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- By Levi Rickert
HOPKINS, Mich. — Citizens of various Potawatomi (Bodéwadmi) nations participated with tribal pride in the Parade of Nations on Thursday evening, the fourth day of the 2025 Pottawatomi Gathering currently underway in West Michigan. The gathering is being hosted by the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi, commonly known as the Gun Lake Tribe.
Approximately 5,000 Potawatomi from across the United States and Canada are expected to attend the week-long annual event.
Earlier on Thursday, Potawatomi leaders from nine Potawatomi tribes signed Articles of Confederation that established the Bodéwadmi Confederation of Tribal Nations.
Thursday's Parade of Nations served as a prelude to the powwow, which will be held Friday evening and Saturday at the tribe’s scenic powwow grounds at Jijak Camp in Hopkins, Michigan.
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Editor's Note: All photos by Levi Rickert.
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