The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Language Department will share a collection of traditional Potawatomi stories that provide a glimpse into the nation’s culture and history. The storytelling is Feb. 19 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Cultural Heritage Center and admission is free. Guests will learn about Potawatomi language and culture through stories that Read More »
Citizen Potawatomi Nation will once again offer assistance to file Federal and State income tax returns for those earning less than $51,000 annually. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program offers trained tax preparers to e-file State and Federal taxes. The service is offered until April 13, 2013. The service is provided free to those who Read More »
The U.S. Senate has voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act by a vote of 78-22. The law, passed in 1994, has a proven record of reducing domestic violence and violent acts against women. “The Senate’s reauthorization is a great thing for Citizen Potawatomi Nation and Native Americans,” said Linda Capps, Vice Chairman, Citizen Read More »
Just a few decades ago the Citizen Potawatomi Nation had less than $1,000 in the bank and conducted much of its business out of a single wide trailer. General tribal meetings were held under the supervision of Bureau of Indian Affairs agents, typically in places like St. Benedict’s Church in Shawnee for lack of a Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Police Department recently held a special ceremony to promote Detective Lee Minick to lieutenant. Minick has served the CPN Police Department since 2006 as detective and will continue in that role while also taking on the responsibilities of Lieutenant. A native of Beaumont Texas, Minick began his Oklahoma law enforcement Read More »
Oklahoma receives more than its fair share of significant weather events during any given year with everything from floods, wildfires, blizzards, tornadoes, drought and even earthquakes impacting the state. In 2011 and 2012 Oklahoma received nearly 40 disaster declarations and is one of only five states to have more than 100 disaster declarations. CPN began Read More »
Construction will be substantially complete on a new hotel by March. The new 262 room hotel will be ready for guests by this May. The rooms will all feature 42” flat screen televisions with on-demand video, in-room safes, irons and ironing boards, hair dryers, plush bedding and linens, luxury bath amenities, an exercise room, spa Read More »
Each year Citizen Potawatomi Nation provides free bus transportation for CPN tribal members and their immediate families so that they may travel to the annual Gathering. Tribal members are responsible for their lodging, meals and incidentals. The bus will leave from tribal headquarters in Shawnee, Okla. one or two days prior to the first day Read More »
Grand Casino Hotel and Resort will add nearly 100 new jobs when a new 262 room hotel opens this summer and officials hope to fill those jobs at an upcoming job fair. The job fair will be Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Grand Casino Read More »
Nestled off of Hardesty Road and a half mile from the North Canadian River, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation aviary resembles a small farm house in the middle of a field of central Oklahoma short grass. CPN members and sisters Jennifer Randell and Bree Dunham live on site and tend to the aviary’s other full time Read More »