The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribal court is designed to provide enforcement of tribal laws, equal justice to all and protection of tribal sovereignty. These services are available to all Native Americans and CPN employees. The court initially functioned as the Court of Indian Offenses for western Oklahoma beginning in 1978 and became the CPN Tribal Read More »

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation was honored with the Business Partner of the Year award from Salvation Army Shawnee for the year 2012. The award was presented to CPN at the annual volunteer appreciation luncheon. “When I first came here I was blown away by the involvement of CPN,” said LT. Phillip Canning, Salvation Army Shawnee. Read More »

  Describing why she decided to serve in the CPN government, as a regional director and as current system as District 5 legislator, Arizona’s Gene Lambert says “It’s like the knowing when you hear something right. When you know, you know.” Like her counterparts in the CPN Legislature, Lambert is enthusiastic about her work with Read More »

By Derinda D. Blakeney, APR, Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences It is majestic.  A national symbol of pride, the bald eagle sits atop the food chain and is something to behold. OSU’s Avian, Exotic and Zoo Medicine Services had the pleasure of treating not one, but two bald eagles from the Citizen Read More »

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Rural Water District 3 will soon install 11 miles of eight inch water line in western Pottawatomie County. This line will provide service to new RWD3 customers along its route and, most importantly, it will connect the Dale Water Plant to the original distribution territory of RWD3, which is served by Read More »

Citizen Potawatomi Nation members have had many accomplishments and earned distinctions in academic, athletic and artistic fields over the past few months. Here are just a few of their success stories. If you have someone whose accomplishments deserve recognition, please email hownikan@potawatomi.org. The son of Kimberly Holloway and Daniel Holloway, Isaac Eichelberger was selected to Read More »

Bozho n’Nikanek! – Greeting my friends! The 2013 Gathering of the Potawatomi Nations is a celebration of language, culture, tradition, family, reconnecting with tribal members, food, and much more. It is a gathering to share experiences, knowledge, exchange of ideas, and make new friends and connections This year’s annual gathering was hosted by the proud Read More »

Whether it’s a routine dental appointment or assistance in planning dietary needs for elderly tribal members, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s health services are a vital amenity for many. Overseeing the extensive network of tribal clinics and wellness services is the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Health Services Director Tim Tall Chief. The son of a former Principal Read More »

The annual Gathering of Nations reunites the nine Potawatomi Nations / Bands as one Potawatomi Tribe. Each year a different nation hosts the Gathering. The 2013 Gathering of Nations was hosted by the Pokagon Band near Dowagiac, Michigan on land that was purchased in 1833 by Chief Pokagon to insure a place from which Potawatomi could Read More »

Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s 16-person legislature covers the entire United States of America, with districts 1-8 encompassing the states outside of Oklahoma. One of the five Oklahoma-based representatives, Bobbi Bowden, has served the tribe for more than four years as the District 13 representative. A Choctaw, Okla. native, the Trombla family descendent still lives in her Read More »