Fox

The Fox Indians, who number only about 500, live in eastern Iowa, near the village of Tama. neither the Sauk (Mesquakie) or the Fox live on a reservation, in fact the state of Iowa does not have a reservation. The property where they live is a settlement - which is land that is owned and purchased by them starting in the1850's. About two centuries ago they merged with the neighboring Sac, or Sauk, tribe who spoke the same language, and thus the language is sometimes referred to as Fox and Sac. The Sac Indians now live in central Oklahoma and number about 1,000. The Fox language is of the Algonkian family.