Pottawatomie Indians J. B. Bottineau, speaking Chippewa and Cree fluently, gives Potawatanubñk or Potawaganiñk, i. e. ‘People of the place of the fire,’ as the primary form of the name. This derivation is strongly confirmed by the Huron name Asistagueroüon (Champlain, 1616), for Otsistă’ge`roñnoñ’, likewise signifying ‘People of the place of fire,’ which was applied by them to their enemies who dwelt in 1616 on the west shores of Lake Huron. Read More about the Potawatomie History
Potawatomi Indian Biography
Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Tracing your Indian Ancestors
- Tribal Leaders Directory
- Recognized Indian Entities, 10/2019 Update (PDF)
Potawatomi Indian Cemeteries
- Native Americans at the Forest Home/German Waldheim Cemeteries (hosted at Franzosenbusch Heritage Society)
- Forest Home Cemetery (hosted at Graveyards of Chicago)
- Our Lady of Snows, Potawatomi Indian Catholic Shrine (Kansas)
- Shipshee Cemetery (Kansas)
- Chief Menominee’s Camp Burial Ground, Cass County Indiana (hosted at Cemeteries of Cass County IN)
- Rushlake Potawatomi Indian Cemetery (Michigan)
- Indian Burial Ground (Indiana)
- Sacred Heart Mission
- Old Indian Burial Grounds Photos (Michigan)
Potawatomi Indian Census
Potawatomi Indian Culture/Customs
Federally Recognized Tribes
Kansas
- Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
16281 Q Road
Mayetta, KS 66509- Tribal History
- Language
- Family History
- Member Services (Enrollment)
Michigan
- Pokegnek Bodewadmik Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
58620 Sink Road or Box 180
Dowagiac, MI 49047 - Hannahville Indian Community
N14911 Hannahville B-1 Rd.
Wilson, MI 49896 - Match-e-be-nash-she-wishBand of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan
P.O. Box 90
Dorr, MI 49323 - Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
2221 1½ Mile Rd
Fulton, MI 49052 - Bkejwanong Walpole Island First Nation
Oklahoma
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation
1601 S. Gordon Cooper Dr.
Shawnee, OK 74801
Wisconsin
- Forest County Potawatomi
5418 Everybody’s Rd. or P.O. Box 340
Crandon, WI 54520
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Potawatomi Indian History
- Pottawatomie Indian History
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- The Pottawatomies (hosted at The Kansas Collection)
- The History of Our Cradle Land (hosted at Miami County KSGenWeb)
Potawatomi Indian Homepages
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- Indian Reservation History
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- Geographic Location of Potawatomi Bands 1795-1846
- Michigan Villages of Native Americans (hosted at MIGenWeb)
Potawatomi Indian Language
- Pottawatomie Indian Language (hosted at Native Languages of the Americas)
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Potawatomi Indian Military
- Starved Rock (hosted at Canku Ota – Many Paths)
- Indian Wars, Conflicts and Disturbances 1614-1893
- Indians Who Served in the War (WWII)
- Native American Medal of Honor Recipients (hosted at US Army Center of Military History)
- Native Americans Mustered into Service of the US, War of 1812 (hosted at Rensselaer County NYGenWeb)
Other Tribes
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Pottawatomie Indian Rolls
- Roll of the Prairie Band or Pottawatomie Allottee (hosted at Pottawatomie Web)
- Following hosted at Kansas Indians
Potawatomi Indian Reservations
- Reservation, Jackson County, Kansas (hosted at Pottawatomie Web)
- On the reservation (1871-1888)
- Indian Reservation History
Schools
- Sacred Heart Mission and Church, Konawa, Oklahoma
- Hampton School Records
- Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
- Indian Schools, Seminaries and Asylums
Potawatomi Indian Treaties
- Indian Treaties, Acts and Agreements
- Pottawatomie Indian Treaties
- Signers of Native American Treaties, Indian, Military and Guests
- Indian Affairs, Laws & Treaties, Vol. 2
As the United States expanded westward from the original thirteen colonies, settlers often confronted the existing owners of the land. As a result the federal government often negotiated treaties with these Native Americans. This collection of official treaties was compiled by the United States and originally printed in 1904. (Subscribers Only) Get 14 Days Free Access!!!
Potawatomi Indian Suggested Reading
Sketch of Shau-be-na, a Pottawattamie Chief By N. Matso Sr.
The following incidents in the early history of Shau-be-na are principally taken from his own statements, and the truth of them, no person acquainted with the old chief will doubt. My first acquaintance with Shau-be-na occurred nearly forty years ago, while his whole band, one hundred and forty-two in number, were hunting on Bureau River, Illinois.
Sketch of the Pottawatomie, Last of the Illinois
From the changes which had recently taken place among the original inhabitants of this country, when they were first discovered, as told by their old men, and also from the changes which occurred after their discovery, but before the exterminating influence of civilization bore upon them, we may safely assume that national and even tribal formations had been quite recent, yet recent as they no doubt were, we know almost nothing of them.
