Blake Norton. With floods and construction, working at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage center over the past few months had staff taking on duties that may have never occurred to them when initially applying for their position. As construction progresses, many staff members are now finding more time to devote to their regular tasks. Read More »
Editors Note: On Sept. 20, 2021, the City of Shawnee formally de-annexed the land south of the North Canadian River. The detachment ended the legal dispute between the City of Shawnee and Citizen Potawatomi Nation. On Sept. 21, 2021, Leaders from the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and City of Shawnee announced Tuesday the launch of Shawnee Read More »
There are thirteen legislative districts within the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Five are divided up in Oklahoma while the other eight are dispersed throughout the United States. Legislative representatives from District 4, Jon Boursaw and District 1 legislator, Roy Slavin, held a regional meeting together for their districts in Overland Park, Kan. on June 7. Read More »
Offices for Vice-Chairman, Secretary-Treasurer and Legislative Districts 5, 6, 7 and 8 were all on the ballot during the 2014 election season, though only incumbents Dave Carney (District 8) and Mark Johnson (District 7) drew challengers. In District 7, first time candidate Michael Bourbonnais of Fresno, Calif. ran while Vancouver, Wash.’s Clyde Slavin again Read More »
Festival is right around the corner and by the time you receive this edition it will be here. First I would like to share some of the exciting accomplishments of the CPN Child Development Center children who are taught by the Language Instructor Randy Schlachtun. We are very proud of Randy and the kids’ accomplishments Read More »
It was the flood no one saw coming. Surveillance video from inside the Long Room at the Cultural Heritage Center shows the floor rising in a dome shape.Within an hour, several inches of water came seeping through the concrete base and out the opened doors. Several months have passed since the eerie day that left Read More »
The area in Oklahoma that the Potawatomi now call home is entrenched with a history that has been forged from the early 1800s. Cabins, landmarks and churches can still be seen today that still stand from when CPN members first came to what was then known as Indian Territory. The Family Reunion Festival, taking Read More »
What does it mean to you to be a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation? “It means understanding why I am living and doing some of the things I do. It means knowledge of my parents, grandparents, great-grandparents and hundreds of aunts, uncles, and cousins. It means friendships with people I would never have Read More »
What does it mean to you to be a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation? “My citizenship is very special to me. It is simultaneously a link to the past and a glimpse of possibilities of the future. We are all family, connected by a common past experience. We are over thirty thousand in membership Read More »
What does it mean to you to be a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation? “It is at the core of who I am as a person. I was raised with the stories of our proud people and of thestruggles of our family. I was raised to respect our culture and heritage, and to serve Read More »