sentences:  They occupy reservation lands in a total of ten counties in the area.The Pokagon are descendants of the residents of allied Potawatomi villages that were historically located along the St. Joseph, Paw Paw and Kalamazoo rivers in what are now southwest Michigan and northern Indiana.They were the only Potawatomi band to gain permission from the United States government to remain in Michigan after Indian removal in the 1830s.