Pottawatomie Gentes
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[1]Chauvignerie (1736) mentions among the Potawatomi totems the golden carp, frog, tortoise, crab, and crane.
According to Morgan (Anc. Soc., 167,1877) they have 15 gentes, as follows:
(1) Moah, `Wolf'
(2) Mko, `Bear'
(3) Muk, 'Beaver'
(4) Misshawa, 'Elk'
(5) Maak, 'Loon'
(6) Knou, 'Eagle'
(7) Nina , 'Sturgeon'
(8) Nmapena, 'Carp'
(9) Mgezewa, 'Bald Eagle'
(10) Chekwa, 'Thunder'
(11) Wabozo, 'Rabbit'
(12) Kakagshe, 'Crow'
(13) Wakeshi, 'Fox'
(14) Penna, 'Turkey'
(15) Mketashshekakah, 'Black Hawk'
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