Fox+&+Sauk


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The Meskwaki, better known as the Fox tribe, are Native Americans of the middle of the United States, bothe then and now. The states are Oklahoma, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, and Winsconsin. Before th French came and decalared war on them in 1666, they mostly lived in peace. The fox had a very close friendship with the Sauk tribe and still have a good relationship. Even though there aren't as many Foxes now as there were then, today they're maintaining their identity in a modern way. In 1666, before the French came to America, the Fox had a population of 5,000, today it's 3,700. From 1712 to 1714, the first war against the French dropped the Fox populations to 3,500. A second war occured and they were down to 1,500. The Sauk tribe, near by the Foxes, protected them from the French. By 1737, the Fox and Sauk were good friends, and their populations grew. The Fox anf Sauk had quite a variaty of clothing. Both boys and girls dressed almost the same with yarn belts, moccasins, and leggings. The girls wore silk blouses, skirts with ribbon, hair wraps and jewlery. The boys wore bear claw necklaces, breechcloth, and a headdress. The apparel everyone wore repesented their skills in bead work, applique, weaving, and use of textures and animal skins. Today they wear American clothes and only wear traditonal clothing on special occasions. The language the Fox and Sauk speak is still spoken today. The language is called Mesquakie-Sauk. There are two dialects. The Fox speak Mesquakie and the Sauk speak Sauk. Right now the language is endangered beause the fluent speakers of this language are passing away. The Fox and Sauk have come a long way within about 400 years. They are doing their best to show off their culture and to keep their traditions.

FOOD: Gardens, corn, squash, beans forest, nuts, berries, honey Hunting deer and bulls.
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S afe H ouses E stablished with bark and mat L odges in the shape of a dome T his is then, not now. E nclose from summer shade R ectangle houses

Art existed then, Achent beaded jewelery drawing pictographs

T ransportaion R iding on horses cAnoes V enturing out f E et gLiding on the river