Citizen Potawatomi Nation Workforce & Social Services offers its Tribal Re-entry Program to former inmates. It is available to members of federally recognized tribes located within the program’s service area.
In the second piece by writer and CPN member Marisa Mohi, she visits the CPN Cultural Heritage Center archives department to learn more about her family and heritage.
CPN currently accepts cardboard, paper shred, aluminum and steel cans internally. Materials such as glass, plastic foam and other plastics are still recycled in a slightly different process.
Ertz’s Native American cultural and family connections run deep. She grew up in rural South Dakota, and her father is a psychologist as well. Watching him serve other people during her childhood influenced the decision to choose behavioral health.
Blue Zones Project in Pottawatomie County celebrated Citizen Potawatomi Nation FireLake Discount Foods’ recent designation as a Blue Zones Project Approved worksite with a ribbon cutting celebration in November 2019.
During bbon (winter) Potawatomi have participated in a variety of activities for centuries, including games like snow snake, storytelling and more that bring the community and families together to pass time and stay warm during the coldest months of the year.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation House of Hope is asking the community this holiday season to give to the souls at Christmas that need it the most.
Shane D. Jett, CEO of the Citizen Potawatomi Community Development Corporation, recently received the 2019 Visionary Leader Award in recognition for his contributions to the Native community development financial institutions industry.
After several years of use, the components that sit in CPN’s geothermal ponds became less efficient. In 2016, the Tribe sent scuba divers to the bottom of FireLake lake to assess the situation.
The December 2019 CPN Veterans Report discusses the guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the meaning behind their march.