"Black Hawk" might refer to two Native American leaders:

• Black Hawk (chief) - a Sauk and Fox leader who led a rebelion against the United States federal government in 1832 called the Black Hawk War.
• Antonga Black Hawk - An unrelated Ute Chief that was known to whites as "Black Hawk", a key figure in Utah's Black Hawk War of the 1860s.

The term might also refer to:

• UH-60 Black Hawk - The "Black Hawk Helicopter" that lends its name to the phrase, book, and movie "Black Hawk Down".
• Chicago Black Hawks - a National Hockey League team.
• Also, Black Hawk County, Iowa bears the name of the Indian leader.
• The comic book series Blackhawk, featuring a team of World War II fighter pilots, the Blackhawks; their leader is personally called Blackhawk as well.