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The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians were party to 11 treaties with the federal government, with the major land cession being under the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. During the Indian removals , many Potawatomi bands were moved west, but Chief Leopold Pokagon negotiated to keep his Potawatomi band of 280 people in southwestern Michigan.
Today, the tribe continues as the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, a federally recognized Indian Nation, with an excess of 4300 citizens and a ten-county service area in northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. Tribal headquarters are located in Dowagiac, Michigan, with a satellite office in South Bend, Indiana.
Simon Pokagon (c. 1830- January 28, 1899) was a member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, an author, and a Native American advocate. He was born near Bertrand in southwest Michigan Territory and died on January 28, 1899, in Hartford, Michigan .
The Potawatomi Library donated books to four local school districts, including books that had been banned elsewhere in the country because of complaints of "white guilt".
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, official website; First Nations Compact Histories: Potawatomi History Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine; Forest County Potawatomi; Kettle & Stony Point First Nation; Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (Gun Lake) Moose Deer Point First Nation; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi; Pokagon Band of ...
The casinos are owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. The primary property is located in New Buffalo Township, Michigan, with satellite locations in Hartford, Michigan; Dowagiac, Michigan; and South Bend, Indiana.
The novel was written as a testimony to the Potawatomi traditions, stability, and continuity in a rapidly changing society. Today, Queen of the Woods is read as Simon Pokagon's desire to mark the cultural, political, and social landscapes of the time, as well as a memorial to the past and a monument to the future, in which he saw the Pokagon ...
The Kansas-based Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation sued the federal government Wednesday demanding more than $2.25 million while saying it was underpaid money it was owed regarding health care costs.