It was a bright sunny day in Rochester, Indiana, when more than 200 people of many faiths came together in a Catholic church to honor Native Americans for the State of Indiana’s Indian Day on April 22. The first time the Potawatomi marched down Main Street in Rochester was in September 1838, when Indiana government officials followed President Andrew Jackson’s orders to forcibly remove Native Americans Read More »

Did you make the cut? Get ready for next year! Traditional Hand Games winners: Cody Jensen Lyle Simmons Jerry Correy Kareen Martin Sherry Whitehead Browning Naddeau Sarah Reiser   Men’s Compound Bow 1st – Bo Green 2nd – Stacey Coffey 3rd – Harold Smith   Men’s Traditional Bow 1st – Lloyd Smith 2nd – Jared Read More »

A Citizen Potawatomi tribal member with a special talent traveled from California to learn more about her culture and to teach her craft to students at the CPN Child Development Center in Oklahoma this spring. Kate Schoeman, a member of the Bertrand family, first put on a pair of ballet shoes as a 10-year-old in Orange County, California, Read More »

In early June, community members gathered at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center to learn more about what each of them can do for the environment in their own backyards. The United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service hosted the event to showcase what one of their grant recipients is doing in Read More »

As Festival approaches, we have a lot of exciting learning opportunities at the Festival. We will have a number of classes during the event, with one specifically geared towards kids and another toward adults. We will also have the always popular Potawatomi Bingo where you can learn some language while having fun. We are also planning on bringing back the Potawatomi scavenger hunt. The questions will Read More »

Bozho, Lest we forget: The months of May and June have a special purpose for this country, this tribe, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and the American veterans. Our country and her tribes have experienced, and continues to experience, much conflict. Lest we forget those experiences we set aside a special time to collectively join together to remember our brothers, sisters, fathers and mothers who made Read More »

Amongst the free hot dogs, crafts and meals made available through the Festival this year will be another service available to tribal members – free vaccinations for family dogs provided by Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Dr. Heidi Stone, a board certified veterinarian. We spoke to Dr. Stone ahead of this year’s Festival about what Read More »

Who are the honored families and what should those family members do? The honored families for this year’s Family Reunion Festival are the Bourassa, Burnett, Melot, Navarre, Peltier, Wamego, Willmet and Vieux. Every year the honored families are encouraged to participate in the Tribal Heritage Production videos to help archive each family’s history. Tribal Heritage Read More »

Tulsa, OK. – The Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice (OCCJ) will host Camp Anytown Leadership Institute, an award-winning human relations camp for teens in Oklahoma. Now in its 24th year, Camp Anytown has been recognized as one of the most effective leadership and diversity programs for high school youth, and delegates are recognized as Read More »