Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan

Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan
Regions with significant populations
United States United States (Michigan Michigan)
Languages
English, Potawatomi
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Council of Three Fires (Odawa, Ojibwe, and other Potawatomi tribes)

The Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people in Michigan named for a 19th-century Ojibwe chief. They were formerly known as the Gun Lake Band of Grand River Ottawa Indians,[1] the United Nation of Chippewa, Ottawa and Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, Inc.,[1] and the Gun Lake Tribe or Gun Lake Band.[2] They are headquartered in Bradley, Michigan.

  1. ^ a b Petition for Federal Acknowledgment of Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan, William L. Church, May 16, 1994.
  2. ^ "Tribal Council", Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi. (retrieved 18 Dec 2009)

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