Although he had inherited an important historic sacred bundle from his father, he was not a hereditary civil chief. Black Hawk Statue, Black Hawk State Historic Siteīlack Hawk, born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak (Sauk: Mahkatêwe-meshi-kêhkêhkwa) (1767 – October 3, 1838), was a Sauk leader and warrior who lived in what is now the Midwestern United States.
