The Potawatomi

1. The Potawatomi By: Layla And Azaria

2. Locations • The Potawatomi tribe lived by Green Bay. • Some other Potawatomi tribes lived in Wisconsin.

3. The Potawatomi Diet • They grew peas, beans, squash, melons, and corn. • They also made flour from Beech nuts. • They picked berries and dug roots of certain plants. • In the late winter they gathered maple sap and made it into sugar.

4. Housing • Their houses were usually rounded wigwams. • They were covered with mats or bark. • Wigwams are domed shaped homes made with straws and wheats.

5. Clothing • Potawatomi woman wore long deerskin dresses. • Potawatomi men wore breechoth, leggings, and deerskin shirts. • Both genders wore moccasins • Moccasins are slippers or shoes that the Potawatomi wore.

6. The Impact of Europeans • In the 1750’s-1760 the Europeans made contact with the Potawatomi tribe. • When they came the French or Europeans had a war with them for a long time.

7. Beliefs • The Potawatomi believed in the great spirit. • The great spirit was nature like trees and plants. • The Potawatomi observed him in all of nature. • Some Potawatomi Indians belonged to the Native American Church.

8. The Traditional Story • The traditional story is about a Potawatomi Indian. • The Indian fell on a turtle without a shell. • Since he felt bad he put two seashells on the turtle to be protected.

9. What the traditional story tells • The traditional story tell you that the turtle is the Great spirit. • It also tells you that they believed in nature. • If you didn’t know that the Potawatomi believed in nature this story would tell you a lot.

10. Bibliography • Deur, Lynne. Nishnawbe a story of Indians in Michigan. Spring Lake, Mich: River Road Publications, 1981. Print.

11. Bibliography • Here are some of the website names that we got info from. • Potawatomi digital art Museum.com/ • Potawatomi History.com/ • Potawatomi Nation.com/

12. THE END Hope You Enjoyed!