Submitted by Justin Neely It’s been a busy fall for Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Language Department. We are offering a 10-week beginner class 5:30-7 p.m. every Wednesday through Nov. 22 at the CPN Cultural Heritage Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Students learn songs and play games as part of the learning process. Some Potawatomi-language games we have Read More »
A juvenile bald eagle, hatched at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Eagle Aviary March 21, was released Sept. 20. The release marks the second time that CPN; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; the Raptor View Research Institute in Missoula, Montana; and Sia, the Comanche Nation Ethno-Ornithological Initiative partnered to release and track a juvenile bald eagle. Read More »
With warmer weather in the forecast, powwow season is underway in Native American and First Nations’ communities across the continent. Amid some of these gatherings will be a contrast in traditional Native American practices, such as stomp dancing, with prayers to Jesus Christ and the Christian belief system. One Citizen Potawatomi member who is quite Read More »
The Native American Journalists Association is dedicated to supporting Native American journalism and held their annual awards ceremony for excellence in reporting in Indian Country. In the category of tribal publications with more than 10,000 readers, Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s tribal newspaper the Hownikan brought home four awards. More than 700 awards entries were received. The Read More »
In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, which allowed him to negotiate removal treaties with Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River. Although emigration was initially voluntary, many tribes resisted and found themselves relocated by military force to Indian Territory, present day Oklahoma, on marches like the Cherokee Read More »
Disaster relief group purchases, sends necessities to Texas Hurricane Harvey dumped more than 40 inches of rain on areas of Southeast Texas, leaving many residents displaced and without necessities. The storm has turned many area highways into rivers, subsequently halting businesses and the lives of Texans. Agencies, like the Inter-Tribal Emergency Management Coalition, have stepped Read More »
By Kent Bush For The Shawnee News-Star Creed Humphrey checks all of the boxes for an offensive lineman. You have to be big to be a top-notch offensive lineman. Humphrey is big. At 6’4” and 310 pounds, he has no trouble looking the part. You have to be smart to be a great offensive lineman. Read More »
Staff at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center is using modern education techniques to captivate younger visitors touring the newly remodeled museum. While the renovations at the center aren’t complete, significant progress has been made toward making the exhibits interactive. Thanks to the CPN Information Technology department, all of the work has been done Read More »
Contributed by Jennifer Randell and Bree Dunham After being gone a little more than eight months, Wadasé Zhabwé is home. Maybe she got wind of the last article in the Hownikan about her lack of recent visits, and she had to be sure to make us change our next article at the last minute. Perhaps Read More »
As a football player and master’s degree student, Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Zac Uhles wears No. 53 as the starting right offensive guard for the University of Tulsa football team. Uhles, a Norman, Oklahoma, native and member of the Higbee family, begins his final year of football for TU in 2017. Uhles has played Read More »