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Cecelia Miksekwe Jackson
Cecelia "Meeks" Miksekwe Jackson (October 2, 1922 - May 29, 2011) was a Bodéwademi (Neshnabé/Potawatomi) woman from Kansas in the United States who worked to preserve Potawatomi language, Bodwéwadmimwen, a critically endangered Algonquian languages, Algonquian language. She was a native speaker. Biography Cecelia Miksekwe Jackson was born to Rosann Lasley Potts and Joseph Bill Potts on October 2, 1922, on the Bodéwademi reservation near Mayetta, Kansas. She was a member of the Nation, in English the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. Jackson was multilingual, speaking Bodwéwadmimwen, Ojibwe language, Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe), Ottawa dialect, Daawaamwin (Ottawa), and English. She worked for many years at the Slimaker Dress Factory in Holton, Kansas and later as a cook. Language revitalization Cecelia Miksekwe Jackson was the last fluent, native speaker of Bodwéwadmimwen (Potawatomi) belonging to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (PBPN). Despite the small number of speakers, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bodéwademi
The Potawatomi (), also spelled Pottawatomi and Pottawatomie (among Potawatomi ethnonyms, many variations), are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American tribe of the Great Plains, upper Mississippi River, and western Great Lakes region. They traditionally speak the Potawatomi language, a member of the Algonquian languages, Algonquian family. They are additionally First Nations in Canada. The Potawatomi call themselves ''Neshnabé'', a cognate of the word ''Anishinaabe''. The Potawatomi are part of a long-term alliance, called the Council of Three Fires, with the Ojibwe and Odawa (Ottawa). In the Council of Three Fires, the Potawatomi are considered the "youngest brother". Their people 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. In the 19th century, some bands of Potawatomi were pushed to the west by European/American encroachment. In the 1830s the federal government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
