People
Locations and Tribes
Food and Housing
Culture
Issues
100

What language do they speak?

Algonquain

100

How many groups of Potawatomi First Nations are there?

Three: Canadian, Forest (USA), Prairie (USA)
100
Name two things that the Potawatomis harvested.
Corn, beans, wild rice, berries
100

True or false?

They have been successful in keeping their culture alive.

True

100

What was the name of the mine that was polluting the lakes?

Crandon Mine

200

True or false?

The Potawatomi people were once one tribe with Ojibwe and Ottawa.

True

200

Where did the Forest tribe live historically?

Wisconsin

200

What did the Potawatomis use to season their food?

Maple sugar

200

What year did the Potawatomis lose their culture?

1964

200

What is something that is a growing concern for the Potawatomi First Nations?

Climate Change

300

How long did they live in the Great Lakes Region?

Four Centuries

300

Where did the Prairie tribe live historically?

Kansas

300

What were the two types of houses they built?

Long houses and Wigwams

300

Name three things that they have done to keep their culture alive.

Storytelling

Arts

Music

300

Name one effect climate change is having on the Potawatomi people and their (hint) land.

1. Traditional medicines are growing weaker

2. River levels are dropping

3. Ecosystem changes
400

What do they call themselves?

Neshnabek (The True People)

400

Between what two places were most of the Potawatomi people living in 1716?

Milwaukee and Detroit

400

What were some things they hunted?

Wild birds and elk.

400

Who are they relying on to keep the culture alive?

The youth

400

What was leaching into the Potawatomi people's lakes?

Cyanide

500

What does their name Potawatomi mean?

Keepers of the Sacred Fire.

500

Name the five places that the Potowatomi people are living today.

Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Southern Ontario

500

True or false?

Some Potawatomi communities live off reserve.

False

500

What does "Sema" mean in their language?

Tobacco

500

How did the Potawatomi people stop the pollution from the mine?

They built two casinos and generated enough income to purchase the mine site and shut it down.

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