For many years, only the Kansas Potawatomi had received this money. Congress allocated $447,339, with $150,000 to be used by the Wisconsin Potawatomi to buy their own land, which was then put under federal trust for the tribe. Many Potawatomi families purchased 40- to 80-acre farms in Forest County, Wisconsin, while some bought land in Wood County.

The Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage in the states and most territories did not legalize same-sex marriage on Indian reservations.In the United States, Congress (not the federal courts) has legal authority over tribal reservations. Thus, unless Congress passes a law regarding same-sex marriage that is applicable to tribal …

In 1846 the Iowa and Kansas groups merged and were placed on a single reservation north of Topeka, Kansas. This group separated in 1867, with the Citizen Potawatomi moving to Oklahoma near present-day Shawnee. During these years of removal, the tribe fractured, and many members avoided removal and remained in the Great Lakes area.

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Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people located in Oklahoma.The Potawatomi are traditionally an Algonquian-speaking Eastern Woodlands tribe.They have 29,155 enrolled tribal members, of whom 10,312 live in the state of Oklahoma.

The Potawatomi Trail of Death was the forced removal by militia in 1838 of about 859 members of the Potawatomi nation from Indiana to reservation lands in what is now eastern Kansas.. The march began at Twin Lakes, Indiana (Myers Lake and Cook Lake, near Plymouth, Indiana) on November 4, 1838, along the western bank of the Osage River, ending near present-day …

Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands include Native American tribes and First Nation bands residing in or originating from a cultural area encompassing the northeastern and Midwest United States and southeastern Canada. It is part of a broader grouping known as the Eastern Woodlands. The Northeastern Woodlands is divided into three major areas: the …

Muckleshoot Indian Tribe; Muscogee (Creek) Nation; Navajo Nation; Nez Perce Tribe; Nisqually Indian Tribe; Nooksack Indian Tribe; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation; Northern Cheyenne Tribe; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi; Oglala Sioux Tribe; Ohkay Owingeh Tribe; Omaha Nation; Oneida Indian Nation; Onondaga Indian ...

The Lenape (English: / l ə ˈ n ɑː p i /, / ˈ l ɛ n ə p i /, or Lenape IPA: [ləˈnɑːpe], Delaware: Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory included present-day northeastern Delaware, New Jersey and eastern …

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