The Potawatomi Leadership Program has been in place since 2003 and serves to educate young tribal members on CPN and give them workplace experience and knowledge for their college and future careers. The program is only open to enrolled tribal members of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and is limited between 8 to 10 students. This Read More »

The Potawatomi Leadership Program has been in place since 2003 and serves to educate young tribal members on CPN and give them workplace experience and knowledge for their college and future careers. The program is only open to enrolled tribal members of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and is limited between 8 to 10 students.  This Read More »

Citizen Potawatomi Nation and the Amateur Athletic Union are teaming up to host the First Nations Competitive Games August 2-4. The Games will include golf, softball and baseball and bowling. “We are excited to host the First Nations Competitive Games so that we can showcase the tremendous Native American talent we have in our state,” Read More »

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation has a $522 million economic impact in the State of Oklahoma for 2012. This economic impact includes $68 million in wages and benefits, directly supporting more than 2,000 jobs, and purchases contributing to a $377 million impact on the local economy.  “There is an old adage that ‘a rising tide raises Read More »

We’re kicking off the weekend with the “King of Rock and Roll” in Shawnee. Put on your “Blue Suede Shoes” and swing those hips over to Grand Casino Hotel and Resort for The EP Expo – The Premier Tribute Weekend to the King July 18-20. Elvis fans will have an opportunity to spend a weekend Read More »

Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s newest resort and tourism destination is one step closer to being finished as the new 262 room hotel is now open and accepting reservations. The new hotel is a 14-story tower with 262 suites, adding a total of 144,000 square feet to the property. The hotel is designed with a strong influence Read More »

Long ago, the ancestor of today’s bears looked somewhat different from his modern day descendants; most notably he had a very long tail. One long winter, the bear was very hungry, and spent many hours fishing on a frozen lake with little success, having only caught three small fish. The fox, watching from some distance, Read More »

In District 4, Jon Boursaw won a close victory over Theresa Adame for the Kansas legislative seat. He has served the tribe before as the former Director of the Cultural Heritage Center, though this is his first term in the tribal legislature. “I am extremely honored that the CPN tribal members in District 4 have Read More »

CPN member Phil Quinn has been writing from a young age, a skill he initially took up as a positive means to deal with his upbringing. The Bourassa family descendent has been writing books for over three decades now, and is now a nationally recognized advocate of child protection movement. He holds BA in English Read More »

Blake Norton, archivist and curator for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center was recently recognized by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums with the Archives Institutional Excellence Award. Norton has been with CPN for eight years and is responsible for creating and maintaining a repository for the Nation’s archive and research collections. Read More »