Potawatomi
The Pottawatomi /ˌpɑːtəˈwɑːtəmiː/,[1] also spelled Pottawatomie and Potawatomi (among many variations), are a Native American people of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language. That language is part of the Algonquian family. The Potawatomi called themselves Neshnabé, a cognate of the word Anishinaabe. The Potawatomi are part of a long-term friendship, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibwe and Odawa (Ottawa).
Bodéwadmi | |
|---|---|
 Potawatomi at a rain dance in 1920 | |
| Total population | |
| 28,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States (Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Illinois) Canada (Ontario) | |
| Languages | |
| English, Potawatomi | |
| Religion | |
| Catholicism, Methodism, Midewiwin |
Potawatomi Media
Regalia at the Field Museum in Chicago
Chief Shabbona (Sha-bon-na) of the Potawatomi tribe, played a role in the Black Hawk War.
Metea lithograph (1842)
Leopold Pokagon
Ed Pigeon, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish cultural coordinator and language instructor, with son, 2006
Rain dance, Kansas, c. 1920
Trail of Death marker in Warren County, Indiana.
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References
- ↑ Clifton, James A. (1978). "Potawatomi." In Northeast, ed. Bruce G. Trigger. Vol. 15 of Handbook of North American Indians, ed. William C. Sturtevant. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, pg. 725
Other websites
"Potawatomi Indians". Catholic Encyclopedia. (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company. - Hannahville Indian Community; Wilson, MI
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation, official website
- First Nations Compact Histories: Potawatomi History Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Forest County Potawatomi
- Kettle & Stony Point First Nation
- Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (Gun Lake)
- Moose Deer Point First Nation Archived 2013-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
- Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
- Potawatomi Author Larry Mitchell
- Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
- Treaties with the Potawatomi
- Treaty Between the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot, and Potawatomi Indians
- Potawatomi Migration from Wisconsin and Michigan to Canada
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