan]], where they settled around [[Saginaw Bay]] (Ojibwe: ''Zaagiinaad-wiikwed'' – "Of the Outlet Bay"). For many years, the Sauk are believed to have prospered in the fertile valley of Saginaw thereafter. They had been driven west by pressure from other tribes, especially the powerful [[Haudenosaunee]], which sought control over hunting grounds in the area.

Some Ojibwe [[oral histories]] also place the Sauk in the Saginaw Valley some time before the arrival of Europeans.<ref name=umich>{{cite book|url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/BAD1164.0001.001?rgn=main;view=fulltext|title=History of Saginaw county, Michigan; together with ... portraits ... and biographies ... History of Michigan ...|last1=Leeson|first1=Michael A.|last2=Clarke|first2=Damon|date=n.d.|publisher=Michigan County Histories|access-date=October 5, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518142140/https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/BAD1164.0001.001/?view=toc|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.castlemuseum.org/saginaw-valley|title=Saginaw Valley|publisher=Castle Museum of Saginaw County History|access-date=2022-08-21|archive-date=August 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821235806/https://www.castlemuseum.org/saginaw-valley|url-status=live}}</ref> Sauk traditions state that the tribe occupied the vicinity of Saginaw river. (In this tradition, the name 'Saginaw' comes from the Ojibwe "O-Sauk-e-non," meaning "land of the Sauks" or "where the Sauks were.") Approximately from the years 1638 to 1640, it is believed that a fierce battle ensued, nearly annihilating the entire Sauk Tribe. According to the legend, the Ojibwe inhabited the lands north of the Saginaw Bay, and the harsher northern climate caused more difficulty in prosperity compared to that of the Sauk occupying the area of Saginaw Valley. The Ojibwe allied with the Odawa, who resided south of the Sauk, and sprung a series of attacks on the Sauk, which practically decimated their people. One such attack, the Battle of Skull Island, occurred on a peninsula in the Saginaw River, which then was called Skull Island. (Its name came from the many skulls and bones supposedly found in mounds on that island over the years.) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mycitymag.com/battle-of-the-flint-river-fact-or-fiction/|title=Battle of the Flint River – Fact or Fiction?|last=Hinterman|first=Peter|date=1 November 2018|access-date=March 20, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108145303/http://www.mycitymag.com/battle-of-the-flint-river-fact-or-fiction/|url-status=live}}</ref> In this battle, it is said that the Sauk had used their boats to cross part of the river, escape to the island, and were temporarily free from their attackers. But when morning came, ice had solidified the river enough for the Ojibwe to cross. They killed every member of the Sauk tribe who had fled to that island besides 12 women whom they later sent west of the Mississippi River.<ref name=umich/>

But later Europeans may have mistakenly recorded the Sauk as once dwelling at this location near [[Lake Huron]]. There is little archaeological evidence that the Sauk lived in the Saginaw area.<ref name="kilar">{{cite book|last=Kilar|first=Jeremy W.|title=Saginaw's Changeable Past: An Illustrated History|location=St. Louis, Missouri, USA|publisher=G. Bradley Publishers|date=1994|page=15}}</ref> In the early 17th century, when natives told French explorer Samuel de Champlain that the Sauk nation was located on the west shore of Lake Michigan, Champlain mistakenly placed them on the western shore of [[Lake Huron]]. This mistake was copied on subsequent maps, and future references identified this as the place of the Sauk. Champlain never visited what is now Michigan.<ref name="kilar"/>

[[Anishinaabe]] expansion and the [[Wyandot people|Huron]] attempting to gain regional stability drove the Sac out of their territory. The Huron were armed with guns supplied by their French trading partners. The Sac moved south to territory in parts of what are now northern [[Illinois]] and [[Wisconsin]]. In the 17th century the Sauk also maintained close relations with the [[Potawatomi]] (Pehkînenîha or Shîshîpêhinenîha). This relation has been found by borrowings of Sauk vocabulary that appear in the [[Potawatomi language]].

