Having a strong cultural identity and participating in traditional customs, ceremonies and other Native American practices can positively influence mental health across Indian Country and help to decrease attempted suicide across all age groups.
By Tesia Zientek, Director of the CPN Department of Education As we enter the third year of having an established Citizen Potawatomi Nation Department of Education, our team developed our annual report to reflect on the successes and challenges we face as we serve our Tribal students. Our portal, which the CPN Information Technology Department Read More »
Around 45 million Americans try to lose weight and get into shape annually. A great number begin fad diets, which encourage drastic changes in food consumption to reach weight-loss goals, as a New Year’s resolution. However, extreme lifestyle changes over a short period of time do not usually result in long-term success. In fact, within Read More »
According to the old saying, when one door closes, another one opens. Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member Tony Morton experienced this when Kasum Contemporary Fine Art in Oklahoma City shut its doors in November 2017. While the storefront was a steady staple in OKC’s ever-changing Plaza District, Morton and his co-owner and spouse Stacey Miller Read More »
Home-based DNA tests have increased in popularity over the years. From 2017 to 2018, the total number of consumers who purchased DNA tests through genetic companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe grew from nearly 4.5 million to 12 million. An additional spotlight on DNA testing recently occurred when Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., released her results in Read More »
By Justin Neely, Director of the CPN Language Department As we head into December, it has been a busy fall for the CPN Language Department. We are finishing two adult classes, which were taught in person and streamed live in the Potawatomi Language group on Facebook. What’s nice about this is folks who don’t live Read More »
On Friday, Aug. 17, Grand Casino Hotel & Resort Player’s Club Manager Greg Cox noticed a social media post from a competitor’s Facebook page and immediately notified Citizen Potawatomi Nation Director of Casino Operations Todd Brand. A Chickasaw Nation gaming facility was promoting that real roulette and craps games would be available for the coming Read More »
Submitted by Jennifer Dye Crossroads Academy – Central Street focuses on producing culturally literate scholars from its diverse student body by looking at every aspect of a child’s education through an equity lens and working hard to create an anti-racist school staff and community. This means examining school curriculum, particularly social studies, through different perspectives. Read More »
For Bertrand family descendant Bryan Burkhart, music has always held importance in his life. He currently plays drums in a band he started nine years ago called Groovement. Burkhart describes their sound as “funk and soul thrown in a rock band with a side of jazz.” He began studying the piano under his mother at Read More »
Bozho (Hello), According to a recent press release from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, President Donald Trump declared November 2018 the second annual National Veterans and Military Families Month. President Trump announced during the dedication, “We salute the brave and dedicated patriots who have worn the uniform of the United States, and we Read More »