Forest County Potawatomi Community

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Forest County Potawatomi
Flag of the Forest County Potawatomi
Total population
1,400[1] (2010)
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( Wisconsin)
Languages
English, Potawatomi
Related ethnic groups
other Potawatomi and Anishinaabe people
Location of the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation in Wisconsin

The Forest County Potawatomi Community (Potawatomi: Ksenyaniyek)[2][3] is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people with approximately 1,400 members as of 2010.[1] The community is based on the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation, which consists of numerous non-contiguous plots of land in southern Forest County and northern Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. The community also administers about 7 acres (28,000 m2) of off-reservation trust land in the city of Milwaukee.[1][4] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the reservation and off-reservation trust land together have a total area of 22.72 square miles (58.8 km2).[5] The combined population of Forest County Potawatomi Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land was 594 in the 2020 census.[6] The nation's administrative and cultural center are located about three miles east of Crandon, Wisconsin.[7]

  1. ^ a b c Tribes of Wisconsin (PDF). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Administration Division of Intergovernmental Relations. July 2022. p. 39. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Forest County Potawatomi Comprehensive Plan
  3. ^ "Dictionary". Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Vaisvilas, Frank (May 1, 2023). "At Bodwéwadmi Ktëgan, this Wisconsin tribe is using 'circle of life' techniques to feed its people. Here's how". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "2020 Gazetteer Files". census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  6. ^ "2020 Decennial Census: Forest County Potawatomi Community and Off-Reservation Trust Land, WI". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Departments". Forest County Potawatomi. Retrieved July 15, 2022.