Submitted by Crystal Marcum, CPN Health Services public health nurse Beat the heat and sun • Drink plenty of water, even if you don’t feel thirsty. It is important to stay hydrated and drink more water than usual when it is hot. • Infants and children up to 4 years old are at the greatest risk Read More »
The Bourbonnais Cabin is a culturally significant home located on Tribal land near the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center. The Nation usually allows tours and welcomes visitors inside during the Family Reunion Festival each summer, but this year it is closed. Given the cabin’s cultural significance, Tribal staff are reviewing repair suggestions and maintenance Read More »
Submitted by Justin Neely, CPN Language Department Director It’s been a very busy month for the language department. By the time this reaches you, we will have reached our 800th person to use the Moodle online Potawatomi language course. If you haven’t tried it out, go to language.potawatomi.org. There is a Beginner I with 20 chapters. Read More »
Blue Zones Project in Pottawatomie County recently announced that FireLake Discount Foods achieved designation as the first Blue Zones Project-approved grocery store in Oklahoma. FireLake Discount Foods completed the certification process, which includes encouraging parking at the farthest spaces from the store, selling healthy grab-and-go lunches, hosting monthly shopping tours led by a registered dietitian, distributing Read More »
Almost any day of the week, visitors can catch up with Bill and Marti Roberts at Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Elder Center. About 11:30 a.m. every Thursday, Marti plays piano, leading elders in singing secular, gospel and patriotic songs. There’s plenty to celebrate. Friends like Dallas “Red” Barnes join them around the piano, as does Noel Read More »
Submitted by Darian Towner House of Hope consists of several moving parts: one community program, one women and children’s shelter, one Director, two community domestic violence advocates, one domestic violence adult/child advocate, a prevention specialist and 13 part-time shelter advocates. We all have different stories, different backgrounds, and slightly different reasons for choosing this line Read More »
Every June, Citizen Potawatomi Nation welcomes a group of college-age Tribal members to participate in the six-week Potawatomi Leadership Program. PLP members spend the summer learning culture, language and the functions of various Tribal departments. “We can always hire specialists and the right technical staff,” said CPN Tribal Chairman John “Rocky” Barrett. “We can’t Read More »
Tribal member Gene Bruno and his business partner received assistance from Citizen Potawatomi Nation in 1987 to found Alko Enterprises Inc. More than three decades later, the Oklahoma City-based business, built on Potawatomi values and ethics, still provides top-quality service. “The Potawatomi have always been traders or business people,” Bruno said, “so I do use Read More »
Submitted by Alex Weintz Cristo Rey Oklahoma City Catholic High School is a unique new school opening its doors Aug. 10, 2018 to its first class of ninth graders. Cristo Rey is committed to academic excellence and seeing 100 percent of its graduates enrolled in college. Cristo Rey OKC is part of the national Cristo Read More »
The American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma recently announced Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member and employee Linda Arredondo as a member of its 2018 Leadership Native Oklahoma class. Arredondo is a descendant of the Young and Vieux families. Her great-great-grandfather George L. Young Sr. became the sixth representative on the original Business Committee recognized Read More »