Potawatomi

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Algonquian-speaking people Native American people

The Potawatomi are a Native American people of the Great Lakes region, historically known for their alliances and conflicts during early U.S. expansion, including participation in the Black Hawk War.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Potawatomi people 5
Northern Potawatomi 1
Potawatomi language 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Algonquian-speaking people ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
autonym Bodéwadmi ⓘ
councilPartner Odawa ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalPractice Midewiwin ceremonies ⓘ
currentFederallyRecognizedTribe Citizen Potawatomi Nation ⓘ
Forest County Potawatomi Community ⓘ
Hannahville Indian Community ⓘ
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians ⓘ
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation ⓘ
currentFirstNation Odawa ⓘ
surface form: Walpole Island First Nation

Wasauksing First Nation ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
experienced Indian Removal policy of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Indian removal policies of the United States

forced removal ⓘ
historicallyAlliedWith British Empire ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
historicalRegion Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Kansas ⓘ
Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan

Oklahoma ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ
involvedInConflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Black Hawk War ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
surface form: French and Indian War

War of 1812 ⓘ
languageFamily Algonquian languages ⓘ
meaningOfName keepers of the fire ⓘ
nativeTo Great Lakes region ⓘ
partOf Council of Three Fires ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Odawa ⓘ
Ojibwe ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
traditional Potawatomi spirituality ⓘ
traditionalHousing wigwam ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Potawatomi language ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
maize agriculture ⓘ
treatyParty Treaty of Chicago ⓘ
Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bodéwadmi → alsoKnownAs → Potawatomi ⓘ
Little Turtle's War → belligerent → Potawatomi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potawatomi tribe
Tecumseh's War → belligerent → Potawatomi ⓘ
Indian Charley → ethnicGroup → Potawatomi ⓘ
subject surface form: Charles Curtis
Potawatomi language → hasDialects → Potawatomi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Potawatomi
Potawatomi language → hasDialects → Potawatomi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Potawatomi
this entity surface form: Potawatomi people
Council of Three Fires → hasMember → Potawatomi ⓘ
Black Hawk War → hasParticipant → Potawatomi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potawatomi language
this entity surface form: Potawatomi people
this entity surface form: Potawatomi people
Northwest Indian War → opponent → Potawatomi ⓘ
Fox people → relatedEthnicGroup → Potawatomi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potawatomi people
subject surface form: Meskwaki
Ojibwe → relatedEthnicGroup → Potawatomi ⓘ
Sauk people → relatedEthnicGroup → Potawatomi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Potawatomi people
Shawnee → relatedEthnicGroup → Potawatomi ⓘ
Sac and Fox → relatedGroup → Potawatomi ⓘ
Indian Creek massacre → relatedTo → Potawatomi ⓘ
Treaty of Chicago → signatory → Potawatomi ⓘ
Treaty of Fort Harmar → signatory → Potawatomi ⓘ
Treaty of Greenville → signatory → Potawatomi ⓘ
subject surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1825)
subject surface form: Treaty of Prairie du Chien (1829)