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Potawatomi The Potawatomi , also spelled Pottawatomi and Pottawatomie (among many variations), are a Native American people of the western Great Lakes region, upper Mississippi River and Great Plains. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a m ...

have been recorded.

Endonyms

Neshnabé

Neshnabé (without syncope: Eneshenabé), a cognate of

Ojibwe The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains. According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...

Anishinaabe The Anishinaabeg (adjectival: Anishinaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples present in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States. They include the Ojibwe (including Saulteaux and Oji-Cree), Odawa, Potawatomi, ...

'', meaning "Original People." The plural is Neshnabék.

Bodéwadmi

Bodéwadmi (without syncope: Bodéwademi), a cognate of

"''Boodewaadamii''". It means "those who keep/tend the hearth-fire", which in this case refers to the hearth of the

Council of Three Fires The Council of Three Fires (in oj, label=Anishinaabe, Niswi-mishkodewinan, also known as the People of the Three Fires; the Three Fires Confederacy; or the United Nations of Chippewa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi Indians) is a long-standing Anishina ...

. The word itself comes from "to keep/tend the hearth-fire", which is "''bodewadm''" (without syncope: "''bodewadem''";

"''boodawaadam''"). The plural is Bodéwadmik. * Oupouteouatamik – Jesuit Relations: 1658, 21, 1858. * Patawatimes –

Treaty of Greenville The Treaty of Greenville, formally titled Treaty with the Wyandots, etc., was a 1795 treaty between the United States and indigenous nations of the Northwest Territory (now Midwestern United States), including the Wyandot and Delaware peoples, ...

(1795) quoted by Harris, Tour, 249, 1805. * Patawattamies – Turkey Creek treaty (1836) in U. S. Ind. Treaties, 648,1837. * Patawattomies – Hunter, Captivity, 14, 1823. * Pattawatamies – Hamtramck (1790) in Am. St. Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 87, 1832.http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsp&fileName=007/llsp007.db&recNum=88 Note that "Hamtramck" is misspelled "Hamtranck" in at least one subsequent citation of this source. See also

Jean François Hamtramck Jean-François Hamtramck (sometimes called John Francis Hamtramck) (1756–1803) was a Canadian who served as an officer in the US Army during the American Revolutionary War and the Northwest Indian War. In the Revolution, he participated in the ...

. * Patawatima –

Treaty of Fort Harmar The Treaty of Fort Harmar (1789) was an agreement between the United States government and numerous Native American tribes with claims to the Northwest Territory. History The Treaty of Fort Harmar was signed at Fort Harmar, near present-day ...

(1789), ibid., 6. * Pattawatimees – Jones, Ojebway Inds., 238, 1861. * Pattawatimy – De Butts (1795) in Am. St. Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 565, 1832. * Pattawatomie – Washington treaty (1868) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 691, 1873. * Pattattamees – Wilkinson (1791) quoted by Rupp, W. Penn., app., 236, 1846. * Pattawattomies – Hunter, Narr., 192, 1823. * Pattawattomis – Heckewelder quoted by Barton, New Views, app., 3, 1798. * Pattiwatima – Knox (1789) in Am. St. Papers, Ind. Aff ., I, 8, 1832. * Pa-tu-átami – Gatschet, Kaw MS. vocab., B. A. E., 27, 1878 (Kansa form). * Pautawatimis – Doc. of 1712 quoted by Gale, Upper Miss., 61, 1867. * Pautawattamies – Conf. of 1766 in N. Y Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 854, 1856. * Pauteauamis – La Chauvignerie (1736) quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, III, 556, 1853. * Pedadumies – Schoolcraft, ibid., V, 196, 1855. * Peoutewatamie – Ft Harmar treaty (1789) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 27, 1837. * Po-da-wand-um-ee – Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, II, 139, 1852. * Po-da-waud-umeeg – Warren (1852) in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., V, 32, 1885. * Ponkeontamis – Morse, N., Am., 256, 1776 (misprint). * Ponteatamies – Gage (1764) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 656, 1856. * Ponteòtamies – Bouquet (1764) quoted by Jefferson, Notes, 143, 1825. * Pontewatamis – Lattré, map, 1784. * Pontowattimies – Carver, Trav., 19, 1778. * Poodawahduhme – Jones, Ojebway Inds., 180, 1861. * Potavalamia – Tonti, Rel.de la Le., 100, 1720. * Potawahduhmee – Jones, Ojebway Inds., 178, 1861. * Potawatama – Perkins and Peck, Annals of the West, 295, 1850. * Potawatamies – Ind. Aff. Rep., 144, 1827. * Potawatamis – Johnson (1765) in N. Y . Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 711, 1856. * Potawatimie – Spring Wells treaty (1815) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 173, 1837. * Po²-ta⁴-w`a³-to¹/-me¹ – Long, Exped. St Peter's R., I, 91, 1824 (own name). *

s – Ibid., 81. * Potawattamies – Wilkinson (1791) quoted by Rupp, W. Penn., app., 236, 1846. * Potawattimie –

