Citizen Potawatomi Nation House of Hope is asking the community this holiday season to give to the souls at Christmas that need it the most.
Shane D. Jett, CEO of the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation, recently received the 2019 Visionary Leader Award in recognition for his contributions to the Native community development financial institutions industry.
After several years of use, the components that sit in CPN’s geothermal ponds became less efficient. In 2016, the Tribe sent scuba divers to the bottom of FireLake lake to assess the situation.
The December 2019 CPN Veterans Report discusses the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the meaning behind their march.
The 2018 Government Accountability Office report stated that there was a 27 percent difference between Indian and non-Indian communities in terms of access to broadband service. That means an estimated 35 percent of Americans living on tribal lands lack access to broadband services, compared to 8 percent of all Americans.
Technological upgrades to 911 software and hardware are becoming an essential component of emergency response. Recently, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Transportation named CPN a recipient of 911 Grant Program funds, assigned for improvements to the county system.
Several CPN doctors and medical practitioners choose the Nation as their employer to serve other Native Americans.
Traditional spirit plates remember those who came before. However, like any ceremony, the practices vary, and individual families and communities may have different approaches.
The November 2019 CPN Veterans report discusses the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Millions Veteran Program and National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Greenwalt found out about the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Department of Education scholarship while reading the Hownikan at the same time his children started college. When the time felt right for him to return to school, he applied, too.