Potawatomi Gentes

Chauvignerie (1736) mentions among the Potawatomi totems the golden carp, frog, tortoise, crab, and crane.

According to Morgan (Anc. Soc., 167,1877) they have 15 gentes, as follows:

1. Moah, `Wolf’
2. Mko, `Bear’
3. Muk, ‘Beaver’
4. Misshawa, ‘Elk’
5. Maak, ‘Loon’
6. Knou, ‘Eagle’
7. Nina , ‘Sturgeon’
8. Nmapena, ‘Carp’
9. Mgezewa, ‘Bald Eagle’
10. Chekwa, ‘Thunder’
11. Wabozo, ‘Rabbit’
12. Kakagshe, ‘Crow’
13. Wakeshi, ‘Fox’
14. Penna, ‘Turkey’
15. Mketashshekakah, ‘Black Hawk’