Submitted by Jennifer Dye Crossroads Academy – Central Street focuses on producing culturally literate scholars from its diverse student body by looking at every aspect of a child’s education through an equity lens and working hard to create an anti-racist school staff and community. This means examining school curriculum, particularly social studies, through different perspectives. Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation had a $540 million impact in Oklahoma for 2014. CPN directly supported 2,100 jobs and paid $78.6 million in wages and benefits. CPN indirectly supported thousands more jobs and boosted local economies by making purchases of more than $212 million on goods and services. Tribal economic impact has grown nearly $500 Read More »
Though Oklahoma’s 4.5 percent unemployment rate is below the national average, continued economic uncertainty can make finding work difficult, but help is available. CPN’s Employment and Training Program offers career counseling classes to assist participants in their job search. “It is important to have these classes because there are so many people looking for employment. Read More »
Employees at the CPN Administration building hosted a silent auction in the first weeks of December to raise money for the CPN Angel Tree. However, by the time the donation period ended, the entire tree’s angels had already been collected. “The auction was originally to benefit CPN’s Angel Tree, but the overwhelming number of donations Read More »
The 28th Annual Cans Film Festival is Thursday, December 4 at 4 p.m. and will be showing the animated film “Rio 2.” The festival benefits the Salvation Army’s Holiday Food Drive. KGFF and the Jones Theatres began this event in response to the need for more food for those in need in the fall of 1987. Read More »
Native American culture, at its roots, is centered on tightly knit communities that work together for the good of the community. Stories from across the continent recount how Native Americans lived off the land, wasting little. Those same principles are being revitalized by Native American Tribes across the country. With more tribes looking to add Read More »
The two awards from the evening. Amongst a ballroom filled with several hundred representatives of the state’s most influential companies, The Journal Record newspaper honored the Citizen Potawatomi Nation for its charitable influence in Oklahoma in the past year. “Being nominated alongside firms like OG&E, Verizon Wireless and so many others is an honor Read More »
Mike Petray, Jason Boyce, Larry Odell, Nick Nadeu, Tim Zientek and Tyler Motley all work for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Each work in different departments, live in different communities and are from entirely different backgrounds. While there are these differences, the one thing they all have in common is their dedication to their local communities. Read More »
Starting a new business is always a daunting prospect, while maintaining steady growth is an entirely different matter with its own set of challenges. Mark and Cindy Cheatwoods’ Shawnee-based small business, MC Trucking, has taken on those obstacles and more. Open since 2006, the business has navigated challenges like the 2008 financial crisis and rising Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation is the largest employer in Pottawatomie County with more than 2,200 employees and is also the largest creator of new jobs in Shawnee, Okla. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2003 and 2013 the net new jobs in Shawnee increased by 2,045 and during that same time period CPN created Read More »