Home-based DNA tests have increased in popularity over the years. From 2017 to 2018, the total number of consumers who purchased DNA tests through genetic companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe grew from nearly 4.5 million to 12 million. An additional spotlight on DNA testing recently occurred when Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released her results in Read More »
By Justin Neely, Director of the CPN Language Department As we head into December, it has been a busy fall for the CPN Language Department. We are finishing two adult classes, which were taught in person and streamed live in the Potawatomi Language group on Facebook. What’s nice about this is folks who don’t live Read More »
On Friday, Aug. 17, Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Player’s Club Manager Greg Cox noticed a social media post from a competitor’s Facebook page and immediately notified Citizen Potawatomi Nation Director of Casino Operations Todd Brand. A Chickasaw Nation gaming facility was promoting that real roulette and craps games would be available for the coming Read More »
Submitted by Jennifer Dye Crossroads Academy – Central Street focuses on producing culturally literate scholars from its diverse student body by looking at every aspect of a child’s education through an equity lens and working hard to create an anti-racist school staff and community. This means examining school curriculum, particularly social studies, through different perspectives. Read More »
For Bertrand family descendant Bryan Burkhart, music has always held importance in his life. He currently plays drums in a band he started nine years ago called Groovement. Burkhart describes their sound as “funk and soul thrown in a rock band with a side of jazz.” He began studying the piano under his mother at Read More »
Bozho (Hello), According to a recent press release from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, President Donald Trump declared November 2018 the second annual National Veterans and Military Families Month. President Trump announced during the dedication, “We salute the brave and dedicated patriots who have worn the uniform of the United States, and we Read More »
By Darian Towner, CPN House of Hope Prevention Specialist Some of the biggest victims of domestic violence are actually the smallest. Childhood domestic violence occurs when a person grows up in a home where violence between their parents or violence towards a parent takes place. Statistics from the Journal of Family Psychology indicate that more Read More »
As a young man, Edward Ferri, Jr. began writing little poems and artistic verses in a small notebook tucked inside his leather jacket. Sometimes he gifted his Aunt Emily a glimpse of his scribbles but mostly kept them to himself. In a recent interview with the Hownikan, Ferri said he became an engineer after college Read More »
By Sherry Byers, CPN Housing Department Home Ownership Manager The end of 2018 marks an important milestone at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Housing Department — two decades using the One Time Grant Program. It has evolved and improved over the course of time, assisting hundreds of Tribal members with funds for down payments, closing costs, Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation and the State of Oklahoma have reached an agreement to resolve pending litigation and allow alcohol sales at Tribal enterprises. The resolution comes in the form of an alcohol compact, which allows CPN enterprises to receive licenses from the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement Commission and the Oklahoma Tax Commission. Negotiations began Read More »