Bozho, February was Heart Health Month for the VA. It is a very special topic for me personally. In March 2014, my wife talked my doctor into giving me a stress test to see if I was prone to having heart problems. I felt fine, but I agreed, and my doctor went along. A problem Read More »
Great for any time of the season is the dream catcher, now on sale at FireLake Gift Shop. If you would like to purchase an item, FireLake Gift Shop has many items like this that can be seen in our store located inside the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center or online at https://giftshop.potawatomi.org. Be Read More »
February’s article for the aviary didn’t contain a great deal of information about Wadasé Zhabwé other than a brief description of her recent telemetry location and movements. We knew that would often be the case as she visits the aviary less frequently. While we were happy to report that she was doing well according to Read More »
Amidst the constant debate over vaccinations, one central point is often overlooked. The need to focus on healthy life choices, whether eating better, exercising more or using preventative medical visits, is often left out of such discussions. While the majority of medical research has time and again proved the efficacy of vaccinations in preventing the Read More »
Like many tribes, the members of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation have a distinct advantage in researching their lineage. The forced requirements to be added to the tribal rolls in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries have, more than a hundred years later, become a vital piece of a puzzle in learning about ancestors and Read More »
Three minutes of exercise doesn’t sound like a long time, but when factoring in an “exercise partner” who is trying to inflict physical pain and damage on you, that perspective changes. Jeremy Gregson only trained for two months before his first ever fight and is the first tribal member to do so at FireLake Read More »
The powwow season is fast approaching, including the big kick off event at Gathering of Nations in New Mexico which is the unofficial start of the summer. If you’re not a dancer, that doesn’t mean you can’t sing or drum though. FireLake Gift Shop has hand drum kits available now to get you started with Read More »
One week of the world’s best bowling at FireLake Bowling Center culminated at the grand event inside FireLake Arena on Super Bowl Sunday, as 20 year old Jesper Svensson of Sweden took home the title at the FireLake-PBA Tournament of Champions. Svensson, the 2015 PBA Rookie of the Year, was the youngest player ever to Read More »
Spring has hopefully sprung at the P.L.A.C.E. as we look for warmer weather to get the youth back outside. The P.L.A.C.E. staff kicks off two new programs to start March for our youth; the Boys-to-Men Program and the Girls-to-Women Program. These 10-week programs focus on tribal life skills to our participants. The course will also feature CPN leaders and fellow community leaders who will discuss their professional Read More »
Somewhat of a different turn for this week’s Way Back Wednesday as our CPN Cultural Heritage Center archives and collections department seeks the help of tribal members who may know the origin of an item in the museum collections. Do you recognize this doll? It is one of many interesting items within our ethnology collection. Read More »