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The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians were party to 11 treaties with the federal government, with the major land cession being under the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. During the Indian removals , many Potawatomi bands were moved west, but Chief Leopold Pokagon negotiated to keep his Potawatomi band of 280 people in southwestern Michigan.
Simon Pokagon. Leopold Pokagon (c. 1775 – 1841) was a Potawatomi Wkema (leader). Taking over from Topinbee, who became the head of the Potawatomi of the Saint Joseph River Valley in Michigan, a band that later took his name.
Simon Pokagon (c. 1830- January 28, 1899) was a member of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, an author, and a Native American advocate. He was born near Bertrand in southwest Michigan Territory and died on January 28, 1899, in Hartford, Michigan. Dubbed the "Red Man's Longfellow " by literary fans, Pokagon was often called the "Hereditary ...
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi (also known as the Gun Lake tribe), based in Dorr in Allegan County, Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, based in Calhoun County, Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas (and since 2024 Illinois).
Four Winds Dowagiac. Four Winds Hartford. Four Winds New Buffalo. Categories: Anishinaabe tribes. Federally recognized tribes in the United States. Native American tribes in Indiana. Native American tribes in Michigan. Potawatomi.
S. Michael Schofield (lacrosse) Categories: Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Potawatomi.
O-gi-maw-kwe Mit-i-gwa-ki (Queen of the Woods) is a novel by Simon Pokagon, published in 1899 shortly after his death. The novel was written as a testimony to the Potawatomi traditions, stability, and continuity in a rapidly changing society. Today, Queen of the Woods is read as Simon Pokagon's desire to mark the cultural, political, and social ...
Following an 1830 treaty, most of the Potawatomi moved west, although the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, led by Leopold Pokagon, negotiated an agreement that enabled them to stay in southern Michigan. [23] Pokagon State Park, located on Lake James, is named in honor of chief Leopold Pokagon and his son Simon. [23]