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M. Mascouten. Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan. Menominee. Meskwaki. Michigan Heritage Park. Mitchigamea.
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Potawatomi: Pokégnek Bodéwadmik) are a federally recognized Potawatomi -speaking tribe based in southwestern Michigan and northeastern Indiana. Tribal government functions are located in Dowagiac, Michigan. They occupy reservation lands in a total of ten counties in the area.
Language. Bodwéwadmimwen. (Neshnabémwen) The Potawatomi / pɒtəˈwɒtəmi /, [1][2] also spelled Pottawatomi and Pottawatomie (among many variations), are a Native American people of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family.
In the early 21st century, the tribe opened a new Elders' Center. The tribe operates the Saginaw Chippewa Academy (an elementary school). They also have Native American advocates and tutors who work with students in the local public schools. In 1993, the tribe elected their first female Tribal Chief, Gail George, who served until 1995. [3] In ...
Other Ojibwe and Odawa, Potawatomi and other Algonquian peoples. The Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians is a non-profit organization for people who self-identify as being of Ojibwe and Odawa descent, based in the state of Michigan. The organization is headquartered in St. Ignace, Mackinac County and has around 4,000 members.
The Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians is the largest federally recognized tribe in Michigan, outnumbering the next largest tribe, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, by a scale of about 10 to one. It was recognized in 1972 with five units in seven counties. In 1979 the tribal council included the Mackinac Band as members, nearly doubling its ...
The primary Native American languages in Michigan are Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, all of which are dialects of Algonquin. Some other places names in Michigan are found to be derived from Sauk, Oneida, Wyandot, Abenaki, Shawnee, Mohawk, Seneca, Seminole, Iroquois, and Delaware, although many of these tribes are not found in Michigan.
The Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people in Michigan named for a 19th-century Ojibwe chief. . They were formerly known as the Gun Lake Band of Grand River Ottawa Indians, [1] the United Nation of Chippewa, Ottawa and Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, Inc., [1] and the Gun Lake Tribe or Gun Lake Band