Helping make homeownership a reality

Understanding the benefits of homeownership can help make the decision easy. First National Bank & Trust Co. is here to assist Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal members across the United States with becoming homeowners.

Group therapy offers “Freedom from Smoking”

After attending training and learning about resources, CPN Behavioral Health Therapist Ray Tainpeah started leading smoking cessation classes for Tribal members and employees in 2005, using the American Lung Association’s Freedom from Smoking curriculum.

Freeman serves Native-owned business in multiple capacities

Felicia Freeman, a CPN tribal member and commercial loan officer and certified credit counselor for the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation, started a two-year term in January 2021 as state secretary of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma.

Hownikan Podcast: April 2021

This episode focuses on art and history. We’ll hear from an Oklahoma folk musician and a stop-motion animation artist with new work on Netflix. The Director of CPN’s Cultural Heritage Center also discusses the history of the 1936 Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act.

Taking care of our elders during the pandemic

With numerous shelter-in-place orders in effect to promote social distancing during the pandemic, and increased dependency of older adults on others, the pandemic heightens the potential for elder abuse.