Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Political Name: Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Pronunciation: Pot-uh-WAHT-uh-mee

Self-Designated Name: shishibéni/bodéwadmi/nishnabé

Title of Tribal Leader: Chairman

Language: Algonquian

Tribal Greeting: Bozho (Hello); Mno-gizget (Good day)

Cultural Relatives: Potawatomi, Odawa, Ojibwe

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