A recent report on health care access revealed Oklahoma’s Native American population faces significant barriers to receiving health care. However, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health Services is working on plans to address some of those challenges.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Housing Department (CPNHD) will hold a public meeting on December 20, 2024, at 10:00 am for our FY’2024 Annual Performance Report.
Somewhere in Kansas is a ghost town that was once a flourishing Potawatomi trading post and crossing for the Oregon Trail, but the location has been lost to time. Today, more than 150 years after the town ceased to be, research is underway to try to find it and a possible mass grave associated with it.
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation House of Hope is here to help you become more aware of domestic violence in the community and provide support to those who are affected by it every day.
October 2024 updates from Tribal executives and legislators.
The October report from the CPN Veterans Organization encourages Citizen Potawatomi veterans to participate in a parade in Wewoka, Oklahoma, on October 26.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival drew in record crowds this year, with more than 60,000 people estimated to have visited Aug. 9 and 10 in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
On or about November 1, 2024, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN or Tribe) will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Southern Plains Office of Native American Programs (HUD) for the release of Indian Community Development Block Grant funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, to undertake the Father Joe Murphy Housing Rehabilitation Project.
September update from the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Veterans Organization. The CPN Veterans Organization meets monthly on the fourth Tuesday of the month at the North Reunion Hall.
LeClaire family descendants Josephine and Jacqueline Gimigliano have been playing lacrosse since they were in kindergarten. This year, the sisters brought the sport they love to Family Reunion Festival, highlighting the sport’s Indigenous roots.