In a loose coalition of tribes – including [[Dakota people|Dakota]] (Ashâha), [[Ho-Chunk people|Ho-Chunk]], Ojibwe, Odawa, Potawatomi, [[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]] (Kîkâpôwa), Meskwaki (Fox), and Sauk, along with the [[Shawnee]] (Shâwanôwa), [[Cherokee]] (Shanahkîha), and [[Choctaw]] (Châkitâha) from the Southeast – they attacked the tribes of the [[Illinois Confederation]] (Mashkotêwa) and tried to invade their tribal areas. The Illinois (Inoca) became their worst common enemies. The coalition warred for years until they destroyed the Illinois Confederation.

Later they moved out on the [[prairie]] (Mashkotêwi) along the Mississippi and adopted the semi-sedentary lifestyle of [[Plains Indians]] (Mashkotêwineniwa). In addition to [[American bison|hunting buffalo]], they lived in villages, raised crops, and actively traded with other tribes. The Sauk and allied eastern tribes had to compete with tribes who already occupied this territory. Disputes and clashes arose with the Dakota, [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] (Pânîha) and, most of all, the powerful [[Osage Nation|Osage]] (Washâsha).

=== 18th century ===
The Sauk had good relations with the English (Thâkanâsha) through trading. At first, the Sauk had good relations with [[New France]] too, until their alliance with the Meskwaki (Fox) made them short-term enemies of the French (Mêmehtekôshîha, Wêmehtekôshîha).

A closely allied tribe, the [[Meskwaki|Meskwaki (Fox)]], were noted for resisting French encroachment, having fought two [[Fox Wars|wars]] against them in the early 18th century. After a devastating battle of September 9, 1730, in Illinois, in which hundreds of warriors were killed and many women and children taken captive by French allies, Fox refugees took shelter with the Sac. This made the Sauk subject to French attack in turn.  The Sauk continued moving west to [[Iowa]] and [[Kansas]]. [[Keokuk (Sauk chief)|Keokuk]] and [[Black Hawk (chief)|Black Hawk]] were two important leaders who arose among the Sauk. At first, Keokuk accepted the loss of land as inevitable in the face of the vast numbers of white soldiers and settlers coming west. He tried to preserve tribal land and his people, and to keep the peace.

=== 19th century ===
[[File:Sauk Indian family by Frank Rinehart 1899.jpg |thumb |right |Sauk Indian family photographed by [[Frank Rinehart]] in 1899]]
Having failed to receive expected supplies from the Americans on credit, Black Hawk wanted to fight, saying his people were "forced into war by being deceived".<ref name=":0">{{cite book|author=Black Hawk|date=1882|title=Autobiography of Black Hawk or Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak|translator-last=LeClair|translator-first=Antoine|publisher=J.B. Patterson|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7097/7097-h/7097-h.htm|access-date=August 21, 2022|archive-date=August 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817212555/https://www.gutenberg.org/files/7097/7097-h/7097-h.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Led by Black Hawk in 1832, the mainly Sac band resisted the continued loss of lands (in western Illinois, this time.) Their warfare with United States forces resulted in defeat at the hands of General [[Edmund P. Gaines]] in the [[Black Hawk War]].

From 1832 to 1837, debt and poverty were tools used to coerce the Sauk and Meskwaki to relocate three times following [[Black Hawk Purchase|successive cessions]] of territory.  The population of the two tribes living in Iowa was halved in the twelve years from 1833 to 1845.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Rigal |first=Laura |date=2009 |title=Watershed Days on the Treaty Line, 1836-1839. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20722027.pdf |journal=The Iowa Review |volume=39 |issue=2 |page=206 |doi=10.17077/0021-065X.6729 |jstor=20722027 |access-date=2024-04-21}}</ref>

=== Oklahoma history ===
About this time, one group of Sac moved into Missouri, and later to Kansas and Nebraska. In 1869, after the Civil War, the United States forced the larger group of Sac to move into [[Indian reservations|a reservation]] in [[Indian Territory]] (now the state of [[Oklahoma]]). They formed the federally recognized [[Sac and Fox Nation]], which is misnamed and is primarily Sauk.<ref name="ohs">{{cite web |last1=McCollum |first1=Timothy James |title=Sac and Fox |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=SA001 |website=Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=15 May 2024 |archive-date=May 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515143920/https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=SA001 |url-status=live }}</ref> The United States had been making treaties with the two tribes together since their residency in the Midwest. A number of Meskwaki returned to the Midwest from Oklahoma (or resisted leaving.) They joined the Meskwaki at the [[Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa|Meskwaki Settlement]] in [[Tama County, Iowa]].

