Widoktadwen Center for Native Knowledge

Widoktadwen in Bodewadmimwen, the Potawatomi language, means community. The root of this word roughly translates to together, with each other, or helping each other. Our name literally translates to the Community Center for Native Knowledge.

We strongly believe that only a cultural shift in mindset, values, and priorities will create the lasting positive change we seek in our society. We are aware of the deeper ills that afflict our society and we are due for a cultural shift. We still live in a world that oppresses countercultural narratives and targets people of color, and our society is largely ignorant of the ways in which these behaviors stem from corrupt systems designed to serve white supremacy and the idea of a single American culture. But together, as a community, we can begin to break down the oppressive systems that no longer (or never did) serve us and build something far greater.

Community is the medicine. We are the medicine.