Since Harvard’s Honoring Nations program began recognizing excellence in Indian Country in 1999, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation has been awarded four times for its progress. The work of the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation was recognized in 2006, and in 2010 the Tribe’s constitutional reforms received honors. In 2013, the Tribe gained additional accolades for Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Director, Shane Jett, was recently nominated as a candidate for the prestigious and influential board of directors at the Opportunity Finance Network, the leading trade association and advocate for community development financial institution nationwide. Jett is the Director of the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation, one of the nation’s largest Tribally-owned CDFIs Read More »
Andrea Worden, PLLC. There are very few people that have careers they view as a calling, yet Choctaw and Cherokee tribal member Andrea Worden views hers as such. During Worden’s time as an undergraduate at the University of Central Oklahoma, she took a required course for her Political Science degree. Her professor showed a film Read More »
Counter tops, window sills, showers, fire places, and other stone pieces are the specialties of Sooner Stoneworks LLC, a Native American-owned business in Shawnee, Okla. Owners Scott Patten and Steve Taylor chiseled their company from the former Sooner Marble, Granite, and Tile. After some initial financing from the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation, today, the 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 »
You are starting your own business and need marketing material printed. Well, Pronto Print Inc. in Ardmore, Okla. is a one stop shop for all of your business and marketing needs. Robert and Brandy Rogers have owned Pronto Print Inc. since October 2009, five years after Robert began working there. Robert has been in the Read More »
Family man Devron Ross, is trying to build something for not only his family, but also for his community. Ross began his career 25 years ago at companies owned by others as a federal mechanic contractor specializing in HVAC, plumbing, process piping, medical gas and hydronic systems. After more than two decades working for Read More »