The Sac and Fox Reservation of Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki (Fox) people is a 23.639 sq mi (61.226 km²) tract located in southeastern

Richardson County, Nebraska Richardson County is the easternmost county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,363. Its county seat is Falls City. In the Nebraska license plate system, Richardson County is represented by the pref ...

, and northeastern

Brown County, Kansas Brown County (county code BR) is a county located in the northeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,508. Its county seat and most populous city is Hiawatha. Brown County is the location ...

. It governed by the

Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska The Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska is one of three federally recognized Native American tribes of Sac and Meskwaki (Fox) peoples. Their name for themselves is Nemahahaki ( sac, Nîmahâhaki) and they are an Algonquian p ...

, and the headquarters for reservation is in

Reserve, Kansas Reserve is a city in Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 67. It is located approximately 1.5 miles south of the Nebraska-Kansas border. History A post office was opened in Reserve in 188 ...

. The tribal jurisdiction area is west of White Cloud, Kansas and northeast of

Hiawatha, Kansas Hiawatha ( Ioway: ''Hári Wáta'' pronounced ) is the largest city and county seat of Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,280. History Etymology B.L. Rider reportedly was responsible ...

.United States Department of the Interior. (1937)
Corporate Charter of the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri of the Sac Fox Reservation in Kansas and Nebraska
'' United States Government Printing Office. Retrieved 11/30/08. It was created as a consequence of the

Platte Purchase The Platte Purchase was a land acquisition in 1836 by the United States government from American Indian tribes of the region. It comprised lands along the east bank of the Missouri River and added to the northwest corner of the state of Miss ...

of 1836. Other reservations associated with the Sac and Fox Nation: * Sac and Fox/Meskwaki Settlement -- located in central

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to th ...

Sac and Fox Nation The Sac and Fox Nation ( ''Mesquakie'' language: ''Othâkîwaki / Thakiwaki'' or ''Sa ki wa ki'') is the largest of three federally recognized tribes of Sauk and Meskwaki (Fox) Indian peoples. Originally from the Lake Huron and Lake Michiga ...

in Stroud, Oklahoma, which is the largest

domestic dependent nation Tribal sovereignty in the United States is the concept of the inherent authority of indigenous tribes to govern themselves within the borders of the United States. Originally, the U.S. federal government recognized American Indian trib ...

associated with the Sauk (Sac) and Meskwaki (Fox) peoples, and covers

Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

, Payne, and

Pottawatomie The Potawatomi , also spelled Pottawatomi and Pottawatomie (among many variations), are a Native American people of the western Great Lakes region, upper Mississippi River and Great Plains. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a m ...

counties in Oklahoma.

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External links

Sac and Fox Reservation Tract Map
from the US Census
"2000 Census Data"
Annie E. Casey Foundation. {{Authority control Sac and Fox American Indian reservations in Nebraska Geography of Richardson County, Nebraska Geography of Brown County, Kansas 1836 establishments in the United States American Indian reservations in Kansas

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