Potowatomi Tribe

### Tribe Status

Merged with Ho-Chunk Tribe after Round 4 (Twist Manor) Merged with Tribe Targaryen and Tribe Parvati after Round 5 (Last Chance)

The **Potowatomi Tribe**, also known as **Tribe Potowatomi**, was one of the two premerge tribes in Survivor: Twist Manor and Survivor: Last Chance. Originally selected by Hailey Briski in *Survivor: Twist Manor*, they were known for not working as well together as a team when compared to the Ho-Chunk Tribe, of whom they lost almost all of their challenges to. This would be the inspiration for why the tribe name was revived in *Survivor: Last Chance*, to which it met a much different fate, as the members of this iteration were able to redeem the name and win every challenge they played in.

## Members

### Survivor: Twist Manor

**Original Potowatomi Tribe**
 Tom Andersen
*Survivor: Battle*
*for Cambridge*
 Breanne Nevers
*Survivor: Battle*
*for Cambridge*
 Michael Garcia
*Survivor: Heroes*
*vs. Villains*
10/13
 Richie Gureski | 6th Voted Out
9/13
 Jack Demet | 7th Voted Out
8/13
 Hailey Briski | Runner-Up
2/13

**Post-Swap Potowatomi Tribe**
*Survivor: Heroes*
*vs. Villains*
10/13
 Nathan Valk
*Survivor: Heroes*
*vs. Villains*
7/13
 Jarred "Juice" Cass | 9th Voted Out
6/13
 Kyle Scheel
*Survivor: Battle*
*for Cambridge*
*Survivor: Heroes*
*vs. Villains*
5/13
 Hailey Briski
2/13

### Survivor: Last Chance

**Original Potowatomi Tribe**
*Survivor: Winter War*
 Michael Garcia
*Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*
*Survivor: Twist Manor*
*Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites:*
*Revenge of the Fallen*
12/17
 Sam "Dolphin Sam" Rehl
*Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites:*
*Revenge of the Fallen*
10/17
 Lita Jo Noordyk
*Survivor: Blood vs. Water:*
*Redemption Island*
9/17
 Sam "Idol Sam" Chovanec
*Survivor: Winter War*
8/17
 Conner Hackett
*Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*
7/17
 Ashley Nosavic
*Survivor: One World*
5/17
 Collin Hinz
*Survivor: Winter War*
Winner

**Post-Swap Potowatomi Tribe**
*Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*
*Survivor: Twist Manor*
*Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites:*
*Revenge of the Fallen*
12/17
 Sam "Dolphin Sam" Rehl
*Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites:*
*Revenge of the Fallen*
10/17
 Sam "Idol Sam" Chovanec
*Survivor: Winter War*
8/17
 Conner Hackett
*Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains*
7/17
 Collin Hinz
*Survivor: Winter War*
Winner

## Tribe History

### Survivor: Twist Manor

The Potowatomi Tribe was selected by Hailey during the first moments of the game, due to her picking the right ball out of the bag alongside Darius, who would select the Ho-Chunk Tribe. Hailey would also be granted individual immunity from her first tribal council she went to. Hailey would immediately select Michael to be on the Potowatomi Tribe, and with his help, she would select Breanne, Kyle G., Tom, and Jack. Richie would be sent to the Solo Room due to neither Hailey or Darius not picking him. The Potowatomi Tribe would immediately look for the hidden immunity idol at their camp and they would make two key alliances. One alliance consisted of Breanne, Michael, and Hailey, led by Breanne, who wanted to target Tom for his connections with the others in the game, including on the other tribe. The other alliance consisted of Tom and Kyle G., who wanted to target Breanne for her past reputation and winning game in *Survivor: Battle for Cambridge*. Both sides tried to start pull in Jack, with Breanne's alliance talking to Jack more. At the first immunity challenge, they would put up a poor performance, with Tom being the only one to secure the tribe a point. When they got back to their camp, both alliances would go on the attack against the other, and both would attempt to pull Jack into their respective alliances. The two alliances narrowed down their targets to Kyle G. and Breanne. Meanwhile, Juice would be given an opportunity on the Ho-Chunk Tribe to gift a hidden immunity idol to someone on the Potowatomi Tribe that could only be used at the first tribal council of the season. He would gift this to Breanne, and she would use it on herself to negate the two votes from Tom and Kyle G., and with Jack siding with Breanne's alliance, the foursome would guarantee Kyle G.'s elimination and would immediately put Tom on the outs.

