This episode includes stories from a Potawatomi elder devoted to music and someone who uses a special connection with the earth to carry on traditions. An employee at the CPN Cultural Heritage Center also discusses how to better research family lineage.
Blakeley Sanchez, now 13 and a Tecumseh eighth grader, serves as the Oklahoma state president of Junior Beta Club.
Amber Alsterlund enjoys spending time with her horse and best friend, Six. In October 2018, the two came in sixth in barrel racing at the Indian National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada, marking one of their most significant accomplishments.
One-third of the children in foster care in Oklahoma are reported to be Native American. Some of the children are Potawatomi and placed in non-Native American homes. FireLodge Children & Family Services strives to place children in culturally appropriate situations.
CPN Tribal Supreme Court Chief Justice Angela Riley is a member of the Board of Governors for the American Indian Economic Development’s Honoring Nations program, which recognizes tribal governments’ successes in self-governance.
The May 2019 Citizen Potawatomi Nation Veterans Organization Report discusses shoulder surgery for veterans.
A talented welder and engineering technology student, Tribal member Trey Biddy was asked by South Western Oklahoma State University instructors to join the school’s NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge Team.
Heating and air conditioning system manufacturing company Trane Inc. donated geothermal equipment to CPN thanks to a Tribal member’s suggestion.
CPN member and veteran Mike Martin learned how to play the flute after hearing musicians perform while volunteering at the Topeka Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Kansas.
One Tribal member rose above Western European ideologies of women and leadership. Massaw, daughter of Potawatomi Chief Wassato and wife of a French-Canadian fur trader, held standings as a Tribal headman and prominent business owner.