Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Since 2007

Tag: Potawatomi

If you’re not connected to your heritage, you are whoever you decide to be

Who am I, really? My heritage leaves me no clues.

2 August 2023
The mystery of the former one-lane bridge on the Michigan Road in Fulton County, Indiana

Images of an abandoned bridge abutment that once supported a one-lane truss bridge on the Michigan Road in Fulton County, Indiana.

1 February 2019
Potawatomi dancers at the pow wow

I’ve known for most of my life that I have Potawatomi and Cherokee Indian ancestors. I’ve always felt more connected to my German roots, but I’ve been curious about my Indian side just the same. So when the opportunity came up to see a Potawatomi pow wow, I took it. The Pokagon band of Potawatomi…

16 September 2010
A monument to Menominee

A band of Potawatomi Indians had made their home near Twin Lakes in Marshall County, Indiana, a bit south of Plymouth. In 1838, 100 wigwams and cabins dotted the land in their village. They had converted to Catholicism; they were learning to farm the land. They wanted to coexist with the white settlers who had…

21 September 2009