Pottawatomi

The Pottawatomi (spelling varies) are a Native American people of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region. They traditionally speak the Pottawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian family. The Pottawatomi called themselves Neshnabé, a cognate of the word Anishinaabe. The Pottawatomi were part of a long-term alliance, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibway and Odawa (Ottawa). In the Council of Three Fires, the Pottawatomi were considered the "youngest brother" and were referred to in this context as Bodéwadmi, a name that means "keepers of the fire" and refers to the council fire of three peoples.

In the 19th century, they were pushed to the west by European and American encroachment and removed from their lands to reservations in Indian Territory. Under Indian Removal, they eventually ceded many of their lands, and most of the Potawatomi relocated to Nebraska, Kansas, and Indian Territory. Some bands survived in the Great Lakes region and today are federally recognized as tribes. In Canada, there are over 20 First Nation bands.

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The Pattawatomi were the first Terranovan Copperskins to arrive in Atlantis. In the 1460s, a Pattawatomi trading delegation visited the Basque settlement of Gernika. English fishermen Henry Radcliffe and Bartholomew Smith saw the group passing by. After a talk with the sinister spokesman of the Basques, Smith remarked that it was lucky for the English that the fearsome-looking Pattawatomi had not come east and settled Atlantis first.