For many years, CPN has been known as trailblazer in innovation in Indian Country. Comparing photos of the secondhand BIA trailer that served as the Tribal headquarters in the early 1970s to the FireLake complex today, it’s easy to see why the Citizen Potawatomi have earned such a reputation. Energy Sustainability Specialist Tara Hammer recently Read More »
The event may not have had a pretty name, but it was serious business at the Grand Casino Hotel Resort as the Citizen Potawatomi Nation hosted a tribal waste characterization training program in conjunction with the EPA. Organized through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 6 Office, which oversees the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Read More »
In July 2014, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn announced that the Obama Administration would dedicate almost $10 million to help Native American tribal governments prepare and adapt to climate change. “Impacts of climate change are increasingly evident for American Indian and Alaska Native communities and, Read More »