The statue stood in a once-booming area of Rock Island's 11th Street for more than 60 years. But the tribute to Chief Black Hawk succumbed to high winds in early April, knocking it to the ground ...

The statue is commonly associated with Sauk Indian leader Chief Black Hawk. Founded: 1945 Address: 1411 N. River Road, Oregon, Illinois, 61061 Acres: 273 acres Key amenities: the Black Hawk statue ...

However, as more and more pioneers arrived, the Indians kept getting pushed farther and farther west. Most of them left their lands peacefully, but one Sauk chief, Black Hawk, was angered and ...

Explore the legacy of Black Hawk, a brave leader of the Sauk tribe, whose legacy is connected to the proud history of the Chicago Blackhawks hockey team.

PolitiFact Iowa is a project of The Daily Iowan’s Ethics & Politics Initiative and PolitiFact to help you find the truth in politics. Kim Reynolds, speaking to the Carroll Times Daily Herald, said ...

OREGON — State officials are asking the public for help as they plan for a plaza around the 107-year-old Black Hawk statue in northern Illinois. Sauk Valley Media reports that a meeting is ...

Black Hawk brought his son and also Chief Wapella of the Fox tribe and Sauk Chief Keokuk, his wife and small son.

Chief Black Hawk is here to stay. The status of the Chief Black Hawk statue in Rock Island was the concern of many when word got out that Wal-Mart would be moving into the Watch Tower Plaza.

BLACK HAWK (1767-3 Oct. 1838) was an American Indian chief of the Sauk, and leader of the Black Hawk War against the U.S. in 1832. Born in a Sauk village on Rock River, Ill., near the present day city ...

Local Native Americans face pushback as they look to restore Black Hawk statue and their heritage The statue was blown down by April's severe storms, but restoring it has not come without pushback.

Kim Reynolds, speaking to the Carroll Times Daily Herald, said teaching the history of Sauk and Meskwaki leader Black Hawk is appropriate “as long as it is balanced and we are giving both sides ...