Potawatomi
noun
Pot·a·wat·o·mi
ˌpä-tə-ˈwä-tə-mē 
variants
or less commonly Potawatami
or Pottawattomi
or Pottawattami
1
plural Potawatomi or Potawatomis also Potawatami or Potawatamis or Pottawattomi or Pottawattomis or Pottawattami or Pottawattamis
: a member of an Indigenous people originally of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan and adjoining states
2
: the Algonquian language of the Potawatomi people
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Pyet DeSpain, a Kansas City native and PBS food show host, is a member of the Potawatomi Nation and has Mexican roots.
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Mara Williams, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Native American Heritage Month activities at the museum are presented by Potawatomi Casino Hotel.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
In her 2013 book Braiding Sweetgrass, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer explained that these crops thrive together because maize provides a trellis-like framework for nitrogen-fixing beans to grow on while the low-lying squash provides a productive ground cover crop.
—JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
The exhibition was shaped by an advisory committee of Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi artists.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The Ice Age Trail stretches across the state, from Interstate State Park in St. Croix Falls on the Minnesota border to Potawatomi State Park on the shores of Sturgeon Bay.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Many of the examples are stark, like the Potawatomi Nation which had negotiated with the federal government in hopes of staying in their homelands in the upper Midwest.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Both lawsuits were brought by the Waukegan Potawatomi Casino suing the city of Waukegan and the Illinois Gaming Board in state court, and the city in federal court, claiming the plaintiff had a right to compete for the license.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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Mara Williams, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
Native American Heritage Month activities at the museum are presented by Potawatomi Casino Hotel.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
In her 2013 book Braiding Sweetgrass, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer explained that these crops thrive together because maize provides a trellis-like framework for nitrogen-fixing beans to grow on while the low-lying squash provides a productive ground cover crop.
—JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
The exhibition was shaped by an advisory committee of Ojibwe, Ottawa, and Potawatomi artists.
—Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2025
The Ice Age Trail stretches across the state, from Interstate State Park in St. Croix Falls on the Minnesota border to Potawatomi State Park on the shores of Sturgeon Bay.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2025
Many of the examples are stark, like the Potawatomi Nation which had negotiated with the federal government in hopes of staying in their homelands in the upper Midwest.
—Chris Quintana, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
Both lawsuits were brought by the Waukegan Potawatomi Casino suing the city of Waukegan and the Illinois Gaming Board in state court, and the city in federal court, claiming the plaintiff had a right to compete for the license.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Potawatomi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Potawatomi. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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