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Sac And Fox Tribe Research Paper

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Caden Mercer
Rob Rea
American History to 1865
24 October 2015

History of the Sac and Fox Tribe

Can you think of an Indian Tribe? Having trouble? Don’t worry I got one for you, it’s the Sac and Fox Tribe. In this research essay you will learn all about the Sac and Fox Indian Tribe. The Sac and Fox are originally from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Canada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. There are multiple different branches if the Sac and Fox Indians, all from different regions of the United States. The Saukenuk was a large Indian village that was located in the middle of the Mississippi River and the Rock River in Illinois. There was an estimated 4,000 people of the tribe living there. The Treaty of 1804 took away all of their land …show more content…

Originally the culture of the tribe was from the Eastern Woodlands region and a little bit of Plains region traits. For most of their History they settled around the Saginaw Bay in the eastern part of Michigan. Eventually at some point in the 17th Century they were forced out by the Ottawa and Neutral Groups. The tribe fled to the North across the Strait of Mackinac and then South to Wisconsin. Around 1667 in present day Green Bay, Wisconsin there were about 6500 people. Usually the Sac and Fox were known for their farming of maize, beans, and squash, but they also Hunted and Raided a lot of the time. At first the Sac and Fox were two separate tribes and eventually merged together around 1730. The Fox were known for being ruthless warriors and always were at war with the Ojibwa Tribe. The Sac and Fox joined together to fight in wars against Illinois, Sioux, and also the French. The French had almost wiped out the Fox and so they eventually made it official that they would join the Sac and ever since they’ve been known as the Sac and Fox Tribe. The Sac and Fox have done a ton of moving around throughout their history, they have lived in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Canada, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa. If you’re counting that is two different countries and seven different states in the United States. After the Black Hawk War they moved in the Kansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri areas were they have remained to this date. In 1990 there were an estimated 4,800 Sac and Fox Descendants still remaining in the United States and in 2000 there were 420

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