Officials Release Cobell Settlement Distribution Information

Officials Release Cobell Settlement Distribution Information Officials overseeing preparations for distribution of the $1.5 billion settlement fund to some 500,000 Individual Indian Money (IIM) accountholders in the Cobell lawsuit have distributed flyers and information sheets with details for the accountholders who will benefit.

CPN member from Kansas Buys Virgin Islands Financial Planning Biz

CPN member from Kansas Buys Virgin Islands Financial Planning Biz ST. CROIX, Virgin Islands – Amy Rose Herrick, ChFC, IAR, a financial services adviser from Kansas, moved to St. Croix in January 2011, after purchasing the mutual fund and variable life practice of Warner Riviere. Herrick, who is a Chartered Financial Consultant and Investment Adviser Read More »

Cobell Suit Settlement Distribution Information Made Available

Cobell Suit Settlement Distribution Information Made Available Officials overseeing preparations for distribution of the $1.5 billion Cobell lawsuit settlement to about  500,000 Individual Indian Money (IIM) accountholders who will benefit have released flyers with information valuable to the suit's beneficiaries.

CPN prepares post-fire golf course/restaurant operations

  Citizen Potawatomi Nation officials have moved swiftly to lessen inconvenience from a Sunday morning fire that destroyed a 28-year-old building that housed the CPN-owned FireLake Golf Course clubhouse and the San Remo’s restaurant owned and operated by Shawnee residents Tony and Lazzi Veliu. John ‘Rocky’ Barrett, CPN chairman, announced that a prefabricated structure will Read More »

A Groovy Kind of (Tecumseh Chamber) Auction

Tropical vacations, original artwork, Thunder tickets, and a cookbook and photo autographed by Gov. Mary Fallin are among the hundreds of items that will be auctioned off at the Tecumseh Chamber of Commerce’s annual dinner and auction Feb. 10. The theme of what is always an entertaining event is “A Groovy Kind of Love.” Auction Read More »

Cobell case notifications from Interior Dept

WASHINGTON, D.C. – American Indians with federal trust accounts soon will be receiving notification about their rights to participate in the $3.4 billion settlement approved last year in the class-action lawsuit known as Cobell, the Interior Department announced on Wednesday, January 26. Hundreds of thousands of Indians across the country will receive detailed information through Read More »

CPN Member Teresa Reed Celebrates 108th Birthday

  It’s not such an impressive number, standing there alone – 108. But, in the context of Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Teresa (Slavin) Reed’s life, it is very impressive indeed. You see, on December 6, 2010, the Nation’s oldest member marked completion of her 108th year. CPN Vice Chairman Linda Capps and a host of Read More »

CPN Member Tyler Bray Leads Vols Into Music City Bowl

  (Tyler Bray launches a pass against the South Carolina Gamecocks earlier in the 2010 season.) The Tennessee Volunteers finally have something to cheer about this football season and a majority of their cheering is due to the phenomenal breakout of freshmen QB Tyler Bray, a Citizen Potawatomi Nation member. While Bray wasn’t ashighly touted Read More »

Bray’s 5 TD passes lead Tennessee to easy win

  MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Tyler Bray, the Tennessee Volunteers’ freshman quarterback, got the first start of his college career Saturday night and looked very good against a young Memphis State University secondary. Bray threw for 325 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Volunteers to a 50-14 victory. He completed 19-of-32 Read More »

Bray, Tennessee remain bowl-eligible

  (CPN member Tyler Bray passes against Vanderbilt University. His two TD passes led Tennessee to a 24-10 win.) NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Learning on the job is getting a little more difficult for Tennessee quarterback Tyler Bray. The freshman Tennessee University quarterback, a Citizen Potawatomi Nation member began his career as a starter with two Read More »