The Potawatomi are a Native American people native to the Great Plains region of the Midwestern United States. The tribe was traditionally allied with the Ojibwe and Odawa tribes, and the tribe was pushed into the American West by European encroachment during the late 18th century. Under the Indian Removal Act, the tribe was moved to Nebraska, Kansas, and the Indian Territory, and there are currently 28,000 Potawatomi members in the USA.