After they returned to their camp, Richie arrived to their camp, and due to the twist he was now a member of their tribe. Richie would be very paranoid about people thinking he had a hidden immunity idol from the Solo Room, and to show the others he had nothing, he dumped his bag in front of everyone to show he had nothing. Unfortunately for him, this worked against him, and people thought he was hiding something. He worried even more when Jack told him that someone would have to be voted out if they lost the next challenge. While Jack meant this in a practical sense, Richie misread this and thought he was sending a signal that he wanted to take Richie out. Breanne would then talk to Richie and immediately pull him in to work with her and she promised him his safety in the game. Michael on the other hand distrusted Richie very much, and talked much to Hailey and Breanne saying that he knew more than he was letting on. At the next immunity challenge, two callers would be selected to watch over a pair of people to go out and reach two bags scattered across a property and the person who got the bags back to their tribe area the fastest won. Richie and Breanne were the callers, with Richie calling out to Tom and Jack, and Breanne calling out to Hailey and Michael. Although they tried very hard and got their first two bags bag quickly, the Ho-Chunk Tribe would take the lead and win immunity once again. Once they got back to their camp, Breanne and Richie immediately campaigned to each other about what they should do, with Breanne wanting to target Tom to finish off his alliance, and Richie wanting to target Jack because of a lack of trust. Breanne would win out, and the other three would be convinced soon after, and Tom would become the next person eliminated from the game.

After a tribe swap, the contestants picked balls from a bag with a colored mark on each ball, minus one, to show which tribe they would be going to. While only Michael and Hailey would stay on the Potowatomi Tribe, they would gain Kyle S., Juice, and Nathan as a result from the swap. Breanne and Richie would be sent to the Ho-Chunk Tribe, and Jack would pick the unmarked ball and be sent to the Solo Room and await to join the tribe that would lose the next immunity challenge. The tribal lines were immediately drawn on the new Potowatomi Tribe, with the former Ho-Chunk men wanting to stick together in their alliance against Michael and Hailey. However, they would not have to worry at that time about the future, as they would win the next immunity challenge and they would be saved from tribal council by utilizing Nathan's skills correctly in the challenge and pulling out a surprising come from behind win. However, this came at a cost for Michael and Hailey, as their main ally Breanne was eliminated on the Ho-Chunk Tribe's tribal council in a 4-1 vote.

The next immunity challenge was revealed to be a puzzle challenge, and two people from each tribe were needed to complete a certain puzzle they would be given. Michael and Hailey, both wanting to prove themselves and keep themselves safe, took it upon themselves to do the immunity challenge for the Potowatomi Tribe. Although they had the opportunity to swap members out to complete the puzzle, the duo kept going on to try to complete the challenge. Unfortunately for them, the duo would lose to Darius, Jack, and Richie on the Ho-Chunk Tribe. Michael would then be sent to the Solo Room by the Ho-Chunk tribe, and he would get an advantage, a vote blocker. Michael would lie about his advantage to Nathan in an attempt to get him to work together with him and Hailey, who both decided they wanted to target Juice, as they saw him as a physical threat in the future of the game. Although Nathan considered this offer, he and the other two men wanted to get Michael out, knowing that he would be a force to be reckoned with after the merge. Michael would get his way, as he would use his vote blocker on Juice, and Nathan would vote with them to avoid a tied vote, and Kyle would vote for Michael.

Juice would be taken out in a surprising 3-1 vote, but he would be given an opportunity alongside the other three of the first four eliminated contestants to win a spot back in the game. Michael's move would be undone as Juice would win the challenge and earn his way back into the game. After this, the Potowatomi Tribe merged with the remaining members of the Ho-Chunk Tribe for the rest of the game.

## Trivia

* All of the people to enter the Solo Room in *Survivor: Twist Manor* came from the original Potowatomi Tribe.
* The Potowatomi Tribe is currently the worst premerge tribe to exist in terms of challenge wins, winning only 25% of the challenges they participated in.
* Both times Tribe Potowatomi was a tribe in the game, their lowest placing member of the season placed 13th.