Forest County Bodéwadmi

The Forest County Potawatomi, “Keeper of the Fire,” is a Native American nation living in Forest County, Wisconsin. They originally lived in southern Wisconsin near Lake Geneva, spoke a dialect of Algonquian, and were members of the Three Fires confederacy of Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi. Multiple treaties forcefully relocated the larger Potawatomi communities. The Forest County Potawatomi are the descendants of those who refused to move to Kansas after the 1833 Treaty of Chicago. In 1913, congress purchased 11,738 acres of Potawatomi land and allotted it back to them and non-Indian people. After reorganizing their government in 1934 they became a federally recognized tribe. Currently, the Forest County Potawatomi have approximately 1,400 enrolled members, with a land-base of approximately 12,000 acres. The Forest County Potawatomi own the Potawatomi Carter Casino Hotel, Potawatomi Business Development Corporation, and the Forest County Potawatomi Foundation.

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“Tribes and Nations (Intro)- American Indian Histories and Culture- Adam Matthew Digital.” Accessed September 29, 2016. http://www.aihc.amdigital.co.uk/FurtherResources/TribesAndNations