Each year, Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Workforce and Social Services assists thousands of unemployed, underemployed and economically disadvantaged Native Americans across central Oklahoma. The department provides assistance locally and through outreach Read More »
Each summer, Citizen Potawatomi Nation selects 10 promising Tribal youths who have finished high school or their freshman year of college for the Potawatomi Leadership Program.The 2018 class traveled from Read More »
Tribal members and families can experience the recently renovated Cultural Heritage Center during Family Reunion Festival 2018. In January, the CHC wrapped up nearly four years of renovations and revealed Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s annual Family Reunion Festival runs June 29-July 1 across Raymond Peltier Park and Tribal enterprises near Shawnee, Oklahoma. Native culture and heritage are often shared through art, Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Eagle Aviary was the fourth Native American aviary to open in the country. Off a quite road away from town, it houses 14 eagles, one falcon Read More »
ANDERSON Marie (Mary) C. Tremble was the daughter of Therese Archange Morin Tremble Mann and Toussaint Tremble. She married John Anderson Sr. In the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, Marie received Read More »
Potawatomi use and wear plumage with honor and reverence. Tribal oral tradition says “the eagle delivers a message to the Creator that people on this earth are still doing the Read More »
Aaron and Jamie Hembree celebrated the opening of their downtown Shawnee, Oklahoma, coffee shop in November. The Gathering Place Coffee Co. is a lifetime dream for Jamie, she recently told Read More »
Check out these family friendly activities while in town for the Family Reunion Festival!
Every year during the Family Reunion Festival, a few Citizen Potawatomi Nation employees set up cameras and invite all ages of Honored Family descendants to volunteer information about their lineage Read More »