The Cultural Heritage Center staff has finished the renovation of the “Seven Fires” exhibit. The new exhibit is updated and allows for 360 degree accessibility and additional details. The “Seven Fires” exhibit portrays the Seven Fires Prophecy and is part of the Citizen Potawatomi oral culture. “Previously the ’Seven Fires’ exhibit was in the Read More »
Editor’s note: In the run-up to the June legislative elections, we are running articles on the two contested races this year. Below are two articles, one on the background and motivations of each candidate in the District 4 legislative race. Theresa Adame In a re-run of the 2009 contest for District 4, incumbent Theresa Adame Read More »
Editor’s note: In the run-up to the June legislative elections, we are running articles on the two contested races this year. Below are two articles, one on the background and motivations of each candidate in the District 2 legislative race. Anthony Cole Seeking to pick up where he left off in the 2008 electoral contest Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s legislative and executive branches participated in the latest meeting of the tribal legislature on February 28, 2013. One major ordinance passed without opposition was an amendment to the tribe’s code for business regulation, an effect of the Federal HEARTH Act of 2012. The act allows tribes to lease restricted lands for residential, Read More »
Each year at the Family Reunion Festival, Citizen Potawatomi Nation honors several of the founding families. Those being honored at the 2013 Family Reunion Festival are the Johnson, Lafromboise, LaReau, LeClaire, Melott, Rhodd, Tescier, Weld and Young families. For those attending festival it’s time to start making your travel and lodging plans. Here is a Read More »
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law in 2010, was designed to reform and expand health insurance coverage for all Americans. With nearly 32 percent of Native Americans and Native Alaskans going without health insurance, the law’s impact on tribal health outcomes is of interest to all of Oklahoma’s tribes. In order Read More »
A delegation from the Osage Nation recently visited Citizen Potawatomi Nation headquarters in Shawnee to discuss their preparations for a water resource plan. CPN’s experience in developing its own water plan is seen by many tribes as a forerunner to their own preparations, especially in light of the recent drought in Oklahoma. A grant from Read More »
In front of a full House chamber, the CPN Veterans’ Organization Color Guard opened Senior Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol on February 25. The five man color guard carried the American flag, Oklahoma flag, Citizen Potawatomi Nation flag, CPN Veterans Organization and POW-MIA flags into the legislative chamber where the pledge of allegiance was Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation voters will vote for Legislators in District 2 and in District 4 on June 29, 2013. Legislative District 1 incumbent Roy Slavin, District 3 incumbent Robert Whistler and Chairman John “Rocky” Barrett are unopposed in the 2013 election. Chairman John Barrett will run unopposed for his eighth term. Barrett, who has held Read More »
When one thinks of the responsibilities of the CPN Police Department, diplomatic security would not be near the top of the list. But with the tribe’s growing commercial interests, especially in terms of drawing outside investment to future projects, Chief of Police Dr. Jim Collard saw the need for a specialized unit to escort and Read More »