Potawatomi

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The Potawatomi (also spelled Pottawatomie or Pottawatomi) are an American Indian people of the upper Mississippi River region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language a member of the Algonquian family.

The Potawatomi were part of a long term alliance with the Ojibwe and Ottawa, called the Council of Three Fires and which fought the Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux. In the Council of Three Fires, Potawatomi were considered the "youngest Brother" and the "Keeper of the Fire".

Potawatomi warriors were an important part of Tecumseh's Confederacy and took part in Tecumseh's War, the War of 1812 and the Peoria War, albeit their allegiance switched repeatedly between the English and the Americans.

Contents 1 Bands 2 Location 3 Language 4 External links

Bands

There are several active bands of Potawatomi:

• Citizen Potawatomi nation, Oklahoma
• Forest County Potawatomi community, Wisconsin
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (formerly known as the Gun Lake tribe), based in Dorr, Michigan in Allegan County, Michigan
• Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan
• Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, based in Calhoun County, Michigan
• Pokagon Band, Michigan and Indiana
• Prairie Band, Kansas
• Stoney Point and Kettle Point bands, Ontario, Canada
• Walpole Island band; an unceded island between the United States and Canada

Location

The Potawatomi first lived in lower Michigan, then moved to northern Wisconsin and eventually settled into northern Indiana and central Illinois

Language

Algonquian language spoken by fewer than 100 people in Ontario and the north-central United States. The current speakers are all older people and there is fear that the language may die out. Many places in the midwest are named in the Potawatomi Language, for example, Michigan, Allegan, Waukegan, Muskegon, Skokie and most famously Chicago. In the language, the suffix -gan means land so whatever prefix is attached would be a defining characteristic. Chicago for example has been written down by several people outside of the Potawatomi people and the name itself has probably been distorted over time, but the original meaning was land of smelly onions, and was prounounced She-Ka-Gan.

External links

• First Nations Compact Histories: Potawatomi History
• Prairie Band Potawatomi
• Citizen Potawatomi Nation
• Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
• Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi
• Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
• Treaties with the Potawatomi
• Potawatomi Author Larry Mitchell
• Kettle & Stony Point First Nation

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