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  National Indian Law Library, Indian Law Bulletins, Unreported Case, Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa v. ...
Council of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and Renetta Plander,
Bingo•Casino•Hotel, a subordinate enterprise of the Sac and Fox Tribe of the
The Tribe is headquartered at the Meskwaki Settlement at Tama, Iowa.
www.narf.org /nill/bulletins/dct/unreported/sacfox.htm   (4689 words)

  
 Fox (tribe) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Fox tribe of Native Americans are an Algonquian language-speaking group that are now merged with the allied Sac tribe as the Sac and Fox Nation.
Members of the Fox tribe spread through southern Wisconsin, and the Iowa-Illinois border.
Fox who had successfully fled west of the Mississippi River were known as the "lost people" by the Dakota.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fox_(tribe)   (944 words)

  
 White Dove's Native American Indian Site Fox/Mesquakie
The tribe still owns land it purchased from the state of Iowa in 1857 and owns and operates business near the community of Tama in the central region of the state.
How the tribe came to take on the name Mesquakie reveals much about the people, who have always been tenacious in their self-identification and resistance to Anglo-American acculturation.
For thirty years the tribe fended off these groups, but in 1730, in an effort to salvage what was left of their group, the Mesquakies formed a close alliance with the nearby Sauks.
users.multipro.com /whitedove/encyclopedia/fox-mesquakie.html   (803 words)

  
 The Sac (Sauk) and Fox Nation
When the government removed the tribe from its homelands and way of life, the government began a policy of "Civilizing" the natives to a European lifestyle, and tried to destroy the Sac and Fox lifeway.
The Sac and Fox were always forbidden to speak their native language and the practice of traditional religion was condemned.
The current enrollments of the three federally recognized Sac and Fox tribes are: 1,100 Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi (Iowa); 400 Sac & Fox Tribe of Missouri (Kansas and Nebraska); and 2,200 Sac & Fox Tribe of Indians (Oklahoma).
www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/nativeamericans/sacandfoxnation.htm   (1136 words)

  
 OkieLegacy - Sac and Fox of Lincoln County, Oklahoma
The tribes sojourn in Kansas was just one of the many stops in a succession of moves forced on them by the migration of white settlers beginning in 1804, when they left their original Great Lakes homeland and lived in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas, before the move to Indian Territory.
Soon after the tribe signed the agreement that authorized the run into Sac and Fox lands, the federal government abolished the elected tribal council and Chief Mahkosahtoe held office until the council itself was dissolved officially on July 17, 1909.
The Sac and Fox Indian Boarding School, begun by Quaker missionaries in 1872, was located on the eastern edge of the reserve land and many Sac and Fox children were forced to attend.
okielegacy.org /lincoln/sacnfox.html   (1360 words)

  
 Welcome to the Sac & Fox!
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa --- Meshwaki.
The Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri are of Algonquian origin and Woodland culture.
In 1824, the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri were removed to the Platte Valley northwest of the Missouri river along with the Iowa, Potawatomi and Kickapoo tribes.
www.sacandfoxcasino.com /tribal-history.html   (381 words)

  
 Oklahoma Tax Commission v. Sac and Fox Nation
Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Okla., 498 U.S. In so ruling, the court rejected the Commission's contention that the tribal member's residence was relevant in addition to the status of the land on which the income was earned.
Confederated Tribes of Colville Indian Reservation, 447 U.S. Absent explicit congressional direction to the contrary, it must be presumed that a State does not have jurisdiction to tax tribal members who live and work in Indian country, whether the particular territory consists of a formal or informal reservation, allotted lands, or dependent Indian communities.
The Tribe also sought relief from imposition of the State's vehicle excise tax and registration fees on vehicles "owned by residents of, and principally garaged within, the Sac and Fox jurisdiction" that lawfully were registered with the Sac and Fox Nation.
www.utulsa.edu /law/indianlaw/sacandfoxcase.html   (3895 words)

  
 Facts for Kids: Sac and Fox Indians (Meskwaki-Sauk, Mesquakie)
However, the Fox tribe was nearly destroyed in a war with the French, and the surviving Fox Indians fled to the Sauk villages for protection.
The Fox and Sauks are original residents of Michigan and Wisconsin.
The Sac and Fox tribes were frequently enemies of the Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux tribes.
www.geocities.com /bigorrin/sf_kids.htm   (1512 words)

