January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Stalking is a crime in all 50 states and it can happen to anyone regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, geographic location, or personal association. The definition of stalking varies from one jurisdiction to another, but it is usually defined as a pattern of behavior directed Read More »
Bozho Nikan, I hope that each of you had a joyous Christmas and New Year and that you took the time to connect with your families and share in our Potawatomi traditions. As we begin 2014 we can reflect on the joys and sorrows on the previous year. Although I have always enjoyed serving as Read More »
When one thinks about the toughest jobs of the more than 2,200 employees of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, services like the police and health clinics likely comes to mind. Yet to anyone organizing a couple dozen teenagers in an after school setting, the notion of “toughest” takes on a whole new meaning. Offering one Read More »
The commercial interests managed by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation vary from grocery stores, banks and even an eagle aviary. One enterprise seen by many who travel to the tribal headquarters in Shawnee, Okla. is the agricultural production from the fields falling under CPN management. Since mid-2010, the tribe has partnered with McKinley Farms, a local Read More »
Just off the north edge of the FireLake Golf Course’s driving range, near the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center, sits a log cabin that looks as if it has appeared straight out of an old Western movie. Built in 1881,outside of what was then called Shawneetown, the cabin was first owned by store owner Read More »
With a pharmacy, dental clinic, Behavioral Health, and medical lab, the East health clinic of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation is more than a simple doctor’s office and waiting room. Conducting around 1,700 medical appointments each month, the healthcare staff works full time in serving members of Native American tribes. Heading up the staff of the Read More »
In its ongoing work to preserve the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s historical sites and artifacts, the Tribal Historic Preservation Office (THPO) has secured a federal grant from the National Parks Service to survey sites formerly or currently held by members of the tribe. Over the next year, CPN plans to survey 12 individual properties with a Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation recently secured a rail yard tug for the Iron Horse Industrial Park internal track system, another sign of progress for the CPN-owned project. Like its waterborne counterpart, a rail yard tug is used to move rail cars to and from the depots and warehouses that will be based at Iron Horse. Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s $522 million economic impact is just one aspect of the tribe’s role in the community. Equally important are the social services provided for local residents and Potawatomi around the country. Employees like Jackie Davis of the Family Preservation program play a key role in the lives of tribal families in need.Davis, a Read More »
After more than a week of driving from Indiana to Kansas, the 2013 Potawatomi Trail of Death Caravan concluded its journey at the old Sugar Creek mission in Linn County, Kans. on September 29. The site, now called St. Rose Philipine Duschesne Historical and Memorial Park, hosted local residents of Linn County as well as Read More »