The Run-off election between Thom Finks and Mark Johnson for the position of Represesntative for Legislative District #7 has concluded and the results have been certified by the CPN election committee as of August 27th, 2010 at 5:00pm. Mark Johnson defeated Thom Finks by a margin of 54 votes. Thom Finks received 57 total votes and Mark Johson received 111 total votes. Official Election Committee Results – CLICK Read More »

  COLUMBIA, SC – OCTOBER 30: Tyler Bray #8 of the Tennessee Volunteers is chased by South Carolina Gamecocks Stephon Gilmore (#5) and Cliff Matthews (#83) during the Gamecocks’ 38-24 win over Bray’s Tennessee Volunteers at Williams-Brice Stadium on October 30, 2010 in Columbia, South Carolina. UPDATE: ESPN is reporting that Tyler Ray is likely Read More »

(New GCTC Hall of Fame inductee Linda Capps accepts a proclamation naming May 6 “Linda Capps Day” in Oklahoma from State Rep. Shane Jett of Tecumseh.) In an event recognizing the quality of her contributions to education, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Vice Chairman Linda Capps has been induct4ed into the Gordon Cooper Technology Center Hall of Read More »

SHAWNEE, Okla. – Oklahoma Lions Service Foundation and the Shawnee Noonday Lions Club will team up with the Central Oklahoma Community Action Agency Area Agency on Aging, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and the Oklahoma Insurance Department to provide a free mobile health screening and health fair that will be open to the public. It will Read More »

The Women’s Business Center (WBC) of Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma Inc. (REI), a Durant-based economic development agency, will present a Women’s Biz Workshop in Shawnee.  Free workshops for entrepreneurs and business owners are a key component of REI’s business development programs.   The workshop, “Entrepreneurship 101,” is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Read More »

(Bob Trousdale stands outside his two-room Maverick Hotel in downtown Tecumseh, Oklahoma. Bob lovingly and painstakingly restored the old bank building.) The Citizen Potawatomi Nation has lost one of its true gentle souls. On the evening of Monday, May 3, 2010, CPN member Bob Trousdale, director of the Nation’s Job Pride program and one of Read More »

(The Tecumseh Countywide & Shawnee Sun newspaper is in the midst of unveiling its list of “The Ten Most Influential People” in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. Through its April 15 edition, the newspaper has named numbers 10 through four, with Citizen Potawatomi Nation Chairman John ‘Rocky’ Barrett landing at number four on the list. This is Read More »

(CPN member Tyler Bray launches a pass in his college debut on Saturday, September 5. His Tennessee Volunteers defeated Tennessee-Martin 50-0.) Citizen Potawatomi Nation member Tyler Bray’s college football career began with a win on Saturday, September 4; his Tennessee Volunteers had an easy time with an outmatched Tennessee-Martin team, posting a 50-0 win. Bray, Read More »

 (At the beginning of the 2003 Trail of Death Commemorative Caravan, George Schricker sings his song about Chief Menominee, with the statue of the chief in the background.) A new historical marker that marks the location of Chief Menominee’s village site will be dedicated September 17 at 4:30 p.m. at the Menominee statue site. Tylor Read More »

(Cobell lawsuit lead plaintiff Elouise Cobell addresses tribal leaders at a meeting at the Iowa Nation complex near Perkins, Oklahoma.) (Editor’s note: The CPN Public Information Department has fielded several questions from CPN members who have heard about the settlement of the Cobell lawsuit over BIA mismanagement of funds in Individual Indian Money [IIM] accounts. Read More »