![]() | Re-Collecting Black Hawk: Landscape, Memory, and Power in the American Midwest Subjects: Black Hawk War 1832 -- Influence; Middle West -- Pictorial works; Black Hawk Sauk chief 1767–1838 -- Influence; Names Geographic -- Middle West; Names -- Middle West; Cultural landscapes -- Middle West; Sauk Indians -- Historiography; Indians in popul; The name Black Hawk permeates the built environment in the upper midwestern United States. It has been appropriated for everything from fitness clubs to used car dealerships. Makataimeshekiakiak, the Sauk Indian war leader whose name loosely translates to "Black Hawk," surrendered in 1832 after hundreds of his fellow tribal members were slaughtered at the Bad Axe Massacre. Nicholas A. Brown is a visiting assistant professor in the American Indian and Native Studies program at the University of Iowa. Sarah E. Kanouse is an associate professor in the School of Art and Art history at the University of Iowa. |
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