The January 2024 Language Update highlights recent events, as well as plans for upcoming Winter Storytelling and beginner courses.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation partnered with Oklahoma Gas & Electric to weatherize homes for Tribal elders in November.
Documenting abusive events when you spot them can validate abusive experiences and serve as a critical tool in taking legal action with criminal charges, divorce or even child custody, writes House of Hope’s Kayla Woody.
Monthly columns from Tribal executive and legislative officers.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation has engaged in discussions with the office of Oklahoma’s Governor, and we have reached terms on an extended tobacco compact. These terms are mutually beneficial to the Nation and to the State.
The January 2024 report from the CPN Veterans Organization highlights the VA Health Chat, recently launched in Oklahoma City VA health care programs, as well as options available to Native veterans who want to buy, build or refinance a home on federal trust land.
The Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the below date, has made a determination to acquire real property in trust for CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION, OKLAHOMA.
Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL), also known as Plains Sign Talk and Hand Talk, has been used for centuries, and Peltier and Vieux family member Charles Scott hopes to bring it back to the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation honored first responders with its inaugural First Responders Appreciation Day. Security Training Officer Tommy Bowen said each of the responders who attended went home with about two prizes each — either from drawings or playing games such as football toss and basketball.
Since she was three years old, Tribal member Marlee Affentranger and her parents have known without a doubt that not dancing is simply not an option for the young artist. Affentranger’s passion led her to found the first-ever pom squad at Bethel (Oklahoma) High School.