By Darian Tower, CPN House of Hope Prevention Specialist The Pendleton Blanket raffle we conducted at this year’s Festival was successful, and we were fortunate to raise enough money in sales to give away four blankets and provide the proceeds to Shawnee’s Youth and Family Services Hope House! The winners were: Katie Alonzo, Diana Canterbury, Read More »
The months of July and August typically are some of the hottest months to be outside in Oklahoma, but the high temperatures didn’t stop an active summer season for many local youth who participated in sports camps around the Citizen Potawatomi Nation the past few months. Following immediately after the CPN Family Reunion Festival, the Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Housing Department has numerous programs and incentives to help CPN members across the U.S. and Native Americans living in its jurisdiction access housing. Programs include low income housing, down payment and closing cost assistance as well as the Home III Construction and Acquisition Program. “We often hear from tribal members that they didn’t know about a program that might help with their housing Read More »
The plaque on the award she received says a lot, but the recognition and significance of it being bestowed on Margaret Zientek is not lost on the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Assistant Director of Workforce & Social Services. In May she was presented with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Chiefs Award for her leadership and dedication Read More »
Indigenous Education, Inc. opportunities are not entitlements, meaning they are highly competitive and the application is only accessible online via the “Apply Now” button found at www.cobellscholar.org (no paper applications are generated). Therefore, we provide these tips for applicants. These may apply to other scholarship providers application include: Use an email address that is Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center staff and CPN tribal members have been working diligently since the flood of 2014 to create an exhibit detailing Potawatomi life from pre-colonial times to now. The exhibit’s planning phase took place during that time, though most of the creation and installation occurred in the past year. Along with CHC staff and tribal members like CPN Graphic Designer Trey DeLonais Read More »
An American bald eagle hatched at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Eagle Aviary in May to Kche Gizhek (Kyla) and Zagéndem-nené (Charlie) will be released thanks to special authorization from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The aviary staff recently confirmed the young eaglet was a boy, and he will be the first bald eagle to be hatched in and released from a Native American tribal eagle aviary. “We Read More »
According to the Social Security Administration, American men reaching the age of 65 today can expect to live, on average, until they’re 84. For women, the life expectancy is 86. Yet that longevity comes with complications, including rising medical and elder care costs, born primarily by a struggling American healthcare sector and increasingly, American families. One tribal program available to Native Americans via the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Read More »
In April, CPN Vice-Chairman Linda Capps wrote about her work with an initiative in Pottawatomie County that seeks to promote healthier lifestyle and infrastructure in the communities that many CPN members and employees live in. The following is a submission on what the project is and how it will work to enhance the lives of Read More »
Bozho, On May 29, Memorial Day, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Veterans Organization’s Color Guard met at the Tecumseh Cemetery for a special memorial service to remember past and present veterans and active service military personnel and their families. Normally a memorial service is scheduled at the Tecumseh Cemetery and several families had gathered to participate, but there was no ceremony. So, we put together an impromptu ceremony Read More »