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Sac

DEFINITIONS OF: Sac

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n a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay

Synonyms:
Sauk
Examples:
Makataimeshekiakiak
Sauk leader who in 1832 led Fox and Sauk warriors against the United States (1767-1838)
Keokuk
Sauk leader who aided the United States against Black Hawk (1790-1848)
Type of:
Algonquian, Algonquin
a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast
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