Michael, Jack, and Teddy

The Potowatomi lived in Wigwams. The Wigwams were 10ft tall. The Wigwams were made of wooden frames, woven mats, and sheets of birch bark. Wigwams are small houses. The Wigwams are 8-10ft tall. The Wigwams have different kinds of strange shapes.

What did they eatThe Potowatomi ate 150,000

pieces of corn and wild birds. The Potowatomi planted and harvest. The Potowatomi used knockers for wild rice.

How did they get it The Potowatomi used

bow and arrows , wooden clubs ,and buckets for maple syrup. The Potowatomi used spears and nets to catch fish.

Men The Potowatomi men wore

breechcloths ,deerskin shirts, and leggings and they wore leather head bands, or two feathers standing on the back. Some of the clothes were made of Deerskin/ Buckskin. The Potowatomi men’s clothes were brown with strips on the clothes.

Women The Potowatomi women wore

Deerskin dresses, and Beadwork ribbons. The materials were made out of Deerskin. The Potowatomi women clothes were colorful and lots of shapes.

The Potowatomi Special skill was farming. The activities they played team ball games like Lacrosse. The Potowatomi had a lot of work to do like hunting and building Wigwams so they have something to eat and to live in.

Adults(men and women)The Potowatomi Men

went to war to stop the enemy, Women farmed and took care of the children and cooked the food.

Children The Potowatomi

boys helped the men set the traps for food and the boys didn’t play a lot they were very responsible. The girls helped the women make the houses.

Eric Newengham-Member of the Odawa tribe

The Mitten-September 2001 issue Michigan Social Studies Weekly-Vol. 8

Issue 1, First Quarter Week 7 Great State Michigan-October 2004 issuehttp://www.bigorrin.org/potawatomi_kids.htm

The Potowatomi lived in central part of Michigan’s lower peninsula and they also lived in states like Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Ontario (Canada), and Wisconsin.