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Here are all the books and documents that are in our website. Potawatomi language documents come first, followed by materials on our history and culture. You are welcome to browse through all of them. The great thing about an on line book is that, like a storyteller's tale, it can be enjoyed by many people at the same time.
We would be glad to hear from you about these works and any problems you may have with our presentation of them, as well as any thoughts you might have about what we might add to our collection.
Our Potawatomi-English
Dictionary
About a third of the words have sound files linked to
them, so that you can hear the words pronounced.
Here is the non-frames version.
Johnston Lykins' translation
of the Gospel According to Matthew and
Acts of the Apostles into
Potawatomi,
published in 1844.
We have converted the original orthography into
something very
close to our PBP orthography and show the Potawatomi and English verses side by
side.
Fr. Maurice Gailland's translation of excerpts from the Gospel According to Matthew. These excerpts were read as part of the Catholic Mass on Sundays and holy days, such as All Saints' Day (November 1) and Christmas. We are adding the Gospel According to Luke in the same location.
Fr. Maurice Gailland's Potawatomi Prayers and Hymns, published in 1866. This is a scanned copy of the book itself. The images are pretty small.
Some prayers from the book in a more readable format, with corresponding English versions.
Gary Mitchell has added new items at Stories of the Potawatomi People , October 2007
Gary Mitchell's "Stories
of the Potawatomi People"
Gary's new book is a history of the Prairie Band from the early history
of the Potawatomi, through the removal and allotment, down to today. Of
special interest are the sections on veterans of recent wars - World War
II through Vietnam and efforts to preserve the Potawatomi language on the
reservation.
"The Prairie Band
of Pottawatomie Indians" written by William Elsey Connelley and
published in
1918
This is a history of the Prairie Band from the removal to Kansas
to 1906. It is
based on the official reports of the Commissioner of Indian
Affairs and the reports of the agents assigned to the Kansas reservation
from 1846 until 1906. It includes a narrative of the funeral of Chief Kack-kack
in 1907 and concludes with the complete list of members of the Prairie
Band and the allotments assigned to them, as compiled by Henry J. Aten,
the allotting agent from 1892 to 1897.
Treaties between the Potawatomi and the United States of America All of the treaties between the Potawatomi and the USA are given here. Our sources are George E. Fay's Treaties Between the Potawatomi Tribe of Indians and the United States of America, 1789 - 1867, Charles J. Kappler's Indian Treaties 1778-1883 and, in some cases, the treaties themselves as found on microfilm in the files of the National Archives.
Poems by Susan Campbell, including "Cage NokmIsen", a poem about the Trail of Death, and two recent works, "She Who Prays...Always," a tribute to Saint Phillipine Duchesne, who came to the Potawatomi at Sugar Creek, and "Iniki," about a hurricane.
Trail of Death 1838 Diary, condensed and edited by Shirley Willard and Judy Cecrle, is a 1988 publication of the Fulton County Historical Society commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Trail of Death. It contains some excellent information about this most famous event in Potawatomi history. We offer extensive excerpts: an abbreviated diary of the removal, a reference list of further materials, the official roll of the Potawatomi forcibly escorted to Kansas and a list of the Trail encampments.
BWAKA's library of materials in and on the Potawatomi language
References -- books, articles, and Internet sites -- useful for background reading and developing term papers. You should be able to borrow most of these from your local library, either directly or through the Interlibrary loan program.
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