In an industry that Hollywood has portrayed as a bastion of rogues and crooks, working in the gaming community can appear as a strange career path for someone like Judy Shore. Shore, the Director of Casino Operations for Grand Casino Hotel and Resort is more typical a face of the gaming industry than anything Read More »
In today’s world, anyone can capture a photograph with the touch of a button from their phone. In past years, during Family Reunion Festival, tribal members have been doing just that, documenting the memories for generations to come. For the past four years, CPN member and professional photographer, Sharon Hoogstraten, has done the same Read More »
April in Oklahoma is when the season truly starts to change, with grass turning green, trees begin to bud and crops sprout from the tilled soil. With seven billion people in the world, keeping up with the waste is something the earth can’t defend against without help. Earth Day was created in 1970 by Read More »
The days are getting long and are getting hot, meaning it is again time for the annual Day of Champions Football Camp. Sponsored by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, the two day camp will take place at FireLake Ballfields from June 30-July 1. The Tribally-sponsored camps are open to all enrolled Native American youth or children Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation donated two re-purposed desktops computers and a scanner to the Santa Fe Depot Museum in Shawnee. The Pottawatomie County Oklahoma Historical Society reached out to CPN to see if they had any computers available for a project they will be overseeing at the Santa Fe Depot Museum. “We plan on using Read More »
Where:FireLake Bowling Center and the Grand Hotel, Casino and Resort Shawnee, Okla. When: (all times are Central) Monday, May 19, PBA Wolf Open 8 a.m. – A Squad, 6 qualifying games2 p.m. – B Squad, 6 qualifying games Top 18 advance to second qualifying round7:30 p.m. – Top 18, 6 qualifying games Top 5 after Read More »
Marshall Kent, a 21-year-old native of Yakima, Wash., and predicted by many observers to be headed toward stardom in professional bowling, has announced he is joining the Professional Bowlers Association and will compete as a PBA member in Oklahoma’s Grand Casino Resort PBA Summer Swing in Shawnee, Okla., May 18-25. Kent, a two-time Collegiate Bowler Read More »
After bowling on the PBA Tour for more than 12 years without a title, Mike Edwards of Tulsa held a record he didn’t especially want: most prize money won without a PBA Tour title. After several runner-up finishes during that span, the native Oklahoman put an end to that record on April 16, 1994 when Read More »
Former major league pitching star John Burkett, a two-time all-star with the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves, is returning to Professional Bowlers Association competition. Pursuing a childhood dream Burkett will compete in the PBA Wolf Open, the first leg of Oklahoma’s Grand Casino Resort PBA Summer Swing at FireLake Bowling Center. Burkett, an accomplished Read More »
The PBA Tour returns to Oklahoma for the first time since 2005 when the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort host the Grand Casino Resort PBA Summer Swing at FireLake Bowling Center and the Grand Event Center in Shawnee, Okla., May 17-25. Click here for the schedule of the week’s bowling. Four PBA Tour events conducted in Read More »