Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk

Sauk chief Black Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, was an influential leader and warrior of the Sauk tribe born in 1767 in present-day Illinois. Black Hawk's life and experiences were notably encapsulated in the 'Autobiography of Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, or Black Hawk', providing a rare Indigenous perspective on Anglo-American expansion and conflicts such as the Black Hawk War of 1832. His w...