Chauvignerie (1736) mentions among the Potawatomi totems the golden carp, frog, tortoise, crab, and crane.
According to Morgan (Anc. Soc., 167,1877) they have 15 gentes, as follows:
- Moah, `Wolf’
- Mko, `Bear’
- Muk, ‘Beaver’
- Misshawa, ‘Elk’
- Maak, ‘Loon’
- Knou, ‘Eagle’
- Nina , ‘Sturgeon’
- Nmapena, ‘Carp’
- Mgezewa, ‘Bald Eagle’
- Chekwa, ‘Thunder’
- Wabozo, ‘Rabbit’
- Kakagshe, ‘Crow’
- Wakeshi, ‘Fox’
- Penna, ‘Turkey’
- Mketashshekakah, ‘Black Hawk’
