Fox (Meskwaki)

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The Fox (Meskwaki) are a Native American people of the Algonquian language family, historically based in the Great Lakes region and now primarily associated with communities in Iowa and Oklahoma.

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Fox (Meskwaki) canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people
Indigenous people of North America
Native American people
alternativeName Meskwahki
Mesquakie
Red Earths
linked to: Red Earth People
country United States
culturalArea Northeastern Woodlands
linked to: Northeast Woodlands
culturalPractice clan system
oral tradition
seasonal ceremonies
currentCommunity Meskwaki Settlement, Iowa
currentRegion Iowa
Oklahoma
displacementHistory forced removals from the Great Lakes region
ethnonym Meskwaki
linked to: Meskwaki (Fox)
governance tribal council
historicalConflict Fox Wars
historicalOpponent French colonists
French-allied Native nations
New France
historicalRegion Great Lakes region
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
language Meskwaki language
languageFamily Algonquian languages
Central Algonquian languages
linked to: Central Algonquian
primaryStateRecognition Iowa
Oklahoma
recognizedTribalEntity Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
relatedEthnicGroup Kickapoo people
Menominee people
Ojibwe people
linked to: White Earth Ojibwe

Potawatomi people
linked to: Potawatomi

Sauk (Sac) people
linked to: Sauk people
religion Christianity
Native American Church
traditional Algonquian spiritual practices
sovereignStatus federally recognized tribe in the United States
traditionalHousing longhouses
wigwams
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild foods
hunting
maize agriculture
treatyHistory treaties with the United States government

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