It was the flood no one saw coming. Surveillance video from inside the Long Room at the Cultural Heritage Center shows the floor rising in a dome shape.Within an hour, several inches of water came seeping through the concrete base and out the opened doors. Several months have passed since the eerie day that left Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center remains closed after thousands of gallons of water flooded the building on March 31. Construction crews began to remove the concrete slab from the Long Room at the Cultural Heritage Center this week so that the damage below the slab could be assessed. It will take crews Read More »
The famed Potawatomi artist Woody Crumbo depicted his life in the American southwest through paintings of intricately detailed horses, personal portraits and landscapes. Crumbo has etched his way into Potawatomi history through his art. Another Potawatomi artist following in Crumbo’s footsteps is Penny Coates. Born and raised in Shawnee, Okla., at a young age Coates Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center sustained severe water damage on March 31 due to a break originating at a City of Shawnee water main. Staff from the Cultural Heritage Center noticed water coming up from the Heritage Center’s Long Room about 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Thousands of gallons of water flooded the building, Read More »