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Potawatomi

The 'keepers of the fire,' whose migrations ringed Lake Michigan.

Held the southern Lake Michigan rim in 1800; removed west under the treaties of the 1830s.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 5 border frames for Potawatomi — the shape you scrub through changes in 796 · 1651 · 1700 · 1801 · 1838.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1838 Trail of Tears Cherokee removal kills ~4,000; the Potawatomi Trail of Death crosses to Kansas the same autumn.

Further reading

• The Potawatomis: Keepers of the Fire R. David Edmunds · 1978

  A standard history of the Potawatomi, keepers of the fire.

• The Middle Ground Richard White · 1991

  The Great Lakes world the Potawatomi migrations ringed (broad regional context).

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Sources

• Potawatomi — Wikipedia