To speed the course’s full overhaul, FireLake Golf Course is set to close in May 2016. “Initially we wanted to stay open through spring 2016 to give our high school and junior high golfers a place to practice during their season,” said FireLake Golf Course Director Chris Chesser. “Tecumseh and Bethel high schools both play and practice here, and Shawnee Jr. High also practices here. Read More »
Potawatomi around the world have a distinct advantage of ordering naturally molted eagle feathers from the CPN Eagle Aviary. Only Native Americans in the U.S. have the opportunity to utilize such a service, which along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Eagle Repository, sends naturally molted feathers to enrolled members of federally recognized tribes. Once the feather arrives, proper care must be taken to protect Read More »
Come 2016, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services are teaming up in an effort to better address drug abuse in Indian Country. Along with the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, the two agencies announced a memorandum of understanding on Dec. 16, 2015 at the Indian Health Resources Center that will allow for the training of BIA officers on Read More »
Those traveling from out of state to the Family Reunion Festival routinely see the ever changing landscape that is the FireLake complex. Through the years CPN has grown considerably, both as a tribal government and in terms of its enterprises. In 2015, several new enterprises opened for business, including BDC Gun Room, FireLake Fry Bread Taco, FireLake Pizza and Read More »
Working together is rarely a difficult prospect for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and the American Red Cross. In recent years, the two have partnered on severe weather preparedness projects that resulted in the construction of storm shelters for tribal members, and they have worked hand-in-hand in disaster recovery efforts like the 2013 spring storm cleanup in Pottawatomie County. In early 2016, the two service providers again Read More »
There are times in life when an opportunity comes up that would otherwise pass one by. For many today, those opportunities can come from a variety of sources, including a social media post. Just one click for CPN member Alee Rogers was all it took to enjoy what she describes as one of her best experiences to date. Rogers competed in the 2016 Read More »
By Benjamin McAlister, FireLodge Tribal Youth Assistant Coordinator With March in the books the CPN Tribal Youth Program steamrolls ahead with another full slate of exciting curricula and events for April. The youth at the PLACE are in the home stretch of this academic year and it shows in our GET Smart Program. Our homework help sessions continue to improve the way the youth study and retain Read More »
By Allison Herrera, KOSU Invisible Nations The below article was written and broadcast for KOSU Radio’s Invisible Nations. It is reproduced here with its author’s permission. See the original article here. Soldiers returning from battle face special challenges. Thousands suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and their care can be more involved and long-term. The nation’s VA hospitals, although under recent scrutiny, will care for more Read More »
By Daryl Talbot, Commander of the CPN Veterans Organization Bozho, To start, I am sad to inform you that of one of our very active members, Robert Barrett, has walked on. He was a member of our CPN Honor Guard and Color Guard and will be greatly missed by all. I would like to address Read More »
Many know about the Citizen Potawatomi’s long ties to the Catholic Church, with French missionaries first introducing the Christian religion to the tribes of the Great Lakes region as far back as the 17th century. Fewer know the story of one Catholic saint who lived amongst the ancestors of today’s Citizen Potawatomi people. Rose Philippine Read More »