The U.S. Senate has voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act by a vote of 78-22. The law, passed in 1994, has a proven record of reducing domestic violence and violent acts against women. “The Senate’s reauthorization is a great thing for Citizen Potawatomi Nation and Native Americans,” said Linda Capps, Vice Chairman, Citizen Read More »
Just a few decades ago the Citizen Potawatomi Nation had less than $1,000 in the bank and conducted much of its business out of a single wide trailer. General tribal meetings were held under the supervision of Bureau of Indian Affairs agents, typically in places like St. Benedict’s Church in Shawnee for lack of a Read More »
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Police Department recently held a special ceremony to promote Detective Lee Minick to lieutenant. Minick has served the CPN Police Department since 2006 as detective and will continue in that role while also taking on the responsibilities of Lieutenant. A native of Beaumont Texas, Minick began his Oklahoma law enforcement Read More »
Oklahoma receives more than its fair share of significant weather events during any given year with everything from floods, wildfires, blizzards, tornadoes, drought and even earthquakes impacting the state. In 2011 and 2012 Oklahoma received nearly 40 disaster declarations and is one of only five states to have more than 100 disaster declarations. CPN began Read More »
Construction will be substantially complete on a new hotel by March. The new 262 room hotel will be ready for guests by this May. The rooms will all feature 42” flat screen televisions with on-demand video, in-room safes, irons and ironing boards, hair dryers, plush bedding and linens, luxury bath amenities, an exercise room, spa Read More »
Each year Citizen Potawatomi Nation provides free bus transportation for CPN tribal members and their immediate families so that they may travel to the annual Gathering. Tribal members are responsible for their lodging, meals and incidentals. The bus will leave from tribal headquarters in Shawnee, Okla. one or two days prior to the first day Read More »
Grand Casino Hotel and Resort will add nearly 100 new jobs when a new 262 room hotel opens this summer and officials hope to fill those jobs at an upcoming job fair. The job fair will be Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Grand Casino Read More »
Nestled off of Hardesty Road and a half mile from the North Canadian River, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation aviary resembles a small farm house in the middle of a field of central Oklahoma short grass. CPN members and sisters Jennifer Randell and Bree Dunham live on site and tend to the aviary’s other full time Read More »
“Leading the Next Generation” Summit motivates local community SHAWNEE, Okla. — Local counselors, mentors and agency representatives gathered to connect with other professionals in the area to network, discuss working with youth and gain some inspiration to continue the important work they do in Shawnee and in neighboring cities. WorkForce Investment Board and Citizen Potawatomi Read More »
Across the United States, tribes are struggling to revive what once came to them naturally. After hundreds of years of suppression and forced assimilation, Native languages have dwindled from more than 300 to only a handful today. With less than a dozen fluent speakers of Potawatomi among the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, the language department faces Read More »