With temperatures cooling and a food-centric holiday like Thanksgiving on the horizon, November is an excellent time to focus on preventing diabetes, a chronic illness impacting 29 million Americans – or just more than nine percent of the country’s population – according to the latest survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An Read More »
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First responders from numerous Pottawatomie County-based organizations gathered near Grand Casino Hotel Resort to practice for various emergency situations in late September 2015. Though operating at full speed, the emergency management professionals were only practicing a worst case scenario as part of a training program held once every three years. The 2015 Pottawatomie County LEPC Read More »
In the heart of Cowboy country, tribal sovereignty has a new home at the Oklahoma State University Center for Sovereign Nations. Initially funded through a partnership between OSU and the Chickasaw Nation, it will be a home for Native American students and those wanting to learn more about the role of Indian Nations in Oklahoma. Read More »
The photos of Potawatomi service members on the Veterans’ Wall of Honor inside the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center are a testament to the willingness of Tribal members to serve in the nation’s armed forces. Following a path that hundreds of fellow Potawatomi have tread, has been Mokena, Illinois-native Corey Lewis, a member of Read More »
On November 15, 1861, eight designated “chiefs” and more than seventy other members of the Potawatomi Nation met with federal agents to sign a treaty that would forever alter their community’s relationship with other Potawatomi and the U.S. government. The 1861 treaty initiated the process for acquiring fee-simple land allotments and U.S. citizenship for almost Read More »
Coinciding with November 11’s Veteran’s Day, FireLake Gifts featured items of the week have a host of items available for our tribal service members, both past and present. FireLake Gift Shop has many items like these at similarly affordable prices which can be seen in our store located inside the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Read More »
As we move into fall, the language department has been busy. We have already released our Beginner I self-paced language course. To access the course go to http://language.potawatomi.org. Once you sign up, you have to wait for us to confirm you. By the time this edition of the Hownikan comes out we will have released Read More »
Chances are, if you’ve used a Citizen Potawatomi Nation program, voted in a Tribal election or visited one of the health clinics, you’ve been impacted by the work of a person known in Tribal Chairman John Barrett’s office as “The Rainmaker.” Self-Governance Director Rhonda Butcher, who has played an integral part in the Citizen Potawatomi Read More »
The article below was reproduced from the October 2015 edition of The City Sentinel. Revenues generated by the Oklahoma Tribal Gaming Act, passed by state citizens in a 2004 referendum, have become an important part of budget planning for the state government, according to an analysis of gaming compliance data documents. Often frustrated with apologia Read More »