Potawatomi religion

Potawatomi religion is the traditional Native American religion of the Potawatomi people. Found primarily in north-eastern North America, it is practiced within Potawatomi communities in Canada and the United States. The tradition has no formal leadership or organizational structure and displays much internal variation.

Definition

Together with the Odawa (Ottawa) and Ojibwe nations, the Potawatomi form a confederation called the Three Fires.[1]

Native American religions more broadly have always adapted in response to environmental changes and interactions with other communities.[2]

References

Citations

  1. ^ Smith 2012, p. 9.
  2. ^ Crawford 2007, p. 17.

Sources

  • Crawford, Suzanne J. (2007). Native American Religious Traditions. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education. ISBN 9780131834835.
  • Smith, Theresa S. (2012) [1995]. The Island of the Anishnaabeg: Thunderers and Water Monsters in the Traditional Ojibwe Life-World. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-3832-9.
  • Vecsey, Christopher (1983). Traditional Ojibwa Religion and its Historical Changes. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society. ISBN 978-0871691521.

Further reading

  • Howard, "When They Worship the Underwater Panther", Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, 1960
  • Bee, Robert L. "Potawatomi Peyotism: The Influence of Traditional Patterns", Southwestern Journal of Anthropology, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Summer, 1966), pp. 194-205
  • Clifton, James A. "Sociocultural Dynamics of the Prairie Potawatomi Dream Cult," Plains Anthropologist, Vol. 14, No. 44, Part 1 (May 1969), pp. 85-93
  • Paul Odell Myhre, "Potawatomi transformation: Potawatomi responses to Catholic and Baptist mission strategy and competition, 1822-1872", PhD thesis
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