CPN Legislative update: January 2016

The CPN Legislature met on Dec. 3, 2015 for its final meeting of the calendar year with all representatives present. Legislators approved a resolution supporting the Tribe’s grant funding application for a U.S. Department of Justice Coordinated Tribal Justice program that develops comprehensive approaches to public safety and criminal justice. They also passed a resolution Read More »

Legislative update – February 2014

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Legislature rang in the New Year with a special legislative meeting on January 16. As business got underway, a resolution approving a lease agreement between CPN and the BDC Gun Range was passed by a vote of 13-1, with one absence and one abstention. The resolution’s passage authorized Vice Chairman Linda Read More »

Candidates set for June 2014 tribal election: District 8 preview

Citizen Potawatomi in the Western sections of the U.S. will choose legislators in the June tribal election at the 2014 Family Reunion Festival. Vice Chairman Linda Capps, Secretary-Treasurer D. Wayne Trousdale, District 5 Legislator Gene Lambert and District 6 Legislator Rande Payne all will be running unopposed. In-person voting will commence June 28 during the Read More »

Candidates set for June 2014 tribal election: District 7 preview

Citizen Potawatomi in the Western sections of the U.S. will choose legislators in the June tribal election at the 2014 Family Reunion Festival. Vice Chairman Linda Capps, Secretary-Treasurer D. Wayne Trousdale, District 5 Legislator Gene Lambert and District 6 Legislator Rande Payne all will be running unopposed. In-person voting will commence June 28 during the Read More »