The CPN Health Services will be open for business Friday and Saturday during the Family Reunion Festival. Established patients can call and schedule appointments duringFestival and most departments will be accepting new patients. Those interested in having appointments are encouraged to schedule them as soon as possible at 405-273-5236 as space is limited. Tribal members Read More »
Though officially three legislative seats were on the June 27, 2015 ballot, absentee voters and those casting in-person ballots during the 2015 CPN Family Reunion Festival only had two decisions to make. For Oklahoma voters, the contest between incumbent Bobbi Bowden and challenger Samuel Navarre was up for grabs, while Potawatomi from all districts voted Read More »
Bozho ginwa, This is my last opportunity to address our people before the June election, and I would be wrong to forget our Grandfather Teachings of humility and respect. I would most like to say Kché Migwetth to those who have taken the time to talk with me about our future and those who have Read More »
Once again, I respectfully ask for your vote so I may continue to serve you, the members of our great Nation. I hope for the opportunity to continue to work with our Tribe’s leaders towards a bright future for our Tribe so we can continue to provide the benefits to our members that so manyof Read More »
Set to go on display in 2017 at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D.C. in 2017, the August 5, 1836 U.S.-Potawatomi Yellow River Treaty is an integral part of Potawatomi history. Signed in the eighth month of the year, it was only the sixth of nine treaties drafted between the Potawatomi Read More »
Harris hawk. Family Reunion Festival brings together families from across the world to reflect and learn about Potawatomi history at the Tribal headquarters in Oklahoma. Aside from studying the Tribal archives and practices, another way to share Potawatomi culture is by connecting with wildlife. During the summer, Oklahoma is home to more than 120 Read More »
FireLake Gift Shop is your one shop stop for Pendleton Woolen Mills products, including these just arrived purses and hand bags. This week’s featured items are not online, but you are encouraged to call and we will gladly process the order over the phone at 405-275-3119. If you haven’t already, visit out online store at Read More »
Today kicks off Men’s Health Week as men and boys across the U.S. are encouraged to take care of their health and well being. Many of the issues highlighted during men’s health week, including eating healthier, working towards preventative care and long term-well being are aspects that individual men can take care of themselves. During Read More »
In February 1971, hundreds of U.S. Army and Air Force aircraft took part in an operation to sever one of the main arteries supplying weapons and supplies to the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army fighting the Americans and their South Vietnamese allies. One of the pilots taking part in that operation, dubbed Lam Son 719, Read More »
In 1961, Father Joseph Murphy, whose name now adorns one of the Tribal Elder Housing Complexes, penned “Potawatomi Indians of the West: Origins of the Citizen Band Potawatomi.” The study was reprinted in 1988, and the forward written by Dr. R. David Edmunds of Texas Christian University sums up the work’s impact and scope. “Grant Read More »