FireLake Wellness Center‘s annual fitness competition, called March Madness for the month it begins, was again a huge success. In its seventh year running, the fitness competition is a 64-individual tournament where wellness center attendees compete against one another in cardio workouts. “This is a contest that we do annually and people get excited about Read More »
To succeed in the art world, artists must continuously draw inspiration to fuel their passion. The famed Potawatomi artist, Woody Crumbo, lived in the desert hills of New Mexico and drew inspiration from the environment around him. In almost similar fashion, fellow CPN Tribal member Matt Bearden, explains that growing up on the Osage Plains Read More »
For Potawatomi making visits to the nation’s capital, the National Museum of the American Indian, located right in the middle of the National Mall, is a popular destination. What many Potawatomi visitors may not realize is a piece of Tribal history is on open display in the museum’s “Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United Read More »
Saturday, July 18, 2015 marks the bicentennial of the Treaty of Portage des Sioux (July 18, 1815.) The treaty was a means to affirm previous compacts and ultimately draw peace between the Potawatomi Nation and the United States, resulting from the depredations caused and faced by both sides during the War of 1812. Exhibiting his Read More »
It has been just more than five years since Dale, Okla. first welcomed flowing, treated water from Pottawatomie County Rural Water District 3. Although the community as a whole has benefited from having treated water, the school system has been impacted the most. Dale Public Schools, which serves kindergarten through the twelfth grade, had long Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation employs more than 2,200 employees across its vast array of commercial enterprises and Tribal government supported programs. Here are a few of this week’s featured job openings, but more can be found by visiting www.FireLakeJobs.com One of CPN’s newest commercial enterprises, Soto Sushi Restaurant is located inside the Grand Casino Hotel and Read More »
Between her normal duties as director of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center and responsibilities in overseeing the museum’s reconstruction from damages sustained in the2014 flood, Dr. Kelli Mosteller recently featured as a contributor to a newly published book about the British Empire’s impact on indigenous communities. The book, “Indigenous Communities and Settler Colonialism: Read More »
This week’s FireLake Gift Shop item of the week is something that’ll keep the sun out of your eyes, whether at the ball park or on the golf course. These one size fits all Potawatomi pride ball caps are $16 and are fastened in the back by velcro and ties. This week’s featured items are Read More »
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than five million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease. With such a prevalent disease, CPN Health Services is working to inform both potential patients and family members of those at risk of its signs, treatments and options in dealing with it. On July 29, 2015 at 11 a.m., the Title Read More »
This week for Way Back Wednesday, we delve into the Tribal archives to show one of the prides of the CPN Cultural Heritage Center collections made by a Pokagan Band Potawatomi member. Josiah Brown of Shelbyville, Mich. hand crafted this 2.5 ft multicolor hamper from black ash at the age of 16 years old. Black Read More »