Treaty of Tippecanoe The Treaty of Tippecanoe was an agreement between the United States government and Native American Potawatomi tribes in Indiana on October 26, 1832. Treaty On October 26, 1832, the United States government entered negotiations with the Native ...

(1836) in U. S. Ind. Treat.,. 709, 1873. * Potawattomies – Tanner, Narr., 245, 1830. * Potawatumies – Warren (1852) in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., V, 124, 1885. * Pŏ-tă-waw-tō/-mē – Dunn, True Indian Stories, 299, 1908 (given as Keating's pronunciation). * Pō-tă-wŏt-mē – Ibid. (given as a Potawatomi pronunciation). * Potawtumies – Lindesay (1749) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VI, 538, 1855. * Poteotamis – Montcalm (1757), ibid., X, 553, 1858. * Potéoüatami – Jesuit Relations: for 1671, 25, 1858. * Poteouatamis – Vater, Mith., pt, 3, sec. 3, 351, 1816. * Potewatamies – Gallatin in Trans. Am. Ethnol., Soc., II, civ, 1846. * Potewatamik – Gatschet, Ojibwa MS., B. A. E., 1882 (Chippewa name). * Potiwattimeeg – Tanner, Narr., 315, 1830 (Ottawa name). * Potiwattomies – Ibid. * Potowatameh – Du Ponceau in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 2d S.,IX, XV, 1822. * Potowatamies – Croghan (1765) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 784, 1856. * Potowatomies – Trader (1778) quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind.Tribes, III, 561, 1853. * Potowotamies – Gallatin in Trans. Am. Antiq. Soc., II, 121, 1836. * Pottawatameh – Barton, New Views, xxxiiii, 1797. * Pottawatamie – 1821 Treaty of Chicago in U. S. Ind. Treat., 152, 1873. * Pottawataneys – Hopkins (1766) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 993, 1856. * Pottawatimies – Treaty (1806) in U S. Ind. Treat., 371, 1873. * Pottawatomies – De Smet, Letters, 26, 1843.. * Pottawattamies – Brown, W. Gaz., 348, 1817. * Potta-wat-um-ies – Warren (1852) in Minn. Hist. Soc. Coll., V, 81, 1885. * Pottawaudumies – Ibid., 218. * Pottawotamies – Shea, Cath. Miss., 397, 1855. * Pottawottomies – Brownstown treaty (1809) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 194, 1873. * Pottewatemies – Hildreth, Pioneer Hist., 75, 1848. * Pottiwattamies – Harris, Tour, 195, 1805. * Pottowatamies – Rupp, W. Penn., 345, 1846. * Pottowatomy – Smith (1799) quoted by Drake, Trag. Wild., 221, 1841. * Pottowattomies – Flint, Ind. Wars, 89, 1833. * Pottowautomie – Council Bluffs treaty (1846) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 182, 1873. * Pottowotomees – Treaty (1836), ibid., 150, 1873. * Poulteattemis – Prise de Possession (1671) in Margry, Déc., I, 97, 1875. * Poulx teattemis – Prise de Possession (1671) in N. Y,. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 803,1855. * Poutauatemis – Vaudreuil (1712) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 863, 1855. * Poutawatamies – Johnson (1772), ibid., VIII, 292, 1857. * Poutawottamies – Imlay, W. Ter., 372, 1793. * Pouteȣatamis – Doc. of 1695, ibid., 619. * Poüteaoüatami – Allouez (1677) quoted by Shea, Discov. Miss. Val., 71, 1852. * Pouteatami – Jesuit Relations: 1642, 97, 1858. * Pouteatimies – Lamberville (1682) in N.Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 192, 1855. * Pouteauatamis – Doc. of 1748, ibid., X, 150, 1858. * Pouteotamis – Harris, Voy. and Trav., II, 919, 1705. * Pouteoüatami – Jesuit Relations: for 1667, 18, 1858. * Pouteouatamiouec – Jesuit Relations: for 1667, 18, 1858. * Pouteouatamis – La Chauvignerie (1736) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 1058, 1855. * Pouteouatimi – Doc. of 1748, ibid., X, 171, 1858. * Pouteouetamites – Gallinèe (1661) in Margry, Déc., I, 144,1875. * Pouteouitamis – La Galissonière (1748) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 182, 1858. * Pouteouotamis – Coxe, Carolana, 19, 1741. * Poutewatamies – Doc. of 1746 in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 34, 1858. * Poutoualamis – Tonti, Rel. De la Le., 100, 1720. * Poutoüamis – Writer of 1756 in N.Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 401, 1858. * Poutouatamis – Du Chesneau (1681) IX, 161, 1855. * Poutouatamittes – Gallinèe (1669) in Margry, Déc., I, 142, 1875. * Poutouotamis – Coxe, Carolana, map, 1741. * Poutouwatamis – Le Sueur (1700) quoted by Neill, Minn., 156, 1858. * Poutowatomies – Pike, Trav., 18, note, 1811. * Poutuatamis – Le Sueur (1700) quoted by Shea, Early Voy., 94, 1861. * Poutwatamis – Duquesne (1754) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 263, 1858. * Pouutouatami – Jesuit Relations: 1640, 35, 1858. * Powtawatamis – Trader of 1766 quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, III, 556, 1856. * Powtewatamis – Jefferys, Fr. Doms., pt. 1, 144, 1761. * Powtewattimies – Council of 1786 in Am. St. Papers, Ind. Aff., I, 8, 1832. * Powtowottamies – Carver, Trav., 349, 1778. * Puotwatemi – York (1700) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IV, 749, 1854. * Putavatimes – Croghan (1759) quoted by Rupp, W. Penn., app., 138, 1846. * Putawatame – Ft Wayne treaty (1810) in U. S. Ind. Tread., 374, 1873. * Putawatimes – Croghan (1759) quoted by Proud, Penn., II, 296, 1798. * Putawatimies – Treaty of 1806 in U. S. Ind. Treat., 373, 1873. * Putawatimis – Treaty of 1806 in U. S. Ind. Treat., 373, 1873. * Putawatomie – Brown, W. Gaz., 45, 1817. * Putawawtawmaws – Dalton (1783) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 1st S., X, 123, 1809. * Pú-te-wa-ta – Riggs, Dak. Gram. and Dict., 184, 1852 (Sioux form). * Pú-te-wa-ta-dan – Ibid. (Santee form). * Putewatimes – Croghan (1759) quoted by Rupp, W. Penn., app., 132, 1846. * Putowatomey's – Croghan (1760) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th s., IX, 289, 1871. * Puttawattimies – Grouseland treaty (1803) in U. S. Ind. Treat., 370, 1873. * Puttcotungs – Beatty, Jour., 63, 1798 (misprint). * Puttewatamies – Croghan (1765) in N.Y. Doc. Col. Hist., VII, 781, 1856. * Puttowatamies – Bouquet (1760) in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., 4th S., IX, 295, 1871: * Puttwatimees – Croghan (1760), ibid., 262.

