Andy Young in critical condition in Missouri hospital In May 2010, Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Stephen Andrew ‘Andy’ Young graduated from Okemah, Oklahoma High School with honors. He had the opportunity to pursue his education with several full academic scholarships. Instead, he chose to serve his country in the United States Army. He planned to pursue additional training to be a Read More »
Actor Wes Studi, a Cherokee, and Caitlin Baker, a Muscogee Creek member from Norman, are shown after a June 30 hearing in Washington on diabetes research. Photo by Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman WASHINGTON, D.C. – Caitlin Baker has seen her American Indian peers accept diabetes as inevitable, and she has seen them fight against it Read More »
(Vice Chairman Linda Capps is sworn in for a new four-year term by Chairman John ‘Rocky’ Barrett as Secretary-Treasurer, D. Wayne Trousdale, who earned re-election without opposition, holds the Bible.) Meeting in Shawnee, Oklahoma for their 12th annual Family Reunion Festival, Citizen Potawatomi Nation members have retained Linda Capps for a new four-year term as Read More »
After an up and down spring, the Tennessee University Volunteers left many questions to stew over during the summer and to be answered in fall practice before the 2010 season. Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Tyler Bray, a freshman quarterback at Tennessee, is at the center of one of Website Bleacher Report’s feature Tennessee Volunteers Football: Read More »
CPN member Robert Coulter leads law center The Indian Law Resource Center, based in Helena, Montana and Washington, D.C., is among three organizations which will share the 2010 Gruber Justice Prize given to individuals and groups which, through the legal system, champion the rights of oppressed peoples. The Center is headed by Citizen Potawatomi Nation Read More »
(In this photo provided by the tribe, the new Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Tribal Council is seen, from left, Dorie Rios, Nathaniel Spurr, RoAnn Beebe-Mohr, Jamie Stuck and Homer Mandoka.) The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, the AthensTownship, Michigan tribe that owns FireKeepers Casino, has announced the makeup of its new Tribal Council. Read More »
SYRACUSE, New York – Dr. Robin Kimmerer, a professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), has been honored by SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher for her extraordinary achievement as a teacher, scholar, and mentor. Dr. Kimmerer was appointed Distinguished Teaching Professor, which recognizes and honors mastery Read More »
(CPN member Kamryn Vernon, left, poses with the 2009 winner of that title at the June 11-13 pageant in Tulsa.) Kamryn Vernon, Citizen Potawatomi Nation member and daughter of Tory and Michelle Vernon, has won the title of Miss Oklahoma Princess in the National American Miss Pageant. The pageant was held from June 11 through Read More »
The author of a book on the life and extraordinary art of Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Woodrow Wilson ‘Woody’ Crumbo discusses that book on the latest edition of the CPN radio program “The Native American Speaks.” Chickasaw Nation member Robert Perry of Ada, Oklahoma talks about his book “Uprising! Woody Crumbo’s Indian Art.” Mr. Perry Read More »
Shawnee, Okla. – Pull on your blue jeans, dust off your boots, grab your cowboy hat, and make plans to help the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s FireLake Grand Casino welcome back Country Music star Blake Shelton on July 2, 2010. “We are pleased to welcome Blake Shelton back to the FireLake Grand Casino Events Center,” said Brad Read More »