It has been another good year for us, but as we enter the New Year of 2015, we also remember those members of ours who have walked on. We closed out our 2014 with the annual Veteran’s Christmas Party at the North Reunion Hall. As with most of our meetings, conversation between friends and Read More »
This article originally ran on www.ArmyTimes.com and has been reprinted with the courtesy of Army Times. Vietnam-era soldiers who faced punitive discharges because they suffered from post-traumatic stress are to be given liberal consideration to requests for discharge upgrades. Secretary of the Army John McHugh issued this directive to the Army Review Boards Agency, the Read More »
On Dec. 4, 2014 the CPN Tribal Legislature met with all 13 members present. The minutes from the body’s last two meetings, a regular session on Sept. 16 and a special electronic meeting on Nov. 14, were approved with unanimous consent. Several grant applications were approved, including for funding from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Housing Department received the Indian Community Development Block Grant Program award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The $800,000 grant will help fund the Grand Complex Child Daycare Center. Children eligible for daycare services must be 13 years or younger. The parent of an eligible child must be Read More »
Progress on the long-planned Iron Horse Industrial Park continues, as the second phase of the project moves forward thanks in part to federal grant funds. The 2015 Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration grant will provide more than $1.2 million in additional funding. Citizen Potawatomi Nation will pay for initial costs associated with phase two Read More »
Editors Note: On Sept. 20, 2021, the City of Shawnee formally de-annexed the land south of the North Canadian River. The detachment ended the legal dispute between the City of Shawnee and Citizen Potawatomi Nation. On Sept. 21, 2021, Leaders from the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and City of Shawnee announced Tuesday the launch of Shawnee Read More »
We received sad news regarding well-known Tribal member and Tecumseh resident Junior Lowden, who was in a devastating car wreck last week along Highway 9 just outside of his hometown. While he remains hospitalized, friends and family have set up a fund to help with medical expenses. BancFirst will host the fund, and anyone wishing Read More »
As the leading cause of death nationwide, heart disease has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. According to the Center for Disease Control’s latest figures from 2012, diseases of the heart were responsible for more than 9,000 deaths in Oklahoma alone. Poor diets, a lack of exercise and other habits of unhealthy lifestyle contribute Read More »
It seems that every few months, a new face or program emerges at CPN Health Services. This November was no different, as Mammography Technologist Heather Alford officially began seeing patients at the CPN Health Services’ East Clinic. Alford got her initial motivation to work in the healthcare sector as a child, as she watched her Read More »
When it comes to the leading causes of death for Americans, chronic diseases such as cancer, and heart and respiratory diseases come to mind. Annually though, one of the top-ten killers of Americans that remain treatable are mental health disorders. According to the latest statistics from the Centers for Disease Control, in 2012 alone, suicide Read More »