Exonyms

Fire Nation

This is a loose translation of Bodéwadmi. * Fire Nation – Schoolcraft, ibid., 206. * Gens de Feu – Champlain (1616) Oeuvres, IV, 58, 1870; Sagard, Grande Voyage, I, 53, 1865. * Gens feu – Sagard, Hist. Can., I, 194, 1836 (misprint). * Nation du Feu – Jesuit Relations: 1641, 72, 1858. * Nation of Fire – Jefferys, French Doms., pt. I, 48, 1761.

Lice Nation

This is a shortening of Bodéwadmi, which happens to be a homophone to the French word for "lice" (''poux''). * Poes – Long, Voy. and Trav., 144. 1791. * Pō-tŏsh – Dunn, True Indian Stories, 299, 1908 (Miami nickname). * Pouës – Cadillac (1695) in Margry, Déc., V, 120, 1883 (abbreviated form used by French). * Poulx – Montreal conf. (1756) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 447, 1858. * Pous – Dunn, True Ind. Stories, 299, 1908 ('lice': French name, of accidental meaning; see Poux, Pouz). * Poux – Frontenac (1682) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 182, 1855. * Pouz – Doc. Of 1748, ibid., X, 142, 1858.

Hybridized name

These name come from hybridization of ''Bodéwadmi'' with the French ''poux''. * Poueatamis – Boisherbert (1747) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., X, 84, 1858. * Pouhatamies – Boudinot, Star in the West, 128, 1816. * Poutéamis – Lamberville (1682) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist., IX, 798, 1855.

Iroquoian names

* Adawadenys – Canajoharie conf. (1759) in N. Y. Doc. Col. Hist. VII, 884, 1856 (probably an Iroquois corruption). * Asistagueronon – Champlain (1616), Œuvres, V, pt. 1, 275, 1870. * Asistagueroüon – Ibid. (1616), IV, 58, 1870. * Assestagueronons – Schoolcraft. Ind. Tribes, IV, 206, 1854. * Assistaeronons – Jesuit Relations: 1670-71, as quoted by Schoolcraft, ibid., 244. * Assistagueronon – Sagard (1636), Hist. Can., I, 194,1864; Champlain (1632), Oeuvres, V, map, 1870. * Assistaqueronons – Champlain, (ca. 1630), as quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, IV, 244, 1854. * Athistaëronnon – Jesuit Relations: 1646, 77, 1858. * Atowateany – Post (1758) quoted by Proud, Penn., II, app., 113, 1798. * Atsistaehronons – Jesuit Relations: 1641, 72, 1858. * Atsistahereoron – Champlain, Œuvres, IV, 58, note, 1870. * Atsistarhonon – Sagard (1632), Hist. Can., Huron Dict., 1866 (Huron name). * Attisitaehronon – Jesuit Relations: 1640, 35, 1858. * Attistae – Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, IV, 244, 1854 (misquoted from Jesuit Relations: 1640, 35, 1855). * Attistaeronons – Jesuit Relations: 1640 quoted by Schoolcraft, Ind. Tribes, IV, 244, 1854. * Ndatonȣatendi – Potier, Racines Huron, MS., 1751 (Huron name); in Swanton * Ndatonsatendi (?) – Potier, Racines Huron, MS., 1751 (Huron name); in Hodge * Ondatouataudy – Jesuit Relations: 1648, 62, 1858. * Undatomátendi – Gatschet, Wyandot MS., B. A. E., 1881 (Wyandot name).

Other names

* Kúnu-hayánu – Gatschet, Caddo MS., B. A. E., 1884 ('watermelon people,' from kúnu, 'watermelon': Caddo name). * Kúnu-háyanu, Caddo name, meaning "watermelon people"; in Swanton * Peki /neni – Gatschet, Fox MS. vocab., B. A. E., 1882 (Fox name; plural Pekineni´/hak, 'grouse people,' from peki, 'grouse'). * Tcåshtålálgi – Creek name, meaning "watermelon people"; in Swanton * Tchĕshtalálgi – Gatschet, Koassati MS., B. A. E.,1885 ('watermelon people,' from Creek ''tchĕstali'', 'watermelons': Koassati name adopted from the Creeks). * Wa³-h`o¹-na²-ha² – Long, Exped. St Peter's R., I, 92, 1824 ('fire-makers': Miami name). * Wah-hō'-na-hah – Dunn, True Ind. Stories 299, 1908 (Miami name)., supposedly meaning "fire makers." * Wáhiú¢axá – Omaha name, in Swanton. * Wáhiú¢aqá – Dorsey in Cont. N. A. Ethnol., VI, pt. 2, 664; 1890 (Omaha name). * Wáhiúyaha – Dorsey, Kansas MS.vocab., B.A. E., 1882 (Kansa name). * Wapoos – La Salle (1680) quoted by Parkman, La Salle, 180, 1883 (identical?). * Wo-rá-qĕ – St Cyr, inf'n, 1886 (Winnebago name). * Woraqa – Dorsey, Tciwere MS., vocab., B. A. E., 1879 (Iowa, Oto, and Missouri name). * Woraxa – Iowa, Oto, and Missouri name, in Swanton. * Woráxe – Winnebago name, in Swanton

Notes

References

* Hodge, Frederick Webb, ed. "Potawatomi" ''Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico''. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30. GPO: 1910.) * Kubiak, William J.; Great Lakes Indians; A Pictorial Guide; Baker Book House Company, 1970 * Swanton, John R. "Michigan" ''The Indian Tribes of North America''. (Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 145. GPO: 1935.) Anishinaabe culture