Potawatomi

Potawatomi, North American tribe of the Algonquian language family. In the 18th century they lived around the south shore of Lake Michigan. They allied with the French colonists and joined Pontiac in his rebellion (1763). They later supported the British in the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812. Coming under pressure from settlers, they moved west, and in 1846 most of them were forced into a reservation in Kansas. The Potawatomi in Kansas have preserved much of the aboriginal culture.