Potawatomi Bingo New Years Meal

The chef created a incredible four course meal that is beyond yummy sounding!  For $44 you got to pick one item from each of the four courses.  I could not help but notice that one of the signature dishes is lobsterwurst, and yes it is like liverwurst only with lobster instead!  I can only imagine!

Forest County Potawatomi in Wisconsin own and operate Potawatomi Bingo and The Northern Lights Theater, they can only seat 500 but sell out almost every show.

Entertainment Star Schedule link


Reciepe for lobsterwurst link
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Group Seeks Help From Pokagon Fund

A group of local artist and community leaders are trying to seek help in funding eight nationally renowned artists to install sculptures in significant areas around New Buffalo.  The project would cost around $33,000 for what is being called phase I.

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Pottawatomi Teachers sometimes need honoring!

Many times the elders and teachers of Potawatomi culture feel unrecognized, forgotton and unthanked.  People steal their work and lay claim like they created another mans lifetime of work.  I was shocked at doing a search on Donald Perrot at how many people have taken his work without even mentioning his name or linking his site.  Donald has lived the traditional Potawatomi way for his entire life, learning from great leaders of the Potawatomi Nation.  It never mattered what race you were or what Native American tribe you came from, they do and did what is such a characteristic of the Potawatomi Nation and all Native American Nations, they share!  Not just what they learn but many times with their own money. 



Donald A. Perrot is from the Prairie Band of Potawatomi and was raised in traditional ways in Arpin, Wisconsin.  He grew up learning how to speak Potawatomi, Menominee, Winnebago, Ojibwe and Ottawa.  Donald learned his sixth language when he turned 6, it was while attending school.  Donald did not stop going to school, he went on to get a Masters Degree from the University of Minnesota in Political Science back in 1967.

Donald is considered to be one of the top Potawatomi linguist in the world, and brought a traditional  culture into modern technology.  A pioneer in how the Potawatomi language is taught with modern technology.  He has made learning Potawatomi easy with online classes, lectures, and many books and CD's..

This remarkable man is a veteran, Elder and inter-tribal spiritual leader,  It is sometimes easier to show what someone has done to contribute to the Potawatomi Nation.  If you have not seen Donald's work already please take a look..



http://www.neaseno.org/onlineclass.htm   Online courses, you can learn at home!


http://www.neaseno.org/store.htm   You can get books and CD's to learn at your pace.

http://www.potawatomilanguage.org/wotw.php  Want to learn just a word a day? 

http://www.potawatomi.org/Culture/Language  Learn at your own pace!

http://www.neaseno.org/kigdowen.htm  Learning made easy!

Many thanks to Justin Needy, Citizen Band of Potawatomi, the Prairie Band of Potawatomi and the elders who are gone but not forgotten and are remembered and honored when we Potawatomis learn the language and pass it on to our children and grandchildren, and so many others that this list would be longer than hollywoods movie credits.

If you are able please support mr. Perrot and take a look at his language store. Thank You Donald Perrot for all your hard work, you have made my learning so much easier.  Also thank You Cecilia Meeks Jackson.

Pokagons Deadly Battle by Chicago Magazine

Simon Pokagon knew of the savagery at Fort Dearborn back in 1812, and he used the same weapon that he always used, a book.  Simon said, "the white man believes what he reads and it is the white man who writes."  Although Simon was not yet born during the deadly encounter at Fort Dearborn, he was told what had happened by his then middle aged father.

On January 27, 1899, just two years after Simon's interview with the Tribune, Simon died in his home in Michigan, but his interview appeared in Harper's magazine, titled "The Massacre at Fort Dearborn at Chicago."
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John Low Interview link

Potawatomi Who We Are!

It is important to know who we are and how we once lived.
Courtesy of the Prarrie Band of Potawatomi in Kansas.
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Pokagon Frank Bush memorial

 

    This Year          

1922-1997

Frank Bush is a member of The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, in his book, "Always a people" franks takes you through his life as a traditional Potawatomi back in the days, his family made and sold baskets, they farmed and always had a garden that everyone shared, no one ever went without.

Frank came from a family of pastors and attended church regularly including the traditional Native religion.  He tells of coming from a time were neighbors all knew and looked out for each-other.

Frank spoke Potawatomi and was taught by his elders as is the case with most Potawatomi, frank speaks about how many got adopted out and never knew their Potawatomi culture only to seek it out later in life, and he was always willing to teach it and pass it on, he felt a sense of responsibility in teaching what he had learned.

Frank had 4 brothers and one sister, all the boys were over six feet tall as was his father, a hard working Potawatomi man who made sure that he taught frank the old traditional ways.

Franks grandfathers lived on the Huron Potawatomi reservation located in the Southwest side of BattleCreek.  They were chiefs and leaders of the tribe and pipe carriers.

If you have not read Franks book, "Always a people" please do so, I just read it and found it to give a great insight as to how the Potawatomi's once lived.

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Always a people amazon book link

Read some of Franks book link

Franks Potawatomi name was "Naswa Wua Quet"

He was born in Shelbyville, Michigan in 1922 and was Pokagon, Huron and Gun Lake Band of Potawatomi.  Frank said "All the people that say they want to learn, where are they now?"  Frank felt very strongly about Potawatomi gathering to learn the way of our people.

Frank served in the United States Marine Corp from 1940-1951.  He left with the rank of Gunnery Sergeant.  Frank was awarded the Purple heart for injuries suffered during WWII. 

Frank Bush at the Ziibiwing Culture Center link

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FireKeepers Stars

FireKeepers got a couple of stars that showed up to celebrate New Years at the casino.  Jamie Kennedy from scream, Malibu's Most Wanted and The Jamie Kennedy Experiment and his girlfriend,  Jennifer Love Hewitt from the tv hit Ghost Whisperer and movies such as Tropic Thunder, I know what you did last summer and Garfield.


When stars show up to your casino it get's press from many major newspapers.  Having entertainment shows is how Hewitt and Kennedy first started going to FireKeepers casino.

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Robert Lara Potawatomi

Robert Lara is a Prairrie Band of Potawatomi from the Bear Clan, he is 32 years old and a singer,  drummer and artist.  Robert is also a 5th degree black belt in Four Winds Aikido which he owns and operates.  Robert has been in martial arts since he was 13 years old and now passes on his learning to others, a characteristic seen often in the Potawatomis. 

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Robert Laras pressure point classes.