Pottawatomie County’s oldest radio station, KGFF, has had a lot of milestones since it first went on the airwaves in 1930. It’s most recent significant event was the September 2016 expansion to an FM band station, making KGFF available at 100.9 FM and 1450 AM. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai commented on the change, noting that more than 1,000 stations acquired FM translators in the Read More »

With Vice-Chairman Linda Capps and Director of Economic Development and Planning James C. Collard Ph.D. standing alongside, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal Chairman John “Rocky” Barrett signed what he termed “a historic piece of the tribe’s commercial history” into effect on March 8, 2017. Iron Horse TransLoad Company LLC will provide peace of mind, with a solid legal structure, for potential customers and investors who work at the Read More »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — In an effort to strengthen the connection to and gain insight from the Native American community, Indiana University is establishing the First Nations Leadership Ambassadors Council. This initiative will create an ongoing dialogue with IU and a council of six individuals who care deeply about the Native community: Ben Barnes, Read More »

Bozho, There are a lot of changes going on this year with the CPN Veterans Organization. We have a new team leader for our Color Guard, Derek Skaggs. He was trained by Herb Holton who has built our color guard to the high standard it is today. I believe Derek is up to the challenge.  How many of you veterans out there have registered Read More »

While many Citizen Potawatomi know of the tribe’s ownership of a bank, First National Bank and Trust Co., few know that amongst its board of directors is an individual whose previous positions include principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, assistant secretary of Indian Affairs and special trustee for American Indians in what has become known as the Cobell Trust Settlement. Ross Swimmer, an attorney and businessman with Read More »

Bozho, I am excited to write my second installment regarding my position and duties at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center as the Ethnology Collections Manager.  As discussed in my previous article, the CPN Ethnology Collection is comprised of items that have been loaned (given to CHC for a designated amount of time), gifted (permanently given to CHC), or purchased by the CHC curatorial Read More »

Last year, Citizen Potawatomi Nation partnered with six Oklahoma tribes, the Euchee Butterfly Farm and the University of Kansas Monarch Watch to reestablish monarch butterfly habitats on tribal lands in Oklahoma. They competed for the first – and hugely competitive – grant from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Foundation for monarch habitat restoration and were the only tribal partnership funded. “Oklahoma is in the center of the recovery Read More »

  There are fewer than 10 first-language Potawatomi speakers – people who learned Potawatomi first in the home and then learned English at another point in their life – and many are nearing 70 and 80 years old. As they age, fewer are available to help students learn the details of speaking Potawatomi. However, there are a large number of people who are advanced Read More »

  To start off this March, Citizen Potawatomi Nation has decided to merge the efforts of the CPN Cultural Heritage Center’s Rekindling 7 Generations cultural education program and FireLodge Tribal Youth’s Potawatomi Learning and Cultural Exchange – better known as the PLACE program. To usher in this new program, we will be hosting two parent and youth open houses to showcase all the changes and new programming Read More »

If it’s close to spring time in central Oklahoma that means that CPN-owned FireLake Ball Fields is back open for business. Because there are increasing numbers of teams, players, coaches and parents involved, management recently began updating scores, schedules and information through a smartphone app available in the iTunes and Google Play stores. “We wanted to be able to send updated information to inform our parents, coaches Read More »