Significant People of the Sac and Fox

BLACK HAWK --

Famous Sauk chief who led a war against the U.S. for his homeland in Illinois in 1832. His autobiography was published in 1872. Black Hawk said, "How smooth must be the languages of the whites. When they can make the right look wrong and wrong look right".

KEOKUK --

Famous Sauk chief who was in favor of peaceful relations with the EuroAmericans. Keokuk was buried in Kansus but his body was later taken back to Keokuk, Iowa, where the city still honors his name. Keokuk is the only Native American ever honored with a bronze bust in the U.S. Capital. His likeness has also appeared on American Currency.

MOKOHOKO --

When the removal of the Sac and Foxes from Kansas took place in 1869, Mokohoko and some 200 followers refused to go to Oklahoma. He said, "We cannot give up this happy home we have loved so long. I'll never, never put my hand to the paper that says we must leave here. My own peple who follow me shall live here in peace with these good paleface people as long as the moon and stars shine by night and the sun illumines the day".

CHARLES ROBIDOUX --

"Charlie" was the Chairman for the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri from 1920 until his death in 1973. The Sac and Fox Tribal Museum building is named after this distinguished man.

ANTHONY "TONY" WAPP --

A great Sac and Fox Indian basketball star who traveled with Vic Hanson's All Americans, the original New York Celtics, Jim Thorpe's Indians, Olsen's Terrible Swedes, and House of David. His basketball career extended from 1929 until 1937.

JIM THORPE --

An Oklahoma Sac and Fox Indian who won the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics. He was named the world's greatest athlete in 1950.

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