This year, Citizen Potawatomi Nation collaborated with the Shawnee, Oklahoma-based nonprofit Neighboring 101 to bring the “Getting Ahead” program curriculum to Native Americans in central Oklahoma. Based on Ruby Payne, Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member and dancer J. Davis Hobdy began lessons at 7 years old in Irving, Texas, and performed professionally for the first time at age 13. Over Read More »
Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Safety Manager Lori Cummins completed Health Communications, Inc.’s certification process to hold Training for Intervention ProcedureS workshops two years ago. The program teaches bartenders, servers, Read More »
Every five years, U.S. legislators update bipartisan legislation regulating the agriculture industry and federal food assistance programs through the Agriculture Improvement Act, or farm bill. In June, Janie Simms Hipp Read More »
Prior to statehood, Oklahoma served as a haven for many legendary fugitives. Cattle thefts, bank robberies and murders happened frequently, and stories passed down connect several Potawatomi families to famous Read More »
Every year, the Tribe selects 10 students from across the country for the Potawatomi Leadership Program. The PLP, recognized by the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, brings together Read More »
By Justin Neely, Director of the CPN Language Department Jeshek neyap ngi-byamen ode bodewadmi mawjeshnowen. Manek bmadzejek gi zhyek ode zheshmowen mawjeshnowen. Gi kedwik neyew wak bmadzejek egi nebyegewat. Wenet Read More »
Submitted by Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton In June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated data suggesting that obesity rates — defined as having a bodyweight more than 20 percent Read More »
“I’ve always loved art, and at an early age loved to draw and use markers,” Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Stuart Sampson told the Hownikan over coffee at The Red Cup Read More »
In late summer 1838 near Twin Lakes, Indiana, U.S. General John Tipton called a meeting with the Potawatomi around Chief Menominee’s village. Menominee refused to give up what remained of Read More »