In the Council of Three Fires, the Potawatomi are considered the 'youngest brother' and are referred to in this context as Bodéwadmi, a name that means 'keepers of the fire' and refers to the council fire of three peoples. The Potawatomi are part of a long-term alliance, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibway and Odawa (Ottawa).
The Potawatomi call themselves Neshnabé, a cognate of the word Anishinaabe. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquin family. The Potawatomi / p ɒ t ə ˈ w ɒ t ə m i/, also spelled Pottawatomi and Pottawatomie (among many variations), are a Native American people of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region. United States ( Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Illinois)
