Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Inside of the "Upheaval" section of the OKLA HOMMA exhibit at First Americans Museum showing the timeline of Indian Removal on a black wall with government documents in white as the backdrop.

Political Name

Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Pronunciation

Pot-uh-WAHT-uh-mee

Self-Designated Name

shishibéni/bodéwadmi/nishnabé

A gray map showing the tribal jurisdiction areas of Oklahoma with a pink pin marking Shawnee, Oklahoma, where the Citizen Potawatomi Nation is headquartered.

Location

Shawnee, OK

Official Website

www.potawatomi.org

Title of Tribal Leader

Chairman

The beginning of the WINIKO exhibition on the second floor of the First Americans Museum showing historical Native American items collected by the Smithsonian Institution.

Language

Algonquian

Tribal Greeting

Bozho

Mno-gizget

Tribal Greeting (English)

Hello

Good Day

A gray map of the continental United States with all 39 tribes names over their homelands with black lines to their current reservation areas in the state of Oklahoma (highlighted in pink).

Cultural Relatives

Potawatomi, Odawa, Ojibwe

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A Native American Man facing away from the camera showing his roach and beaded headpiece.

Contact for Educators

Citizen Potawatomi Nation Department of Education

education@potawatomi.org

(405) 695-6028

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