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The Sac and Fox Nation (Meskwaki language: Othâkîwaki / Thakiwaki or Sa ki wa ki) is the largest of three federally recognized tribes of Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) Indian peoples. Originally from the Lake Huron and Lake Michigan area, they were forcibly relocated to Oklahoma in the 1870s and are predominantly Sauk. [2]
Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma is a federally recognized known as the “Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of the Mississippi River in Oklahoma,” and commonly known as the Sac and Fox Nation. By the 1870s, through a series of dislocations they found themselves in Indian Territory.
From their origins along the Great Lakes to their current home in Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox people have navigated numerous challenges, including forced relocations, treaties that undermined their sovereignty, and the loss of their language and traditions.
Federally recognized as the "Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of the Mississippi River in Oklahoma," and commonly known as the Sac and Fox Nation, the Thakiwaki (Sauk/Sac) are an Algonquian people indigenous to the Western Great Lakes region.
The Sauk or Sac are Native Americans and Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands. Their historical territory was near Green Bay, Wisconsin. Today they have three tribes based in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Their federally recognized tribes are: Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma
The Sac and Fox Nation was the first to go through self-governance in Indian Health Service, implement a fully functioning tribal court system, and incorporate entities under tribal law.
This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [1] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California. Total Pop. In-State Pop.
