This website is dedicated to all of the elders who struggled to use and maintain this language, even when it wasn't allowed, even when some of them were beaten or humiliated for using it, even when everyone around them began using English, they still kept their language, and now pass it on to the next generations....
Donald Perrote Sr., Donald Perrot Jr., Marion Perrote, Jane Peki, Orlando Green, Mary Wensaut, Mary Daniels, Billy Daniels, Jim Thunder, Sr., Mary Jane Thunder, Cecelia (Meeksekwé) Jackson, Lillian and Kendall Rice, Peter Pemma, Sarah Patterson, Jim Mckinney, Blanche Cook Rice, Walter Cooper, Bud Onzhiway, Lorenzo Mattweoashi, Ernest Pigeon, Carol Snowball Pigeon, and many others who have long since passed........
The Potawatomi language is at a critically endangered level, with less than 10 fluent speakers still alive, and not nearly enough students to learn from them. A language is what a culture uses to define itself, and the Potawatomi language contains a wealth of knowledge about the natural world, ceremonies, and spiritual beliefs. The Potawatomi language plays a critical role in Potawatomi ceremonies and cultural teachings, and to lose such a precious resources would result in the further erosion and possible eventual disappearance of Traditional Potawatomi Culture.
Dedicated to the Preservation, Revitalization, and Dissemination of the Potawatomi Language
Written Inquiries: 214 S State St., Waupun, WI 53963
Webmaster: Dolores Perrot wasjewen@neaseno.org