Prairie Band of Potawatomi

Are looking for storm spotter trainers to look for dangerous weather conditions approaching the reservation.  The class will be on Monday, April 5th, 2010 at 6:30 at the Stone building.  Most reservations do not have tornado sirens and require storm spotters.


I remember reading a story of Derrek Collett who was 7 years old and a Potawatomi who made sure all the children in what was at the time the only foster home licensed by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi were safe during a tornado in Dowagiac back in the fall of 2007.


Little Derrek rushed a 2 year old foster girl to the basement.  Then he helped two other special needs kids to the basement to wait out the storm.  The Collett family had a article written in the Dowagiac Newspaper and also Indianz.com link Dowagiac is the location of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi.

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Per City data.com link

Storm Spotter Training Link

National Geographic Lesson Plan Link