  
 SAC & FOX NATION OF MISSOURI community profile
The original homeland of the Sacs and Fox was in the Great Lakes region, where the Sacs inhabited the upper Michigan peninsula and the Foxes, the south shore of Lake Superior.
Their indigenous culture, later influenced by contact with Plains Tribes and the acquisition of horses in the nineteenth century, was that of the eastern woodlands.
French attacks on the Sacs and Foxes in the eighteenth century, attributed to Indians, contributed to a strengthened alliance amounting to confederation of the two Tribes.
www.mnisose.org /profiles/sacfox.htm   (541 words)

  
 Sac and Fox - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sac and Fox culture was of the Eastern Woodlands area with some Plains-area traits (see under Natives, North American).
The Fox were fierce warriors and constantly waged war with the Ojibwa.
The remnants of the tribe incorporated with their long-standing allies, the Sac, and from that time the two tribes have been known collectively as the Sac and Fox.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-sacn1f1ox.html   (554 words)

  
 Fox's Profile - tribe.net
35 are applicable alike to the fox and the jackal, as both are in the habit of burrowing among rocks and ruins; while Ezek.
In proverbial expressions the cunning and treacherous fox is often contrasted with the kingly lion: "Be rather the tail [i.e., the last] among lions than the head of foxes" (Sanh.
The tail of a fox was suspended between the eyes of the horse to protect it against the evil eye (Shab.
people.tribe.net /metaphorge   (1551 words)

  
 Sac and Fox Nation | Government
The Judicial power of the Sac and Fox Nation shall be vested in one Supreme Court of the Sac and Fox Nation consisting of five (5) Justices and such inferior courts as may be established by tribal law.
The courts of the Sac and Fox Nation shall be courts of general Jurisdiction and shall further have Jurisdiction in all cases arising under the constitution, laws, and treaties of the Sac and Fox Nation.
The Justices and Judges of the Sac and Fox Nation shall serve six (6) year terms beginning at the date of their confirmation in office and until their successor shall be duly confirmed and installed.
sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov /gove_deta.htm?id=2453198.87892361   (2871 words)

  
 The Sauk
The Sauk and Fox people believe that long ago the Great Spirit chose a fertile valley and the land around it to be their home.
The Sauk and Fox culture is based upon respect for the life within themselves, their families', their community, and all of creations'.
Each tribe was governed by a council of sacred clan chiefs, a war chief, the head of families, and the warriors.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/northamerica/sauk.html   (1418 words)

  
 Sac and Fox
The Fox tribe, who called themselves Mesquakie or "red earth people," entered into an alliance with the Sac, or "yellow earth people" in 1734.
They were originally Great Lakes tribes closely related to the Kickapoo, but by 1804 had moved south from their homelands in what is today Michigan and Wisconsin and lived on both sides of the Mississippi in Iowa, Wisconsin, and northwestern Illinois.
Black Hawk's people were forced, at great cost of human life and blood spilled within their tribe (as many as 300 men, women and children died), to move to Iowa with the Keokuk band.
www.nps.gov /jeff/LewisClark2/TheJourney/NativeAmericans/SacandFox.htm   (763 words)

  
 NOV 03-02 - Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
NOV 03-02 - Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
The Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa is a federally recognized Indian Tribe with tribal headquarters in Tama, Iowa.
www.nigc.gov /Default.aspx?tabid=311   (860 words)

  
 Protecting Lease Transactions in Indian Areas | Publications
The outcome of these issues varies from tribe to tribe and the specific tribal code must be examined before entering into a transaction.
Similar to a state, a tribe may regulate, through taxation, licensing, or other means, the activities of nonmembers who enter consensual relationships with the tribe or its members, through commercial dealing, contracts, leases, or other arrangements.
The Sac and Fox Secured Transactions Code was adopted into law on November 2, 1984 and governs all security interests created by contract including, among others, pledge, assignment, chattel, mortgage, conditional sale, lien or title retention, and lease or consignment intended as security.
www.bernsteinlaw.com /publications/Indian.htm   (1229 words)

  
 The Sauk And Fox Indians In The War Of 1812
During the War of 1812, British-armed Sauk and Fox warriors constituted the principal military threat to the settlements in the Missouri and Illinois Territories.
The name Fox was derived from the Wagosh (fox) band of the tribe who had that animal as their totem.
Article VII of the 1804 Treaty stated that the Sauk and Fox might continue to live and hunt on the land,...as long as lands which are now ceded to the United States remain their property.
usregular0.tripod.com /saukfox   (9689 words)

