Citizen Potawatomi Nation cut the ribbon for its first cultural heritage center in January 2006 and it has been growing, changing and adapting to challenges ever since. Before the current structure was built 11 years ago, there was a museum and gift shop at the CHC’s present location, but tribal members and staff have spent years planning and learning what people want in a cultural heritage Read More »
For a short month, February 2017 packs a big punch of events for the PLACE. For the second year in a row we start back the girls-to-women and the boys-to-men programs. From February through April the program will focus on providing much needed tools for our tribal youth to be successful as they grow into adults. Each week will be packed with guest speakers who Read More »
CPN-SGU Tribal Development Scholarship Update After completing a full year of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation-St. Gregory’s University Tribal Development Scholarship, the CPN Department of Education staff had a chance to sit down with tribal and university leadership. After reflecting on all of the successes and lessons learned, everyone agreed how proud we are that this opportunity exists for the wonderful students receiving this scholarship. With ten percent of Read More »
Winter has already given us record setting low temperatures in many areas of the state and all-time record highs for the season, all in the same week. A reminder that the old Will Rogers quip, “If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute and it’ll change,” still holds true as we prepare for the next round of winter weather on Read More »
Megan Thomas – a member of the Melot family – was a participant of the Potawatomi Leadership Program in 2006 and returned as an intern for the public information department in 2007. In 2010, Thomas received bachelors’ degrees in English literature and journalism and mass communications from Arizona State University and went on to complete a Master’s of Arts in global business journalism in 2013 from Read More »
Along with expanding services for Native Americans, tribal employees and non-Native spouses of CPN tribal members, the staff at CPN Health Services seems to be in a continuing state of expansion just to keep up with demand. Amongst the newest health providers to join the ranks at the clinics is Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Destiny R. Mitchell, member of the Bruno family and nurse practitioner. Where Read More »
This month we will be hosting our fifth annual winter storytelling event on February 22 at the CPN Cultural Heritage Center from 6-8 p.m. As many of you may recall, traditionally we have a number of stories which can only be told in the wintertime – preferably when there is snow on the ground. Here in Oklahoma snow is very inconsistent from year to year. Read More »
The Professional Bowlers Association has revised its FireLake PBA Tournament of Champions schedule this week due to a logistical problem which delayed the arrival of one of the PBA’s semi-trailers transporting bowling ball inventory and equipment of many TOC players from last week’s Barbasol PBA Players Championship in Columbus, Ohio, to Shawnee. The official practice Read More »
After three moves in the last four years, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Community Garden has found a new home for the 2017 season. Assistant Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Andrew Gourd and other CPN staff members have done the bulk of the work moving the garden from the CPN Eagle Aviary to the Sharp House this fall. With this change comes great opportunity, but also another year Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation has a number of missions. Whether its staff is promoting small business development in Indian Country, financing community infrastructure development in rural Oklahoma or providing credit and financial management counseling to those in need, the organization takes on a wide array of challenges. One such mission is now in its third installment, as the 2017 Oklahoma Indian Nations directory is now on Read More »