For the March 2016 Hownikan, we’re working on an article on the best practices in gathering your family information to help build a Potawatomi family tree. Looking back on this Way Back Wednesday though, that’s a common topic that seems to span generations. Take a look at this article from the 1982 edition of the Read More »
For the past 20 years, environmental organizations have fought to keep the Monarch butterfly from going extinct. The iconic butterfly has experienced a significant population loss, mainly due to pesticide use on genetically engineered crops. Pesticides kill milkweed, which is the Monarch’s main source of food and shelter. For some Native American tribes, butterflies symbolize Read More »
A small group of high school students who have already won $10,000 for solving an environmental challenge within the community is shaking things up by tackling Oklahoma’s earthquake problem. The STEM Club at Bethel High School incorporates science, technology, engineering and math in its weekly after-school meetings, and this semester the club is making a Read More »
Lots of exciting things are going on with the language department. On Wed., Feb. 24 we will be hosting our third annual Winter Storytelling Festival at the CPN Cultural Heritage Center from 6-8 p.m. We will have food and refreshments and all are welcome. We hope you will come out and listen to some of Read More »
Keep the commodity cheese away from Fawn White, thanks. “I hate commod cheese,” she said. “I despise it when I hear people say, ‘Oh, I love that cheese!’ Well buddy, you didn’t grow up on that cheese.” With American Indian and Alaska Natives more likely to struggle with regular access to food, that cheese, distributed Read More »
This week for Way Back Wednesday we take a look back at what made the front page of the Hownikan thirty years ago this month.
The resurgence in positive portrayals of Native American culture has come with unforeseen consequences in recent decades. A drive for purity – specifically in terms of defining what it means to be Indian – has become a prominent topic of discussion in places like Oklahoma, where so many tribal nations, cultures and peoples intermingled. Thanks Read More »
When first responders receive a call for help they know their fellow agencies are listening and ready to provide backup. This is how the working relationship between the CPN Tribal Police and sister agencies like the Pottawatomie County Sherriff’s Office has worked for years, and in recent months that partnership has only increased. “For one Read More »
FireLake Gifts has an array of Pendleton Woolen Mills blankets for you and the whole family. 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 sure to follow Read More »
Tribal Housekeeping and Emergency Management Director Tim Zientek gets a regular stream of requests for donations from fellow first responders and city officials from communities across the tribal jurisdiction in Pottawatomie County. Cash and resource strapped municipal governments across the county rely on partnerships with fellow agencies to help provide basic services that state and Read More »