Potawatomi
Potawatomi is pronounced pət-oh-wah-ta-mee (ə as in 'a' hat).Location:The homeland of the Potawatomi includes
a region of lower Michigan. They settled upwards to parts of northern Wisconsin and into
northern Indiana and central Illinois.
Today the Potawatomi are known
as the Citizen Potawatomi Nation retain their cultural roots. There is a
historical museum set up called the Potawatomi Museum and Cultural Center
located at 5460 Everybody’s Road, Crandon, WI.
Language:Central Algonquin - very close to Anishinabe and Ottawa.Traditions:The Potawatomi ate wild game, fish, wild rice, red oak acorns, and
maple syrup. After being pushed out of the hunting ground and into Wisconsin,
they learned farming from neighboring tribes and grew corn, beans and squash.
The women took care of the field while the men did the hunting. They
used birch bark canoes as their main mode of transportation and later
domesticated horses as their tribes moved into
different regions. Horses were used to hunt buffalo in the roaming
grassland.
Though this page has been carefully researched, the author does not
claim expertise on the Potawatomi.
Please send questions, comments, and corrections to emuseum@mnsu.edu and include the web address of this page.
If you are Potawatomi, your feedback is much appreciated.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma http://www.potawatomi.org/
Forest County Potawatomi of Wisconsin http://www.fcpotawatomi.com/
Hannahville Indian Community of Michigan http://www.hannahville.net/
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation of Kansas http://www.pbpindiantribe.com/
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan/Indiana http://www.pokagon.com/
Walpole Island First Nation of Ontario http://www.bkejwanong.com/
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians http://nhbpi.com/
Match-e-be-nash-shi-wish Band of Pottawatomi http://www.mbpi.org/
References:
www.dickshovel.com/pota.html
www.fcpotawatomi.com/
Jared Smasal
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