The annual Gathering of Nations reunites the nine Potawatomi Nations / Bands as one Potawatomi Tribe. Each year a different nation hosts the Gathering. The 2013 Gathering of Nations was hosted by the Pokagon Band near Dowagiac, Michigan on land that was purchased in 1833 by Chief Pokagon to insure a place from which Potawatomi could Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s 16-person legislature covers the entire United States of America, with districts 1-8 encompassing the states outside of Oklahoma. One of the five Oklahoma-based representatives, Bobbi Bowden, has served the tribe for more than four years as the District 13 representative. A Choctaw, Okla. native, the Trombla family descendent still lives in her Read More »
In its ongoing efforts to serve youth in the areas surrounding tribal headquarters in Shawnee, Okla., the Citizen Potawatomi Nation has recently been approved expand an after school tutoring program for Native American youth. According to Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA), approximately 28 percent of the 273 delinquent youth in Pottawatomie County were Native Read More »
Oklahoma Baptist University will take the football field on Aug. 31 for the first time since 1940, playing Southwestern College of Kansas. The new football program meant they needed a shuttle for OBU fans that will visit the campus this fall. “We offered to help by donating a 40-passenger bus to shuttle football fans from Read More »
Officials from A-OK Railroad, Citizen Potawatomi Nation and United States Congressman James Lankford gathered to dedicate the Iron Horse Bridge and celebrate an important milestone in the construction of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Iron Horse Industrial Park. “We owe a debt of gratitude to several people for their help with this project,” said David Donoley, Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation was one of three American Indian tribal government programs to be selected by the Harvard Project’s Honoring Nations program as All-Stars from the family of 112 outstanding programs that have been selected as honorees since 1999. The Honoring Nations program identifies, celebrates, and shares excellence in American Indian tribal governance. At the Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation police officer Major Jody Opela received the Medal of Valor in appreciation of his assistance to Oklahoma Highway patrol Trooper Dennis Dickens after his OHP plane crashed on July 26. “I knew God was in control and that I had the support of many law enforcement officers on the ground taking care Read More »
For the past three weeks I have been involved in a combined effort on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the other four tribes in Kansas to reach out to all Native American veterans living in the state. I, along with Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s partners, want to make them aware of what Read More »
In April, FireLake Golf Course welcomed new Superintendent Derron Day to the staff. Day, of Muskogee, Okla. joined FireLake after previously having served in the same position at Muskogee Country Club. “To step onto a golf green and recognize and diagnose a disease affecting its health is a science,” said FireLake Golf Course Director Chris Read More »
The 2013 Potawatomi Leadership Program (PLP) students completed their final requirements to conclude the summer’s internship. Program participants initially paired off to work on a joint project that focuses contributing to the tribe’s services or work. During the course of the program, they visit the different tribal departments and are encouraged to consider Read More »