Climate change is the idea that the gradual warming in the average temperature of the earth will motivate impacts such as sea level rise, severe droughts, more extreme weather events and changes in plant and animal species. These impacts can be harmful to many people and communities. Climate change continues to be a controversial topic, Read More »
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D. is a leading indigenous environmental scientist and writer in indigenous studies and environmental science at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She holds a Bachelor of Science from her current employer, and a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Botany from Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation was one of seven community development financial institutions to close on a multi-party bond totaling $127 million. On its own, the CPCDC has secured a $16 million bond as part of the United States Treasury Department’s CDFI Bond Guarantee Program. With this bond, the total amount of financing secured Read More »
With temperatures dropping, now’s as good a time as ever to get some clothing that keeps you ready for a tribal gathering while staying warm. Those in the business meetings will also like the ties we’ve got on sale featuring appliques from traditional Potawatomie stories. FireLake Gift Shop has many items like these at similarly Read More »
In July 2014, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn announced that the Obama Administration would dedicate almost $10 million to help Native American tribal governments prepare and adapt to climate change. “Impacts of climate change are increasingly evident for American Indian and Alaska Native communities and, Read More »
For decades, tribes across the U.S. have made strides at securing economic independence from gaming revenues through the use of federal grant funding opportunities. At Citizen Potawatomi Nation, the handling of these sometimes obscure and almost always difficult to decipher federal funding opportunities often fall under a special office of professionals. Grants and Self-Governance Analyst Read More »
Though nine of the CPN Tribal Legislature’s 13 members are spread across the U.S. to represent the many Citizen Potawatomi living outside of Oklahoma, the state does boast five at-large legislators. Many live within a short drive of CPN’s jurisdiction, and one, District 12’s Paul Schmidlkofer, lives a stone’s throw of the Tribe’s administrative center. Read More »
Bozho, An issue that is of primary concern in the U.S. at this time, other than the 2016 election, is the care of our country’s warriors. The Office of Warrior Care Policy offers access to several benefits and services, including compensation, caregiver support and care management, that can provide assistance to wounded, ill, and injured Read More »
A short jog down memory lane for a lot of Tribal members and employees in this week’s Way Back Wednesday post, with this photo we fished out of the archives taken of the former Citizen Potawatomi Band Tribal Gallery and Trading Post from around 1983.
We’ve got some great hand crafted leather wallets and keychains as well as some Pendleton Woolen Mills items that fit in your back pocket on display this week at the giftshop. FireLake Gift Shop has many items like these at similarly affordable prices which can be seen in our store located inside the Citizen Potawatomi Read More »