Native American Tribal Information
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Sac Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Sac Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
| Sac & Fox |
|---|
Flag of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Oklahoma  Flag of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa |
| Total population |
3,500 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| United States (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa) |
| Languages |
| English, Sauk, Fox |
| Religion |
| Christianity, other |
| Related ethnic groups |
| other Algonquian peoples |
The Sac and Fox Nation is the modern political entity encompassing the historical Sac and Fox nations of Native Americans. 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".
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 northeastern Brown County, Kansas, near Falls 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
 Sauki and Musquake or Fox |  Massika, on left a Sac and Wakusasse, a Fox, painted in 1833, showing traditional Eastern Woodlands hairstyle of shaved side hair and added deerhair roach. |
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Sac Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
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