The land currently occupied by the Sauk is only a section of what used to be the Sac and Fox Reservation from 1867 to 1891. This reservation was established by the U.S. and spanned 480,000 acres. In 1887, however, the Dawes Act purposely broke collective tribal lands into small allotments designated for individual households. The remainder of land not allotted to the Sac and Fox was then sold to non-Native settlers in an attempt to gain Oklahoma statehood and the full assimilation of its Native American population.

By 1889, 519 of the tribe were located in Indian Territory, what is now central Oklahoma. On June 10, 1890, they ceded these Indian Territory lands to the federal government.<ref name=ohs/>

=== Treaties with U.S. ===
Many of the latter treaties listed have little to no information regarding their details, besides the date. The Sauk signed a total of 22 treaties from 1789 to 1891.

* Treaty of Fort Harmar
* Treaty of Greenville
* Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
* Treaty of Portage des Sioux
* Treaty of St. Louis (1816)
* Treaty of St. Louis (1822)
* Treaty of Washington
* First Treaty of Prairie du Chien
* Fourth Treaty of Prairie du Chien
* 1832 Treaty
* September 27, 1836 Treaty
* September 28, 1836 Treaty
* September 28, 1836 Treaty
* 1837 Treaty
* 1837 Treaty
* 1842 Treaty
* 1854 Treaty (Missouri Sac and Fox)
* 1859 Treaty
* 1861 Treaty (Iowa Sac and Fox)
* Feb 18th, 1867
* June 10, 1872 "Act of Congress" (Missouri Sac and Fox)
* Feb 13th, 1891 "Act of Congress"

==Clan system==
The Sauk and Fox peoples were divided into two [[Moiety (kinship)|moieties]] or "divisions", which in turn were subdivided into [[Lineage (anthropology)|Patri-lineages]] and [[Clan]]s as local subgroups (segments).

The moieties were known as the '''''Kishko/Ki-sko-ha/Kîshkôha''''' (male: ''Kîshkôha'', female: ''Kîshkôhkwêha'') ("the long-haired") and as the '''''Oskush/Askasa/Shkasha''''' (male: ''Shkasha/Oshkashîwiwa'', female: ''Shkashîhkwêwa/Oshkashîhkwêwiwa'') ("the brave"). The two moieties were each symbolized by two colors: The ''Askasa/Shkasha'' painted their faces and partly their bodies with charcoal in ''mahkatêwâwi'' (black) and the ''Ki-sko-ha/Kîshkôha'' painted their bodies with white clay in ''wâpeshkyâwi'' (white). This duality was also celebrated by the two moieties in [[History of lacrosse|Lacrosse]], which was often played extremely brutally to toughen young warriors for combat, for recreation, as part of festivals, and used as preparation for imminent wars or raids.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

This division has survived to the present day, but is now more related to the political system of the United States: the supporters of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] are associated with the ''Kîshkôha/Kîshkôhkwêha'', while the supporters of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] are associated with the ''Shkasha/Shkashîhkwêwa''.

Originally, the Sauk had a [[patrilineal]] and [[Exogamy|exogamous]] [[totem|clan system]], in which descent and inheritance was traced through the father. Clans or ''Mîthonî'' distinguished and named on the basis of totem animals, which are: ''Mahkwithowa'' (Bear Clan), ''Amehkwithowa'' (Beaver Clan), ''Peshekethiwithowa'' (Deer Clan), ''Ketiwithowa / Mekethiwithowa'' (Eagle Clan), ''Nemêthithowa'' (Fish Clan), ''Wâkoshêhithowa'' (Fox Clan), ''Kehchikamîwithowa'' (Ocean/Sea/Great Lake Clan), ''Keshêhokimâwithowa'' (Peace Clan), ''Ahpenîthowa'' (Potato Clan), ''Akônithowa'' (Snow Clan), ''Nenemehkiwithowa'' (Thunder Clan), ''Manethenôkimâwithowa'' (Warrior Clan), and ''Mahwêwithowa'' (Wolf Clan).<ref name=whittaker>{{cite book|last=Whittaker|first=Gordon|title=A Concise Dictionary of the Sauk Language|date=2005|publisher=The Sac & Fox National Public Library|url=http://sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/sites/sfnation/uploads/documents/Departments/language/Concise_Dictionary.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720214322/http://sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/sites/sfnation/uploads/documents/Departments/language/Concise_Dictionary.pdf}}</ref>

