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A history of the powerful Potawatomi tribe. They were persistent enemies of the Miamis. Pictures and biograpies of their leading chiefs, marks their trails, locates their chief villages, and tells the story of many events that much to do with American history.
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Civilization of the American Indian volume 145
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Examines the history, life styles, and culture of the Indian tribe that inhabited Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and southern Michigan during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, noting the impact of their alliances with France and Britain.
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"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders,...
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[2016]
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The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians has been a part of Chicago since its founding. In very public expressions of indigeneity, they have refused to hide in plain sight or assimilate. Instead, throughout the city's history, the Pokagon Potawatomi Indians have openly and aggressively expressed their refusal to be marginalized or forgotten-and in doing so, they have contributed to the fabric and history of the city. Imprints: The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi...
6) Wild thunder
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"Hannah Kody came to her brother's ranch in the Kansas Territory to be his eyes, as his sight was failing fast. Yet his misfortune couldn't dim the joy she found in the wide vistas of the Western plains. And the excitement she found in the presence of Strong Wolf. The future chief of the Patawatomis stood tall and proud, and Hannah dreamed she had traveled there to meet him. But for Strong Wolf, Hannah was supposed to be the enemy, allied not only...
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"Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation"--
13) The Potawatomi
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©1987
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Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Potawatomi Indians. Includes a picture essay on their crafts.
The Potawatomi, traditionally a canoe-traveling people, lived near the waterways of the Great Lakes area. They intersected American history at critical points. they were caught up in the conflicts between the French and English colonial powers, and they fought in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Their story...
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``The Ohio River Valley was a place of violence in the nineteenth century, something witnessed on multiple stages ranging from local conflicts between indigenous and Euro-American communities to the Battle of Tippercanoe and the War of 1812. To describe these events as simply the result of American expansion versus indigenous nativism disregards the complexities of the people and their motivations. Patrick Bottiger explores the diversity between and...
17) The Potawatomi
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[2003]
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IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Potawatomi people, covering their homes, customs and beliefs, government, and more.
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"Here is the colorful store of the Huron, Miami, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and Chippewa tribes in the years before contact with the white man changed their centuries-old way of life. The book is based on the letters and journals of European traders, missionaries, and officials who visited them between 1615 and 1760"--Back cover.
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