Sauk people
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The Sauk people are a Native American tribe of the Midwest known for their resistance to U.S. expansion, most notably under the leadership of Black Hawk in the early 19th century.
All labels observed (16)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T74163 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Sauk people Context triple: [Black Hawk War, involvesEthnicGroup, Sauk people]
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Meskwaki (Fox)
The Meskwaki (Fox) are a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, known for their resistance to U.S. expansion and later settlement in what is now Iowa.
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Ho-Chunk
The Ho-Chunk are a Native American people originally from the Wisconsin and Illinois region, known for their distinct Siouan language, rich cultural traditions, and enduring presence in the Upper Midwest.
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C.
Potawatomi
The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the Great Lakes region, historically known for their alliances and conflicts during early U.S. expansion, including participation in the Black Hawk War.
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D.
Mahican
The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
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E.
Gwich’in
Gwich’in is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sauk people Target entity description: The Sauk people are a Native American tribe of the Midwest known for their resistance to U.S. expansion, most notably under the leadership of Black Hawk in the early 19th century.
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A.
Meskwaki (Fox)
The Meskwaki (Fox) are a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region, known for their resistance to U.S. expansion and later settlement in what is now Iowa.
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B.
Ho-Chunk
The Ho-Chunk are a Native American people originally from the Wisconsin and Illinois region, known for their distinct Siouan language, rich cultural traditions, and enduring presence in the Upper Midwest.
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C.
Potawatomi
The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the Great Lakes region, historically known for their alliances and conflicts during early U.S. expansion, including participation in the Black Hawk War.
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D.
Mahican
The Mahican are an Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native American people historically centered in what is now eastern New York and western New England.
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E.
Gwich’in
Gwich’in is an Athabaskan Indigenous language spoken by the Gwich’in people of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Algonquian-speaking people
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Native American people ⓘ Sauk leader ⓘ federally recognized tribe ⓘ federally recognized tribe ⓘ federally recognized tribe ⓘ land cession treaty ⓘ war ⓘ |
| clanSystem | patrilineal clans ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Eastern Woodlands ⓘ |
| currentReservation |
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
ⓘ
surface form:
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma ⓘ Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form:
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
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| ethnicGroupOf |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| ethnicity | Sauk people self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| ethnonymVariant |
Sac
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Sac and Fox ⓘ |
| historicalPopulationMovement |
westward relocation to Iowa
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westward relocation to Kansas ⓘ westward relocation to Oklahoma ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Algonquian languages ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Sac and Fox language
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Sauk language ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Black Hawk War ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Black Hawk ⓘ |
| originalRegion |
Great Lakes region
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Illinois ⓘ Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form:
Michigan
Midwestern United States ⓘ Wisconsin ⓘ |
| participant |
Sauk people
self-linksurface differs
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| relatedEthnicGroup |
Fox people
ⓘ
Kickapoo people ⓘ Meskwaki (Fox) ⓘ
surface form:
Meskwaki
Ojibwe ⓘ
surface form:
Ojibwe people
Potawatomi ⓘ
surface form:
Potawatomi people
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| religion |
Christianity
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traditional tribal religion ⓘ |
| resisted | United States expansion ⓘ |
| signatory | Sauk people self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| startTime | 1832 ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
longhouses
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wigwams ⓘ |
| traditionalPoliticalOrganization | village-based leadership ⓘ |
| traditionalSubsistence |
fishing
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hunting ⓘ maize agriculture ⓘ |
| treatyInvolvement |
Treaty of St. Louis (1804)
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surface form:
Treaty of 1804
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Subject: Sauk people Description of subject: The Sauk people are a Native American tribe of the Midwest known for their resistance to U.S. expansion, most notably under the leadership of Black Hawk in the early 19th century.
Referenced by (65)
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