Sac and Fox
By: Allison Lantz and Chloe Degitz
Sauk and Meskwaki
There is a lot to know about the Sac and Fox. First you need to know that Sac stands for Sauk and Fox stands for Meskwaki.Sac means people of the yellow earth.Fox stands for people of the red earth. They lived in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, and South Dakota. Lived in bark houses in small villages.
French vs Sac and Fox (wars)
French was a enemy of the tribe. This is how they stopped trading. The French cut off their water ways so they couldn't trade anymore. When they did trade though they did not use money.They did have wars, with the Blackhawk tribe in the year of 1832.
Leader/Cheif
The most famous Sac or Sauk leader/chief was Keokuk. This man lived from 1767-1848 (lived for 81 years). Keokuk was noted for his policy of cooperation with the U.S. government which led to the Black Hawk war.
Sac and Fox food,tools/weapons, and clothing
Food
Sac and Fox ate foods such as corn, beans, squash, berries, fruit, honey, hunted deer and buffalo, baked soup, cornbread, and farmed. This tribe was nomadic.
Clothing
Women wore rap around skirts the men wore breech clothes and leggings. They didn't wear shirts but in the cool weather they wore ponchos.They wore no headdresses.
Tools and weapons
They did use tools and weapons. The tool in the picture, Saw Buck is used for holding wood when building. The weapons that they used are the common weapons such as the Bow and arrow, spears, and tomahawk.
Above shows that the darker green is what they live in
What children did
The children of the Sac and Fox did a lot of chores there was almost no time to play. Parents taught children, men taught the boys how to hunt, women taught girls how to sew, cook, and clean.
Language
Sac and Fox is from the Algonquin group. So they spoke similar to the Algonquin language.Now days these Indians will speak English. Though older Indians spoke the Meskwaki language.