Anxiety from restriction and re-integration

A lot of us have had anxiety about COVID-19, anxiety and/or depressive feelings from the restrictions intended for our protection, and anxiety about the re-integration to social interactions that we may have wanted for a while, which is okay.

Lee family loves foster kids like their own

May is Foster Care Awareness Month, a time to celebrate the hard work and difficult decisions that come with fostering. Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s FireLodge Children & Family Services strives to place Native foster children in Native homes to kindle a connection to their heritage and culture.

COVID pandemic more than a health concern

As Citizen Potawatomi Nation continues to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the crises poses a threat to more than just the health of Tribal members and CPN employees. Tribes, and the states and regions benefiting from tribal development, must endure the threat to economic activity as well.

Anger and hope in trying times

Many of us have experienced loss, or the news of family, friends, or pets being sick at times in our lives. This can be devastating news, eliciting anger that we can turn to hope.

Journaling for mental health

Journaling is something anyone with a pen or pencil and a piece of paper, a computer, tablet or smartphone can do just about anywhere that can help us get through some of our toughest times.

Virus causes upheaval in Citizen Potawatomi lives

The Hownikan spoke with several Citizen Potawatomi whose lives, work and studies have been directly impacted since governments across the U.S. took measures to slow COVID-19’s spread.

Tribal Legislator and elder Roy Slavin walks on

One of the eldest representatives on the Citizen Potawatomi Legislature, Kansas City, Missouri’s Roy Slavin has seen the vast changes Native Americans have gone through during the past century.