Keokuk (Sauk leader)
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Keokuk was a leader of the Sauk tribe in central North America, and for decades was one of the most recognized Native American leaders and noted for his accommodation with the U.S. government. Keokuk
Keokuk in 1826
Chief Keokuk in 1835 by George Catlin
Keokuk Monument in Keokuk, Iowa by Nellie Walker
Sauk people
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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,
Massika, a Sauk Indian, left, with Wakusasse (Meskwaki) at right. Aquatint of painting by Karl Bodmer, made at St. Louis in Spring 1833 when Massika pleaded for the release of war chief Black Hawk following the Black Hawk War
Sauk Indian family photographed by Frank Rinehart in 1899