Sac and Fox Nation
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 of the Mississippi in Iowa |
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| 3,500 |
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| United States (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa) |
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Christianity, other |
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other Algonquian peoples |
The Sac and Fox Nation is the modern political entity encompassing the historical Sac and Fox nations of Native Americans. There are three federally recognized Sac and Fox tribes: the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, and the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma. The tribes were always closely allied and speak very similar Algonquian languages, 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".[1]
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[edit] Oklahoma
The main group, the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma moved to near Stroud, Oklahoma in 1869. They had a 800-acre (3.2 km²) reservation; now the tribe has a tribal jurisdictional area in parts of Lincoln, Payne, and Pottawatomie Counties. As of 2008, their tribal enrollment was 3,400. Their Principal Chief is George Thurman. The tribe operates its own housing authority in Shawnee, Oklahoma, as well as two casinos and twelve smokeshops. They also issue their own vehicle tags.[2] Jim Thorpe, the famous early 20th century athlete, was a member of this tribe.[3]
[edit] Iowa
A smaller group, called the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa or the Meskwaki, returned to their Iowa lands. They now have about 700 members and 4,165 acres (16.854 km² / 6.507 sq mi) at the Meskwaki Settlement 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.[4]
[edit] Missouri
The Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri separated from the main band in the 1830s. In the 1880s, 360 members lived on the Sac and Fox Reservation, consisting of a 61.226 km² (23.639 sq mi) tract in southeastern Richardson County, Nebraska and northeastern Brown County, Kansas, near Falls City, Nebraska. The reservation had a resident population of 217 persons at the 2000 census.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Sultzman, Lee. Sauk and Fox History.] 24 Nov 1999 (retrieved 27 June 2009)
- ^ Oklahoma Indian Affairs. Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory. 2008: page 24.
- ^ Biography. Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete. (retrieved 27 June 2009)
- ^ a b 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
[edit] External links
- Sac and Fox Nation, official website
- Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri, history, official website
- Meskaki Nation, official site of the Sac and Fox Nation of the Mississippi in Iowa
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