Meanings
plural Bodewadmis
- alternativeAlternative form of Bodéwadmi.
The preamble continues stating that “the Nations of Confederation represent a diverse network of Bodewadmi that share the desire to work collectively toward furthering principles and polices that promote, defend, and enhance tribal sovereignty.
2025 August 4, Levi Rickert, “Bodéwadmi Confederation Articles Signed at 2025 Pottawatomi Gathering”, in Native News Online1 more example
Three years earlier, Lincoln had signed the Homestead Act, which gave current and future citizens land, provided they lived on it and improved it. But where did this land come from? In West Michigan, the land between the Grand and St. Joseph Rivers west of present-day Jackson, Michigan, came from the Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), and Bodewadmi (Potawatomi) peoples in accordance with the Treaty of Chicago in 1821.
2024 April 21, Steve VanderVeen, “Steve VanderVeen: The Klandermans and the beginning of Borculo”, in Holland Sentinel
Origin
- PotawatomiBodéwadmi
- EnglishBodewadmi
Borrowed from Potawatomi Bodéwadmi.
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Bodewadmi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bodewadmi
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