Potawatomi Indians
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
POTAWANAMI
- Each Potawatomi community lives on its own reservation(or reserve in Canada)
- Reservation are lands that belong to indian tribes and are under their control
- Potawatomi communities are called tribes in the United States and Firt Nations in Canada
- Each Potawatomi tribe is politically independent and has its own govermapent laws police and services just like a small country
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WHERE DO THE POTAWATOMI LIVE
- The potawatomi are original residents of the eastern woodlands and praire regions,particulary what is now Michagan state
- As more indian tribes were forced westward into the Michagan and Wisconsin area, many Potawatomi people migrated into other parts of the midwest.
- Some potawatomi Still live in this region today, while were sent to Kansas and Oklahoma by the US government.
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CULTURE
- Potawatomi traditions
- in the past and today
- including traditional
- dancing and maple
- sugaring.
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WHAT WAS POTAWANAMIS CLOTHING
- Potawatomi women wore long deerskin dresses.
- Potawatomi men wore breechclothes,leggings, and deer skin shirts
- The Potawatomi wore moccasins on their feet and robes in bad weather
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THE STORIES THE POAWATOMI TOLD
- There are potwatomi legends and fairy tales
- Story telling is very impotant to the potawatomi culture
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