A Little History
1895 Maps of Indian Nations
The Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe of Oklahoma is so-called
because certain Prairie Band members applied for citizenship papers in the 1860�s,
having been granted this right by treaty.�
Many sold their fee patent land in Kansas; and, landless and destitute,
they were removed to Indian Territory.�
Reservation land was provided for them there; however, since they were
citizens, legal questions arose as to their right to live on it.� Today, there is no Potawatomi reservation in
Oklahoma, but the band owns 1.25 acres of land; individual band members own land,
also.