The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi received federal recognition in 1995 by Congressional legislation.
Official Tribal Name: Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi
Southern Administrative Offices
Address: 1485 Mno-Bmadzewen Way, Fulton, MI 49052
Phone: 269-729-5151
Fax: 269-729-5920
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Northern Administrative Offices
Address: 311 State Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: 616-249-8022
Fax: 616-249-8044
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Official Website: http://nhbpi.com/
Recognition Status: Federally Recognized
Traditional Name / Traditional Meaning:
Bode’wadmi– Firekeepers
Common Name / Meaning of Common Name: Potawatomie
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Formerly the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.
Huron Potawatomi, Inc. Tribe
Alternate spellings / Mispellings:
Potowatomi, Patawatomie, Potawatomie, Pottawatomi, Pottawatomie
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Reservation: Huron Potawatomi Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land
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Tribal Headquarters: Fulton, MI
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Enrollment is open to anyone who is a lineal descendant of any person listed on the Taggart Roll of 1904, or is the biological child of an enrolled member or the biological child of a person who was an enrolled member at the time of that member’s death.
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Language Classification: Algic => Algonquian => Central Algonquian => Ojibwa-Potawatomi => Potawatomi
Language Dialects: Potawatomi
Potawatomi is an Algonquian language closely related to the Ojibwayan dialect complex.
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The Potawatomi language is critically endangered and nearly extinct. It has about 50 first-language speakers in several widely separated communities in the US and Canada. These include the Hannahville Indian Community (Upper Peninsula of Michigan), the Pokagon and Huron Bands (southern Michigan), the Forest County Band (northern Wisconsin), the Prairie Band (eastern Kansas), and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma. A few Potawatomi speakers also live among the Eastern Ojibwe in Ontario, particularly at the Walpole Island Reserve. The largest speech communities are in the Forest County and Prairie Bands, each with about 20 speakers, several conservatively fluent.
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Actors: Renae Morriseau
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Jim Thorpe whose indian name was Wathohuck , meaning Bright Star (Sauk/Pottawatomi 1888–1953), athlete who won gold medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics
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