For many years, CPN has been known as trailblazer in innovation in Indian Country. Comparing photos of the secondhand BIA trailer that served as the Tribal headquarters in the early 1970s to the FireLake complex today, it’s easy to see why the Citizen Potawatomi have earned such a reputation. Energy Sustainability Specialist Tara Hammer recently Read More »
In October 2014, Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation Director Shane Jett was elected to the board of directors of the Opportunity Finance Network. Jett’s ascension to the highly regarded national lending organization was recently followed by Cindy Logsdon, who was elected as the new treasurer on the board of directors for the Native CDFI Network. Read More »
Child Development Center began educating children 18 years ago and has become one of the largest children’s learning centers in the state of Oklahoma. The center uses a state-certified curriculum taught by teachers and master teachers in each classroom. Longtime employee Megan Walker, a master teacher in the toddler room, sat down with the Hownikan Read More »
Cold temperatures push everyone inside this time of year, with the opportunity to be amongst friends and family becoming more of a mandatory, rather than a voluntary endeavor. This close proximity to one another during the winter months also has an unfortunate byproduct; illness. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the 2014-15 flu seasons Read More »
Hoping to see a greater representation of the views of his home district’s constituents, Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Mark McBride decided to run for the state legislature in 2012. The Moore High School graduate and Northwestern Oklahoma State alumni worked for years in ranching and farming. Eventually he returned to Moore and took over an Read More »
An ordained Southern Baptist minister who spent nearly two decades as a U.S. Army Chaplain, Representative Paul Wesselhoft (R) is one of three members of the Statehouse who is also a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Entering his fourth legislature and eighth year there, Wesselhoft represents District 54, which covers Moore and southeast Oklahoma Read More »
The Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Kevin Washburn, has resigned his post as of January 1, 2016 and will return to teaching at the University of New Mexico. A Chickasaw Nation citizen and expert in Indian Country jurisprudence, Washburn’s tenure has been, in large part, a success for tribes across the U.S. “I have seen Read More »
The FireLake Gift Shop art sale continues. If you’re looking for prints, framed or artist-signed originals, you can have your pick! Every time we open a closet door we find a few more great pieces of art stored away. Stop by our physical location inside the CPN Cultura Heritage Center or visit us online at Read More »
The object is a replica of an ancient style of Potawatomi war club, known as a bgemagen, created by Tribal member Bud Onzahwah. Crafted from wood, stone and leather, it historically ergonomic design eased storage, travel and use during battle. Pre-dating the use of firearms and used continually after their introduction, Potawatomi used and refined Read More »
Pottawatomie County residents, in the late hours of October 13 a major change in the area’s 911 dispatching services went through without a single problem arising. County 911 call services were transferred from the old dispatch center in Tecumseh to the newly upgraded 911 dispatch center located inside the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal PoliceDepartment. “We Read More »