There is a story about a disagreement over hunting grounds between the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes. The two peoples had lived near each other in the country’s southeastern states before their removal by the U.S. government, and like all neighbors had occasionally clashed. When the government put them next to one another in what was Read More »
Learning a language is difficult in the best of circumstances. Now, imagine the difficulty in keeping a language alive amongst a very select portion of the population. More so, ponder taking on that challenge with the knowledge that if the federal government decides to cut funding for your tribe, it can justify its actions by Read More »
Bozho, This month’s article details the academic career of Yancey Orr, a descendant of the Toupin Family. I first met Yancey about eight years ago when he was invited to stay with the Nation for a couple of weeks to learn about the cultural and business aspects of our tribe. It was here that he Read More »
Native American elders, ages 55 and older, are invited to attend a wellness fair April 24. The wellness fair is from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Festival Grounds South Reunion Hall. Citizen Potawatomi Nation Health staff will be on hand to offer wellness checks, blood sugar checks and vital signs Read More »
This year’s Gathering will be hosted by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi at its Rodgers Lake property, in the heart of the ancestral Potawatomi homelands. The Gathering will be Thursday, August 8 through Sunday, August 11, 2013. The Potawatomi Gathering provides an opportunity for Bodéwadmi people from across North America to come together for language Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation members have had many accomplishments and earned distinctions in academic, athletic and artistic fields over the past few months. Here are just a few of their success stories. U.S. Olympian and Lindenwood University student Mary Killman won the Solo U.S. National Championship title for Synchronized Swimming on April 13. Killman, of McKinney, Read More »
SHAWNEE, Okla.— FireLake Bowling Center and Big Brothers Big Sisters teamed up to raise more than $52,000 during the annual “Bowl for Kids’ Sake” fundraiser on April 12. The event featured 36 teams and was the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year. “By the end of the night, we’d raised a total of $52,000 for Read More »
By Shirley Willard, Fulton County Historian, Rochester, Indiana The 6th Trail of Death Commemorative Caravan for the 175th anniversary of the 1838 Trail of Death will be Sept. 23-18, 2013, immediately following the Trail of Courage Living History Festival Sept. 21-22. The Potawatomi Indians were rounded up and marched at gunpoint down Rochester’s Main Street Read More »
More than 130 years ago the Potawatomi Tribe and a French Benedictine Priest struck a deal to build a mission and school for Native Americans. Today, most of the original infrastructure has deteriorated due to the sometimes fierce Oklahoma elements, a fire and even vandalism. The bakery, a two-story log cabin and two cemeteries are Read More »
Jeanine Gaines began beading about three years ago when a friend taught her to make earrings. Her beadwork began as a hobby, but in those three years Jeanine has learned that beading is much more than a hobby or art. “After my friend taught me to make the earrings my mother-in-law, who is Cheyenne-Arapaho, gave Read More »