Bodéwadmi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Potawatomi Bodéwadmi.

Noun

Bodéwadmi (plural Bodéwadmi or Bodéwadmis)

  1. Alternative form of Potawatomi (person).
    • 2022 May 5, Arland Thornton, Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Eric Hemenway, Lindsey Willow Smith, Linda Young DeMarco, Anishinaabe Geography in the 1930 Decennial Census—and the Use of this Geography in Studying the 1900-1940 Attributes of Anishinaabe People‎[1], page 4:
      The Anishinaabe people are American Indians who have historically been associated with the Great Lakes region of what is now called Canada and the United States. The Anishinaabe people of the Great Lakes include the Odawas (also known as the Ottawas), the Chippewas (also known as the Ojibwes), and the Potawatomis (also known as the Bodéwadmis)—three interrelated groups that are sometimes collectively referred to as the Three Fires Confederacy.
    • 2025 August 4, Levi Rickert, “Bodéwadmi Confederation Articles Signed at 2025 Pottawatomi Gathering”, in Native News Online‎[2]:
      Historically, by the early 1500s, the Potawatomi—also known as the Neshnabek or Bodéwadmi—had migrated from ancestral homelands along the Atlantic coast and around the St. Lawrence River into the Great Lakes region. They settled around Lake Michigan, establishing a presence across what is now southern Michigan, northern Indiana, northeastern Illinois, and southeastern Wisconsin.

Potawatomi

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Noun

Bodéwadmi (plural Bodéwadmik)

  1. Potawatomi person.
    Synonym: Neshnabé
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