  
 Fox Indians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Also, later in the history of the Fox tribe, the Indians were forced to give up their beliefs and convert to Christianity.
The Fox Indians used many tools in their daily lives Many of these were improved as the years went by.
When the French originally came to North America, the Fox became part of the army against the British and was therefore allies with the French.
www.up140.jacksn.k12.il.us /Wright/seventh/tribes/Fox.htm   (755 words)

  
 History Detroit 1701-2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Fox and Sauk (typically called Sac by English and Americans; Sakis by French) likely began as very separate tribes, but joined forces at some point.
He described them as "more savage" than other tribes, saying that they would kill Frenchmen because they couldn't stand the sight of their whiskers.
A fight ensued and many of the Foxes and Sauks were killed.
www.historydetroit.com /people/fox.asp   (182 words)

  
 Okla. Tax Comm. v. Sac and Fox Nation
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, 425 U.S. 463, and Washington v.
Citizen Band Potawatomi Indian Tribe of Okla., 498 U.S. 505 (1991), the court concluded that for tribal immunity purposes there was no difference between trust land validly set apart for Indian use and reservation land.
It is true that we began our discussion in McClanahan by emphasizing that we were not "dealing with Indians who have left or never inhabited reservations set aside for their exclusive use or who do not possess the usual accoutrements of tribal self-government." Id., at 167-168.
www.utulsa.edu /law/classes/rice/USSCT_Cases/otc_sac-fox.htm   (3884 words)

  
 Sac and Fox Language and the Sac and Fox Indian Tribe (Mesquakie-Sauk, Meskwaki, Mesquaki)
This hostility was far from random, though--the Huron, armed with French weapons, had just finished driving the Fox from their lands in Michigan when the French themselves arrived, and the dispossessed Fox were not pleased with the newcomers.
Two Fox Wars ensued; the Fox Indians were no Iroquois Confederacy, though, and could not hold their own against the larger and better-armed French.
Luckily for the Fox and Sauk, the various Native Americans allied with the French were starting to put more and more pressure on them to abandon their commitment to genocide, and the French eventually gave in and made reluctant peace with the Sac and Fox tribes.
www.native-languages.org /meskwaki-sauk.htm   (648 words)

  
 Sac and Fox Nation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Flag of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa
The Sac and Fox Nation is the modern political entity encompassing the historical Sac and Fox nations of Native Americans.
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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sac_and_Fox_Nation   (370 words)

  
 Corporate charter of the Sac and Fox tribe of Missouri of the Sac and Fox reservation in Kansas and Nebraska : a ...
SAC AND FOX TRIBE OF MISSOURI OF THE
The officers of the Tribe shall maintain accurate and complete public accounts of the financial affairs of the Tribe, which shall clearly show all credits, debts, pledges, and assignments, and shall furnish an annual balance sheet and report of the financial affairs of the Tribe to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Submitted by the Secretary of the Interior for ratification by the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri of the Sac and Fox Reservation in a popular referendum to be held on June 19, 1937.
memory.loc.gov /ll/llnc/240/llnc240.sgm   (1620 words)

  
 CONSTITUTION OF THE
Each child of Sac and Fox Indian blood born prior to the effective date of Amendment I (October 16, 1954) of a marriage between a member of the tribe and any other person, if such child is admitted to membership by the council.
The Treasurer shall receive all monies and other assets of the tribe and keep all tribal monies entrusted to his care in one or more special accounts and all disbursements therefrom shall be made pursuant to resolution or ordinance of the Business Committee with two approved signatures on each check.
The Justices and Judges of the Sac and Fox Nation shall be selected by the Business Committee and confirmed by the Governing Council, provided that, Justices and Judges may be appointed by the Business Committee to hear a specific case at the request of the Supreme Court.
www.tribalresourcecenter.org /ccfolder/sac_fox_const.htm   (2193 words)

  
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Once some Sac and Fox members became trained and obtained some experience at SFI's other facilities, Branum testified, they would be relocated to Commerce.\8\ Branum testified that the Board of Directors was adamant that Tribal members would also eventually ascend into management positions throughout the facilities as they obtained the necessary experience.
The Board concluded that the tribal council was akin to a state or government, and thus the tribal enterprise was implicitly exempt from the definition of ``employer'' under Section 2(2) of the Act because it came within the political subdivision exception.\1\ Specifically, the Board used the well-established test set forth in NLRB v.
In holding that an Indian tribe was not exempt from application of the Internal Revenue Code as a state or political subdivision, the court rejected the tribe's reliance on the Board's Fort Apache decision as support for its exemption from the Federal tax laws.
www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/307/307-34.txt   (4355 words)

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