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Bodéwadmi
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English
Alternative forms
en Bodewadmi
Etymology
en pot Bodéwadmi.
Noun
* Bodéwadmis
en Potawatomi (person).
en Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People 2022-05-05 4 https://ssai.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Anishinaabe-Residence-and-County-Areas-220629.pdf The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy.
en Levi Rickert Bodéwadmi Confederation Articles Signed at 2025 Pottawatomi Gathering Native News Online 2025-08-04 https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/bodewadmi-confederation-articles-signed-at-2025-pottawatomi-gathering Historically, by the early 1500s, the Potawatomi—also known as the Neshnabek or Bodéwadmi—had migrated from ancestral homelands along the Atlantic coast and around the St. Lawrence River into the Great Lakes region. They settled around Lake Michigan, establishing a presence across what is now southern Michigan, northern Indiana, northeastern Illinois, and southeastern Wisconsin. https://web.archive.org/web/20260823101355/https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/bodewadmi-confederation-articles-signed-at-2025-pottawatomi-gathering/ 23 August 2026
Potawatomi
Alternative forms
pot Bodwéwadmi
pot bodéwadmi
Etymology
pot
Pronunciation
bodéwatmi
Noun
an Bodéwadmik Bodéwadmiyêk Bodéwadmik Bodéwadmin Bodéwadmiyen
Potawatomi person.
pot Neshnabé<id:Potawatomi>
pot Bodéwadmik ne gdawëm. Are you (plural) Potawatomi?
Inflection
Derived terms
pot Bodéwadmimo
pot Bodéwadmi ndaw
Related terms
pot bodwé
Descendants
en Bodéwadmi 1 1
References
bodéwadmi 1040
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bodéwadmi
pot Native American tribes