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Potawatomi

[ pot-uh-wot-uh-mee ]

/ ˌpɒt əˈwɒt ə mi /

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noun, plural Pot·a·wat·o·mis, (especially collectively) Pot·a·wat·o·mi.

a member of an Algonquian Indian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin.

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Examples from the Web for potawatomi

He had never forgotten her last words to him, spoken serenely as the Potawatomi seized her arms.
Shaman|Robert Shea
For the early habitat of the Potawatomi, consult Croghan's Journals, in our volume i, p. 115 note 84.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX|Various
I can handle the language of the Algonquin like a native, being part Potawatomi myself.
Call Him Savage|John Pollard
The evidence furnished by two Shawnees, captured on the twenty-second of June, corroborated the Potawatomi.
The Land of the Miamis|Elmore Barce

In this region dwelt Turkey Foot, at the head of a lawless band of the prairie Potawatomi.
The Land of the Miamis|Elmore Barce