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Dedication ceremonies were held Friday for a replica of a Native American encampment at Topeka's Old Prairie Town.

The Potawatomi census book of 1862 remains a vital foundational document for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation; however, the Tribe does not have possession of it. CPN staff first saw it in 2006 at St. Marys Indian Pay Station Museum in St. Marys, Kansas.

Potawatomi tribal history exhibit dedicated at Burnett's Mound Tim Hrenchir, Topeka Capital-Journal © Evert Nelson/The Capital-Journal Citizens Potawatomi Nation Chairman John "Rocky" Barrett, right, waves an eagle's wing across a mix of burning sage, sweet grass, tobacco and cedar, known as "the four sacred medicines" in some cultures, for those wanting a blessing following a dedication Thursday at Burnett's Mound. Potawatomi tribal members were forced at gunpoint in 1838 to leave their homes in Indiana and walk a 660-mile route known as the "Trail of Death," Jon Boursaw...

Potawatomi tribal members were forced at gunpoint in 1838 to leave their homes in Indiana and walk a 660-mile route known as the "Trail of Death," Jon Boursaw said Thursday. They then lived in what is now Linn County in east-central Kansas, where 600 members died of cholera and were buried in unmarked graves before the Potawatomi were relocated in the late 1840s to the Topeka area, Boursaw said. A native Topekan and a Potawatomi tribal legislator, Boursaw was among those who spoke at a ceremony in southwest Topeka to dedicate an exhibit focusing on Potawatomi tribal history. He stressed...