Not much in life slows down Citizen Potawatomi Nation police officer Kurt Shirey. In fact, some consider him to be the Nation’s Energizer Bunny. Before coming to work at CPN, Shirey served 25 years as a City of Shawnee police officer and then became the Pottawatomie County Sheriff for seven years. He enjoyed some aspects Read More »
After the Potawatomi arrived in present-day Kansas, Indian agents R.W. Cummins and A.J. Vaughan established a pay station and trading post at Uniontown located south of the Kansas River and west of present-day Topeka, Kansas. The settlement served as a commercial hub for Tribal members, and its position along the Oregon-California Trail made it a Read More »
A fictional narrative about a real-life peaceful resistance movement against Nazi rule in Germany written by Citizen Potawatomi writer Paul Wesselhöft won first place at a recent writing festival. His short story highlights the life of German student Sophie Scholls, a member of a student group called the White Rose. Wesselhöft’s Sophie received high marks Read More »
Submitted by Kassi Roselius, M.D., M.P.H. One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Services Public Health Department would like to offer education about Read More »
By Crystal Marcum, BSN, RN, CPN Health Services, Public Health Nurse Flu season is almost upon us! While seasonal influenza viruses can be detected at any time of the year, flu viruses are most common in the fall and winter, usually with an increase starting in October. Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Services is gearing up Read More »
Greg Watson’s passion is connecting with people. Before becoming an information technology specialist with Citizen Potawatomi Nation in 2014, he served vital IT functions in the United States Army. Raised in Shawnee, Oklahoma, he joined the military in his late 20s. He has been on the move ever since, working in far-flung cities, states and Read More »
People across the country annually observe National Family Health & Fitness Day on the last Saturday of September by participating in physical activities together. The day began in 1996 to encourage the public to have fun and get moving. Sarah Lawerance, FireLake Wellness Center assistant coordinator and head personal trainer, urges everyone to take part Read More »
This year, Citizen Potawatomi Nation collaborated with the Shawnee, Oklahoma-based nonprofit Neighboring 101 to bring the “Getting Ahead” program curriculum to Native Americans in central Oklahoma. Based on Ruby Payne, Phillip DeVol and Terie Dreussi Smith’s book Bridges Out of Poverty: Strategies for Professionals and Communities, it outlines resources and guidelines to overcoming and circumventing Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member and dancer J. Davis Hobdy began lessons at 7 years old in Irving, Texas, and performed professionally for the first time at age 13. Over the next three decades, dance became second nature. It felt like work but never like a job. “Honestly, I don’t know what I would do Read More »
Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Safety Manager Lori Cummins completed Health Communications, Inc.’s certification process to hold Training for Intervention ProcedureS workshops two years ago. The program teaches bartenders, servers, grocery store clerks and concessions staff regulations and best practices regarding alcohol sales. “We absolutely follow state law, county law and federal law,” she said. Read More »