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People group profile · PG043460

The Potawatomi of Canada

The Potawatomi of Canada, numbering about 6,300 people, are No Longer Unreached. They are the youngest of the Council of Three Fires alliance with the Ojibwe and Odawa, whose bands fled 1830s American removal by settling among Ojibwe and Ottawa communities in southern Ontario, including Walpole Island and the Beausoleil Band.

They are an indigenous people in the North American Indigenous people cluster of the North American Peoples. Their primary religion is Protestantism, and they primarily speak English.

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Fast facts

Country
Canada
Population
6,300
Affinity group
American Peoples
People cluster
North American Indigenous
Primary language
English (eng)
Primary religion
Protestantism
Strategic Progress Index ?
No Longer Unreached
Evangelical
5% or Greater but Less than 10%
GSEC ?
5% or Greater but Less than 10% Evangelical
Lostness priority ?
Marginally Reached People Group
Region
Northern America, Americas

Where they live

Gospel status

The Potawatomi are No Longer Unreached, which means 2% or more are evangelical Christians. In GSEC terms, this people group is greater than or equal to 5% evangelical.

  • Congregations exist No
  • Church planting in the last two years No Churches Planted

Next steps for the Potawatomi

  • Pray for the churches among this group to grow in faithfulness and maturity
  • Equip believers to reach the unreached peoples around them
  • Send out laborers from this people to the nations

Primary religion

Protestantism · Christianity

Primary language

English

100% speak English

Gospel resources in English

  • Bible available
  • JESUS Film available
  • Radio programs not available
  • Gospel recordings available
  • Audio resources available
  • Bible stories available

Films

  • JESUS (English, North American Indigenous)

Bibles

Find more at the JESUS Film Project, Bible.com and Faith Comes by Hearing.

Pray for the Potawatomi

  1. Matthew 9:37–38. Ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest field.
  2. 2 Timothy 2:2. Pray for faithful local leaders who will teach others, so that the church multiplies.
  3. Ephesians 5:8. Pray that those walking in darkness will turn to the light and live as children of light.
  4. Romans 10:14–15. Ask God to send messengers, so that people can hear, believe and call on the name of the Lord.

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Potawatomi in other countries

The same people is also reported in 1 other country.

People groupCountryPopulationStatus
PotawatomiUnited States24,000No Longer Unreached

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