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Potawatomi
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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

The Potawatomi are a Native American people. They are also known as Pottawatomi or Pottawatomie. They traditionally lived in the Great Plains, near the upper Mississippi River, and around the western Great Lakes region.

The Potawatomi people speak the Potawatomi language. This language belongs to the Algonquian language family. The Potawatomi call themselves Neshnabé. This word is similar to Anishinaabe. The Potawatomi have a special friendship with the Ojibwe and Odawa (Ottawa) peoples. This friendship is known as the Council of Three Fires.

Images for kids

  • Pottawatomi Fashion at the Field Museum in Chicago

    Traditional clothing at the Field Museum in Chicago

  • Shabbona (chief)1

    Shabbona, a Potawatomi leader

  • Me-Te-A, A Pottawatomie Chief. (15247213874)

    Metea, a Potawatomi Chief (1842)

  • Leopold Pokagon

    Leopold Pokagon, a Potawatomi leader

  • Ed pigeon gun lake pot

    Ed Pigeon, a cultural and language teacher, with his son (2006)

  • Potawatomi rain dance

    A Rain dance in Kansas, around 1920

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Potawatomi para niños

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