Black Hawk

AKA: Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak
Released
Date of birth:1767
Date of death:03. 10. 1838
Age:71† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Native American
Era:1800s
State:Iowa
Support
Indigenous Sovereignty
Black Hawk

Biography

Sauk war leader who led the 1832 Black Hawk War — the last major armed Indigenous resistance east of the Mississippi — against the forced removal of his band from their ancestral lands in present-day Illinois. Surrendered August 1832; held for eight months at Jefferson Barracks and Fortress Monroe as a U.S. Army prisoner. Released and toured eastern U.S. cities; dictated his autobiography "Life of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak" in 1833 — the first Indigenous autobiography published in the United States.

Case

Jefferson Barracks / Fortress Monroe
Charges: No criminal charges — held as prisoner of war
Arrested: Aug 27, 1832
Released: Jun 4, 1833
Sentence: ~8 months as a U.S. Army prisoner of war. Charges as recorded: No criminal charges — held as prisoner of war following surrender (Black Hawk War, 1832)
Institution State: Missouri

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