Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people variously located in Michigan, Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and northern Indiana in the 1600s to the 1800s, with present-day populations in Oklahoma, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ontario.
- noun The Algonquian language of the Potawatomi.
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- noun A Native-American people of the upper Mississippi River region.
- noun The
Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Algonquian language spoken by the Potawatomi
- noun a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin
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Examples
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The Potawatomi were a fighting race and in the Fox war and the French and Indian war sided actively with the French, continuing the struggle under Pontiac against the English until 1765.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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TRIBES GET INTO SWIPE FEE ACTION - The final three organizations on Mother Earth who had yet to weigh in on the swipe fee debate did so today, with the Mashatucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the Pokagon Bank of Potawatomi Indians and the Pechanga Indian Reservation sending letters in support of merchants to Sens.
HUFFPOST HILL - Dave Obey Appropriates Himself To K Street Eliot Nelson 2011
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Peters, an ordained minister with Resurrection Life Church, an independent congregation in Grandville, dubbed his ministry 4 Fires to reflect the three nations that historically characterize Michigan: Odawa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi.
American Indian and Christian Beliefs Blend at Michigan Church The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Peters, an ordained minister with Resurrection Life Church, an independent congregation in Grandville, dubbed his ministry 4 Fires to reflect the three nations that historically characterize Michigan: Odawa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi.
American Indian and Christian Beliefs Blend at Michigan Church Josh Fleet 2010
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Peters, an ordained minister with Resurrection Life Church, an independent congregation in Grandville, dubbed his ministry 4 Fires to reflect the three nations that historically characterize Michigan: Odawa, Ojibwa and Potawatomi.
American Indian and Christian Beliefs Blend at Michigan Church Josh Fleet 2010
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He is of mostly Dutch, French and German descent, and claims some Native American (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi) ancestry through his mother.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 23RD | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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He is of mostly Dutch, French and German descent, and claims some Native American (specifically Ottawa and Potawatomi) ancestry through his mother.
TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR NOVEMBER 23RD | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2009
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Chaput, Archbishop Charles Joseph, 1944 - , Concordia, of French-Canadian and Potawatomi heritage, was the first American Indian to lead an American diocese
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The Michigan road “disrupts Native American communities, severing Potawatomi lands while stimulating white settlement,” the exhibit explains.
Interstate 69 Matt Dellinger 2010
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If you are Potawatomi and would like to contact your regional representative, email me.
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