Sauk

[ sawk ]

/ sɔk /

a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Wisconsin and Iowa, now living mostly in Oklahoma.

the dialect of the Fox language spoken by the Sauk.

Also Sac.

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Examples from the Web for sauk

Ahlef said there simply were no other employment opportunities where he lived in the town of Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
Walmart’s Black Thanksgiving Woes|Daniel Gross, Nico Hines|November 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And yet, it is not to be supposed that either the Sauk or Shawanoe felt any concern for the lad.
Footprints in the Forest|Edward Sylvester Ellis
The Sauk had little to say, a few words between him and Deerfoot being sufficient.
Footprints in the Forest|Edward Sylvester Ellis
If I could have taken him back to the Sauk camp, I might even have saved his leg.
Shaman|Robert Shea

But then the Sauk dropped to his knees and fell over on his side.
Shaman|Robert Shea
And that beautiful Sauk way of life, what a fragile thing it was!
Shaman|Robert Shea

midwestern U.S. Indian tribe, 1722, alternative writing of Sac.

southern Coastal Salishan group of Native Americans, from a native Lushootseed name, probably folk-etymologized by influence of Sauk (1).