- Sac and Fox Nation
ethnic group
group=Sac & Fox
Flag of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in OklahomaFlag of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa
poptime=3,500
popplace=United States (Oklahoma ,Kansas ,Nebraska ,Iowa )
rels=Christianity , other
langs=English,Sauk , Fox
related=otherAlgonquian peoples s, sometimes considered two dialects, instead of two languages. The Sac call themselves Asakiwaki (or Osakiwug) which means "people of the yellow earth" while the Fox call themselves Meskwaki meaning "people of the red earth".The tribe has multiple separate groups and reservations. The main group, the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Oklahoma moved to near
Stroud, Oklahoma in 1869 where they have about 2500 members and an 800 acre (3.2 km²) reservation.A smaller group (called the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa or the Meskwaki) returned to their Iowa lands where they now have about 700 members and 4,165 acres (16.854 km² / 6.507 sq mi) in
Tama County, Iowa near the city of Tama. There was a resident population of 761 persons on the Sac and Fox/Meskwaki Indian Settlement at the 2000 census.The Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri separated from the main band in the 1830's and has 360 members and a 61.226 km² (23.639 sq mi) tract in southeastern
Richardson County, Nebraska and northeasternBrown County, Kansas , nearFalls City, Nebraska . The Sac and Fox Indian Reservation had a resident population of 217 persons at the 2000 census.Jim Thorpe , the famous athlete, was a member of this tribe.Gallery
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Sauk
*Fox (tribe) References
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P003&-tree_id=4001&-redoLog=false&-transpose=N&-all_geo_types=Y&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=25000US3280&-geo_id=25000US3285&-geo_id=27000US328019171&-geo_id=27000US328520013&-geo_id=27000US328531147&-search_results=25200US3280R&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Sac and Fox/Meskwaki Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Iowa; Sac and Fox Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Nebraska/Kansas] United States Census Bureau
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