Famed Potawatomi artist Woody Crumbo made his name in the art world with his Southwest inspired paintings. Crumbo lived in Taos, New Mexico throughout the majority of his professional career. He, like many other artists, captured what was around him. For the past ten years, a Potawatomi mother and son have been following a similar Read More »
This week we look at a man responsible for chronicling much of what we know about the Potwatomi during the early Removal Period of the 1800s, Englishman George Winter. George Winter was an English-born artist known for his chronicles of 18th century American life and geography. Born June 10, 1809 in Portsea [Portsmouth], England, Winter’s Read More »
The Oklahoma State University Powwow is a student-run public event hosted annually by the OSU Native American Student Association at the Payne County Expo Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Tribes from the entire nation are represented in the diverse inter- tribal powwow. This year, Citizen Potawatomi Nation donated $2,000 to help fund the event and the Read More »
I had a pleasant experience the other day while shopping at Atwoods. An elderly gentleman saw my Vietnam CPN Veteran cap and approached me and said, “Vietnam, I see, well I was a little bit ahead of you. I was with UDT at Normandy in 1944, and there was nobody there, but us. We cleared Read More »
Weather Terms: Traditionally when a storm approaches, we take a pinch of tobacco in our left hand and say a prayer asking the Creator to watch over us. We then place that tobacco on the north side of a tree, or, if we are near water, we might place it in the water. They say Read More »
2016 has come to The P.L.A.C.E. and with it, each of our Tribal youthmembers have set goals for the coming year. They varied, with some setting very ambitious goals while others have set out to achieve goals that will help them become better people and get in better shape. Our “Get Native” program is getting Read More »
Our huge art sale continues, check out the latest prints, originals and framed pieces we’ve got. Some are originals, others are signed copies, but they’re all high quality. If you would like to purchase these or other items, FireLake Gift Shop has many items like these that can be seen in our store located inside Read More »
The CPN Legislature met on Dec. 3, 2015 for its final meeting of the calendar year with all representatives present. Legislators approved a resolution supporting the Tribe’s grant funding application for a U.S. Department of Justice Coordinated Tribal Justice program that develops comprehensive approaches to public safety and criminal justice. They also passed a resolution Read More »
A few Way Back Wednesdays ago, we showed you a clipping from the 1988 Hownikan detailing the “historic” road agreement between the then-Citizen Band Potawatomi and the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs and Pottawatomie County Government. We recently tracked down the location of the old sign announcing the agreement, and contrasted it with what the Read More »
According to the statistics from the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, with more than 20,000 across the U.S., there are more payday loan lenders in the U.S. than franchise locations of either Starbucks or McDonald’s. The golden arches boast a paltry 14,267 franchises by comparison. The wide presence of this specific kind of lending institution, Read More »