District 2 Meeting & Lunch

Join Tribal members for a meeting and lunch on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Children are welcome!

CPN District 2 Fall Family Feast

Tribal members are invited to the District 2 Fall Family Feast 2023. Drinks and entrees will be provided; please bring a side dish to share. Activities include making dreamcatchers, honoring our veterans, prize drawings and traditional handgames. Children welcome. Free parking (handicap accessible).

District 2 Fall Feast

Join District 2 Legislator Eva Marie Carney for a District 2 Fall Feast on Saturday, November 12 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, Arlington, VA. Bring favorite dishes (with recipes, if you’d like) to share. Turkey and a vegan main dish, as well as beverages will be provided. We will visit, make traditional rattles out of elk and bison hide, and share a family meal. Children are welcome, and the craft is appropriate for children eight and up with one-to-one adult supervision. Please RSVP by November 5 to evamariecarney@gmail.com or 202-281-4373. 

Carney nourishes Tribal connections through cookbook

Citizen Potawatomi Nation District 2 Legislator Eva Marie Carney combined her annual contest and food to bring people together in 2018. From January to April, she collected recipes aimed at feeding large groups of people. She intended to fill a cookbook and send it to Tribal members as an end-of-year gift, similar to what she Read More »

District 2 – Eva Marie Carney: May 2018

Bozho nikanek (Hello friends), Report on our Birmingham meeting About 50 of us met at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) in mid-March to tour the exhibits and then meet in the BCRI Community Room for a family meeting and lunch. The exhibits were challenging and thought-provoking, and the meeting and lunch were good family Read More »

District 2 – Eva Marie Carney: April 2018

Bozho nikanek (Hello friends)! Loss of a dear Potawatomi The Bazhaw family and our Nation lost a dear elder, Ralph Bazhaw/Nishbonsek (Two Hawks). Ralph was a fine person and much-loved husband, father, grandfather and colleague. He was a good friend to many, including me. I will miss his prayers and storytelling during our fall feasts, Read More »

District 2 – Eva Marie Carney

Bozho nikanek (Hello friends), Warm greetings for a sweet new year I wish you a new year filled with peace, good health and good family times. I am hopeful that each of us will gain more knowledge about our Potawatomi heritage and be more giving of our time and talents during 2018. My time serving Read More »

District 2 – Eva Marie Carney

Bozho nikanek (Hello friends), Do you operate a nonprofit organization or foundation? If you do, I’d love to hear from you. In the last few years, I’ve met two vibrant Citizen Potawatomi women who have founded and continue to operate nonprofit organizations, Jody Gzhadawsot Mattena (Tennessee) and Dell Migwekwe Chalk (Virginia). This fall, I started Read More »

District 2 – Eva Marie Carney

Bozho nikanek (Hello friends)! Family field trip to Birmingham, Alabama? I’m excited to host fellow Potawatomi at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) for a tour of the Institute, followed by a lunch and business meeting in the BCRI Commons, beginning 10 a.m. March 10. I believe this is the first “official” Citizen Potawatomi Nation Read More »