Citizen Potawatomi Nation
January 13, 2020
The CPN Language Department reflects on the end of the year as the next year begins in its January 2020 update.
November 8, 2019
The November 2019 CPN Language Department update includes new vocabulary, a prayer of thanksgiving and a recipe.
October 28, 2019
The October 2019 CPN Language Department Update discusses new staff, expansion of courses, the new online dictionary and a few new words to learn.
September 11, 2019
This month's CPN Language Department Update discusses Potawatomi as a language class in public schools and includes a few summer words to learn.
August 12, 2019
The busy summer for the CPN Language Department includes launching the new online Potawatomi dictionary, hiring an employee, starting a 10-week class, creating a men’s powwow drumming group, teaching the Potawatomi Leadership Program students and more.
July 29, 2019
Though the vast majority of Citizen Potawatomi may not know more than a few words and feel overwhelmed by the challenge of learning, CPN Language Department Director Neely’s experiences provide guidance.
July 18, 2019
The July 2019 language update from CPN Language Department Director Justin Neely covers the four main Potawatomi verbs: intransitive, transitive, independent and conjunct.
July 5, 2019
As the last heritage fluent Potawatomi speaker for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Don Perrot began helping Citizen Potawatomi Nation members learn the language in the mid-1970s. He was raised in a traditional community in Wisconsin and always wanted to pass on the oral traditions of Potawatomi culture.
June 20, 2019
The June 2019 CPN Language Department update discusses the upcoming Potawatomi digital dictionary, language classes and offering Potawatomi in public schools.