Citizen Potawatomi Nation became a destination for baseball and softball after opening FireLake Ball Fields in March 2012, and the 2018 ball season kicked off last month. Watching the demand for accommodations increase in the surrounding area, BDC Gun Room owner Jack Barrett opened the Batting Cages at BDC late last year. He felt it Read More »
Submitted by Justin Neely, CPN Language Department director Bozho jayek (Hello everyone). By the time this paper goes out, our youth in the child development center will have competed in the annual Oklahoma University Language Fair. This year, the kids are learning a hand drum song, “Mamwe gda mishkosmen.” (All together we are strong.) I Read More »
Kristina Morris is going places. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation member received Tribal and academic scholarships while earning her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and international affairs at Florida State University in Tallahassee. Inspired by the support of the CPN scholarship, she connected with her heritage and Native American background. She became co-president of the American Read More »
Bozho (Hello), According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, hospitalization rates for influenza cases in the United States are the highest on record. That’s scary. What can you do? First, get the flu shot. It’s not too late. The vaccine will protect you, especially from the strains coming later in the flu Read More »
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer is an author and a professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). She also leads a new graduate studies program, “and it’s a mouthful,” Kimmerer said, then laughed. It is Sowing Synergy: A Graduate Program to Integrate Indigenous Read More »
Submitted by John VanPool Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal members come from all walks of life, with the diversity of personalities reflecting the diversity of more than 33,000 members across the globe. Almost all lead what would be considered normal day-to-day lives, and some take an additional step in their communities, serving as leaders and elected Read More »
In 1861, approximately 1,400 Potawatomi became U.S. citizens and acquired allotments from the federal government. Every year, Citizen Potawatomi Nation recognizes and celebrates families of those founding members during Family Reunion Festival near Shawnee, Oklahoma. This year’s June 29-July 1 event honors the Anderson, Beaubien, Bertrand, Bourbonnais, Ogee, Pettifer, Toupin, Wano and Yott families. The Read More »
Submitted by Audrey Adkins, CPN tribal member My journey into medicine began 15 years ago as an EMT. After years of education and training, I was able to climb the clinical ladder to become a critical care flight paramedic, working for Native Air in Mesa, Arizona. This opportunity allowed me to serve many Native populations Read More »
Two-day arts business workshop for federally recognized Native artists hosted by MacRostie Art Center, to be held in Lawton, OK by national Native non-profit on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 and Thursday, May 3rd, 2018 at the Museum of the Great Plains. Native artists from the area will have the chance to develop into the world Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s BDC Gun Room near Shawnee, Oklahoma, welcomed a new business in March. Shawnee Outdoors now leases space from CPN inside the gun range and firearms dealer off Hardesty Road, offering an extensive line of lawncare products and utility vehicles. When owner Nathan Beauchamp looked to expand his dealership from its single location, Read More »