The Citizen Potawatomi Community Development received $25 million in funding from the Obama Administration’s Community Facilities Re-Lending Program. “This is the largest single award the CPCDC has ever received,” noted CPCDC Director Shane Jett. “We can put these funds to work for rural Oklahomans across the state for hospitals, police stations, community centers or a number of public uses.” The USDA program allocates longterm, low Read More »

It’s been very busy the last few months in the language department. We hosted a very successful Potawatomi Language Conference as part of the Potawatomi Gathering of Nations in July. We had more than 300 participants. For the first time ever, we streamed the conference live. We also have an archive on YouTube where you can watch the three-day conference if you weren’t able to be Read More »

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center recently established the Cultural Education program. Rekindling 7 Generations is being developed by the Cultural Education program specifically to serve youths and families’ needs and interests. Rekindling 7 Generations nurtures the spiritual, mental, physical, and social development of Potawatomi and Native youth and their community by rooting them in their Potawatomi culture, familial and intergenerational bonds, and intertribal relationships to grow the future Read More »

Consumer Lending Manager Tina Pollard of the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation joined members of Voices Organized in Civic Engagement at the Oklahoma State Capitol to call on legislators to offer solutions to the issues facing citizens using predatory loans in light of new federal rules on the industry’s lending practices.  “This is a great first step for a legislative intervention but lacks the ability to Read More »

CPN Employment and Training staff members lead three public education meetings for current and potential clients of the Low Income Home Energy Program. By participating in the sessions, LIHEAP applicants were eligible to receive incentive payments toward their current electric bill. Participants were asked to bring their current cooling bill to the meeting they attended. CPN’s Stephanie Hawk, a community services coordinator, and Gina Bundy, a social services Read More »

Bozho, I was blessed to be brought onto the staff at the CHC about one year ago and so far it has been a fantastic experience and I am greatly enjoying my position. I received my Bachelor of Arts in History and minor in communications from the University of Texas at El Paso. Later, I was awarded my Master of Arts in Museum Studies Read More »

Just over a year has passed since the Citizen Potawatomi Nation struck its historic partnership with St. Gregory’s University. For those of you who may be unaware, through a prepaid tuition fund at SGU, the CPN Tribal Development Scholarship Program invests in the education of CPN tribal members in order to prepare them to contribute to their tribe and community as leaders and professionals. In short, CPN Read More »

It was a long time coming, but as of midnight on September 8, 2016, listeners of Pottawatomie County’s oldest radio station can now tune in to an FM signal for a clearer, stereo broadcast of classic rock and local news. “Good news for listeners in the Shawnee area, KGFF is now on-the-air at 100.9 FM as well as 1450 AM!” said Mike Askins, Read More »

With more than 100 birthdays, one would imagine CPN elder Alta (Cargill) Sinor would have a hard time picking just one to call her favorite. Yet if you asked her on August 25, 2016 which one she enjoyed the most, she would unequivocally tell you it was her 102nd. “This is the best birthday ever!” exclaimed Sinor when she saw CPN Tribal Chairman Read More »

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Chairperson Aaron Payment made a statement to U.S. News and World Report in November concerning Native American graduation rates, “We have the worst of the worst statistics… The first Americans have become the last Americans.” Due in part to bureaucratic infighting and incompetence at the federal level, Native American students, especially those learning at institutions controlled by federal Read More »