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- noun Alternative form of
Meskwaki .
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Examples
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I remember a local dj playing Paul Revere's "Indian Nation" one day and then getting all sappy about Native Americans and the Mesquakie reservation now casino about thirty miles form here.
Archive 2008-07-01 Ed Gorman 2008
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I remember a local dj playing Paul Revere's "Indian Nation" one day and then getting all sappy about Native Americans and the Mesquakie reservation now casino about thirty miles form here.
Michael Connelly; Casey Kasem; Teen Angel; First Line Ed Gorman 2008
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I had thought our European ancestors had killed off all the First Peoples in Illinois, but recently I was surprised and intrigued to learn there is a community of Mesquakie, or Sauk and Fox, in Tama County in Iowa.
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For instance, Ojibwe literature is very different from Lakota, or Zuni, or Santa Clara Pueblo, or Ho-Chunk, or Mesquakie literature.
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There lies the monument to Julien Dubuque, who came from Quebec and received permission from the Mesquakie natives to mine lead on this land, which was under Spanish control.
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Evidence of the Mesquakie settlement from 8,000 years ago has been found at the mouth of Catfish Creek 8991 Bellevue Heights; 1-563-556-0620;
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War leader (but not chief) of the Sauk and Mesquakie (Fox) nations, he lived in the Indian village of Saukenuk in what is now Rock Island.
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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His name is Russell Stone, or so he tells the security guard in the Mesquakie lobby.
NPR Topics: News 2009
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Tama, Iowa, and given a Mesquakie name meaning "Standing Bear. ''
QCOnline Metro News 2010
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