Sac and Fox Nation

One of the major tribes of Iowa is the Sac and Fox Tribe.

History

1665–1712:  Three relatively small tribes (including the Sauk and the Fox) failed to overcome the French and allied Indians; they then fled to central Wisconsin.

1728:  A series of attacks nearly destroyed the remaining Fox tribe.

1832:  Fox survivors moved southward into Iowa and aligned with the Sauk in the Black Hawk War. The Sauk and Fox tribes merged and were forced to move into Kansas by a U.S. government proclamation. Later the Fox tribe returned to Iowa and lived on a settlement tract of 80 acres that they had purchased.

Records

The following are examples of available records:

Indian (Sac & Fox) Census of Iowa, ca. 1836–1840. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. (FHL film 1022202 item 4)

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Indian Census Rolls, 1885–1940. Washington, DC, 1965. (FHL films 581444–446) These rolls include the Sauk and Fox tribal rolls from 1888 to 1939. Film 581446 includes births and deaths from 1924 to 1932.

Annuity Payroll of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi in Iowa, Sept. 15, 1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1975. (FHL film 0989445 item 12) This record serves as a partial census for this tribe.