'''Saukenuk''' or '''Saukietown''' (today: [[Black Hawk State Historic Site]]) near the mouth of the [[Rock River (Mississippi River tributary)|Rock River]] (''Sinnissippi'' – "rocky waters") into the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] (''Mäse'sibowi'' – "great river"),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://decolonialatlas.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/st-louis-in-the-fox-language/|title=The Decolonial Atlas - St. Louis in the Fox Language|date=2014-11-25|publisher=The Decolonial Atlas|access-date=2022-08-21|archive-date=July 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723190145/https://decolonialatlas.wordpress.com/2014/11/25/st-louis-in-the-fox-language/|url-status=live}}</ref> the most important Sauk settlement in the 18th and 19th centuries with about 4,000 inhabitants, was divided into 12 districts, which were assigned to the respective clans.

The tribe was governed by a council of sacred clan chiefs, a war chief, the head of families, and the warriors. Chiefs were recognized in three categories: civil, war, and ceremonial. Only the civil chiefs were hereditary. The other two chiefs were recognized by bands after they demonstrated their ability or spiritual power.

This traditional manner of selecting historic clan chiefs and governance was replaced in the 19th century by the United States appointing leaders through their agents at the Sac and Fox Agency, or reservation in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). In the 20th century, the tribe adopted a constitutional government patterned after the United States form. They elect their chiefs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/departments/government/|title=Government - Sac & Fox Nation|website=Sac & Fox Nation|access-date=17 June 2018|archive-date=June 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617192738/http://sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/departments/government/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Federally recognized tribes==
Today, the [[federally recognized tribes|federally recognized]] Sac and Fox tribes include:
*[[Sac and Fox Nation]] ({{langx|sac|Othâkîwaki}}, ''meaning: "People of the yellow earth"''), headquartered in [[Stroud, Oklahoma]];
*[[Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa]] ({{langx|sac|Meshkwahkîhaki}}, ''meaning: "People of the red earth"''), headquartered in [[Tama, Iowa]]; and
*[[Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska]] ({{langx|sac|Nîmahâhaki}}), headquartered in [[Reserve, Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncai.org/index.php?id=125&selectpro_letter=S|title=Tribal Governments by Tribe: S|publisher=National Congress of American Indians|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412235855/https://www.ncai.org/index.php?id=125&selectpro_letter=S}}</ref>

==Language==
{{main|Sauk language}}

==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]]

== Notable people ==
*[[Black Hawk (chief)|Black Hawk]]
*[[Checokalako]]
*[[Keokuk (Sauk chief)|Keokuk]]
*[[Do-Hum-Me]]
*[[Quashquame]]
*[[Jim Thorpe]]

==See also==
*[[Black Indians|African-Native Americans]]
*[[Algonquian languages]]
*[[Sac and Fox Nation]]
*[[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]]
*[[Meskwaki]]
*[[Native Americans in the United States]]
*[[Native American tribes]]
*[[Native American tribes in Nebraska]]
*[[One-drop rule]]
*[[Saginaw Trail]]
*[[Sauk Trail]]

==Notes==
:1.{{note|a}} The name of the [[Sauk River (Washington)|Sauk River]] in Washington State, however, comes from the ''Sah-kee-ma-hu'' (Sauk-Suiattle tribe), a group related to the Skagit tribes, not from the Sac tribe of the Midwestern U.S.<ref>{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=James W.|title=Washington State Place Names|publisher=University of Washington Press|date=1976}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Sac}}
* [http://www.meskwaki.org/ Official Site of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa/Meskwaki Nation – the Meskwaki]
* [http://www.sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/ Official Site of the Sac and Fox Nation (of Oklahoma) – the Thakiwaki or Sa ki wa ki]
* [http://www.sacandfoxks.com/ Official Site of the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska – the Ne ma ha ha ki]
* [http://www.native-languages.org/sac-fox.htm General information to Sac and Fox]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232905/http://talksauk.com/#/ Sauk Language], Sac and Fox Nation

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