This month, the CPN Language Department discusses their newest classes, the expansion of offerings in public schools, and its online resources as well as a prayer for Thanksgiving.
In early 2021, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, Tara Sweeney, appointed Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Jason O’Neal as the deputy bureau director for the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Cultural Heritage Center’s Tribal Heritage Project seeks to capture each CPN veteran and elder’s story through video interviews to safeguard the Nation and Tribal members’ history for generations to come.
As an anthropology major, Tribal member Katie Simpson loves museums and teaching others about underrepresented cultures. This summer, she worked as an intern for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in NYC.
Please note, RSVPs to chcculturalactivities@potawatomi.org are REQUIRED to attend. Learn how to create a holiday half-apron with applique on December 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Cultural Heritage Center. All supplies are provided, and you must be 18 or older to participate.
The United States celebrates Columbus Day — also recognized as Indigenous Peoples’ Day — on the second Monday in October every year, and the holiday further perpetuates false narratives.
On Sept. 30, 1809, Potawatomi, Delaware, Miami and Eel River tribal leaders signed the Treaty of Fort Wayne, which included ceding approximately 3 million acres of land in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan for 2 cents per acre.
Learn how to make a simple cotton wrap skirt with applique on October 19 from 5:15 to 8:45 p.m. RSVPs are REQUIRED to attend. Reserve your spot by emailing chcculturalactivities@potawatomi.org Class is free and open to those 18 and older.
Learn how to make a beaded necklace pendant using the two-needle applique technique on Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please note, RSVP is REQUIRED to attend. Reserve your spot by emailing chcculturalactivities@potawatomi.org. Class is free and open to those 18 and older.
According to family records, “Joshua E. Clardy, also known as ‘Judge’ Clardy, was with his family one of the first settlers of Potawatomi County, Oklahoma.”