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Potawatomi

(Encyclopedia)Potawatomi ptwt´m [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They are close...

Pottawatami

(Encyclopedia)Pottawatami or Pottawatomi: see Potawatomi.

Kickapoo

(Encyclopedia)Kickapoo kk´poo [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Algonquian branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages) and who in the late 17t...

Michigan

(Encyclopedia)Michigan msh´gn [key], upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and th...
 

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