Citizen Potawatomi Nation District 2 Legislator Eva Marie Carney combined her annual contest and food to bring people together in 2018. From January to April, she collected recipes aimed at feeding large groups of people. She intended to fill a cookbook and send it to Tribal members as an end-of-year gift, similar to what she Read More »
A group of five musicians from Dream Warriors Management stopped at Citizen Potawatomi Nation this September. During their national “Heal It” tour, they performed for thousands of Indigenous youth at schools across the U.S. “I just love making music already, and it is definitely a motivational and inspirational tool. And it’s a tool for building Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center reopened its doors more than 10 months ago, revealing a museum that is hardly recognizable to the one destroyed by an uncapped City of Shawnee water line in 2014. After years of construction, rehabilitation and painstakingly detailed work by Tribal employees and heritage center staff, the museum resumed Read More »
By Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton Betty Nicholson would rather not have anyone follow in her footsteps. Nicholson is a coordinator for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation diabetes program. She is also a diabetic and did not know how to handle the disease for six years. “No one told me how to manage my diabetes until I started teaching Read More »
Bozho (Hello), I hope by now everyone has had a flu shot. It is extremely important, especially for us senior veterans. Military veterans with computers, search the internet for “no cost flu shots for veterans at Walgreens.” Veterans can receive free vaccinations at a local Walgreens or Duane Reade in your area through a program Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center regularly honors and recognizes Tribal servicemen and women. It recently revealed this year’s honored veteran case, highlighting CPN tribal member and First Lieutenant Richard “Dick” Johnson’s commitment to tradition, duty and history. “The Tribe has a large veterans’ base, which stems from a strong warrior tradition for Potawatomi Read More »
By Justin Neely, Director of the CPN Language Department It is an exciting time to be Potawatomi. If you want to learn the language, we are continually enhancing and developing new tools and classes to make that possible. Our goal of making the language accessible no matter where you live is truly coming to fruition. Read More »
By Felecia Freeman, Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation Commercial Loan Officer The American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma held their annual business summit, The Gathering 2018, at the Choctaw Casino & Resort in early October. The group’s mission is to advocate, educate and connect the Native American business community to advance economic opportunities throughout Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Joe Miller of Choctaw, Oklahoma, is one of 2018’s AARP Indian Elder Award recipients. The award is a tribute to the venerated position of honor and respect tribal nations give their elders. The Anderson family descendant received this year’s Indian Elders award for his impact on Oklahoma athletic combat sports Read More »
Submitted by Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton During the 2017-2018 flu season, 291 Oklahomans died and almost 5,000 people were hospitalized due to the flu or complications stemming from it, such as pneumonia or bronchitis. Nationally, more than 900,000 people were hospitalized during the previous flu season, according to data from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Elders Read More »