Citizen Potawatomi Nation was honored this year as a Partner in Progress for its partnership with Gordon Cooper Technology Center on its GCTC Foundation Board, in developing a lineworker training program, and through donations to support GCTC students.
After fires in Texas and western Oklahoma burned more than one million acres in February and March, Citizen Potawatomi Nation stepped up to help some of those impacted by the fires.
A local college benefited recently from a FireLake Golf Course donation. The golf course donated a Kubota RV 900 utility vehicle to Seminole State College’s golf program in Seminole, Oklahoma.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation has joined other area tribes to help reduce the number of Indigenous people who are experiencing homelessness. The Native Homeless Alliance hopes to cut the rate of Native Americans experiencing homelessness by 50 percent by July 2024.
During the months of November and December, the Workforce and Social Services Department coordinated with Administration, Child Development and employees across the Nation to put together a total of 700 holiday food baskets.
A discussion at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Family Reunion Festival has motivated members of the Tescier family to ensure that Potawatomi history is included in a Harrah, Oklahoma, historical society’s museum. The land for the town’s original site was donated by Tribal member Louis Navarre, who was first to arrive at his allotment in the 1870s.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation helped give back to the community during the holidays as employees hosted a variety of food drives and fundraisers.
CPN Tribal member and employee Nicole Sanchez received a surprise leading up to the holidays as she was named Citizen of the Year by the Tecumseh (Oklahoma) Chamber of Commerce.
Psychologist and licensed alcohol and drug counselor Julio Rojas shares insights on addiction ahead of an event planned by the CPN Health Services Behavioral Health department addressing substance use among youth.
Psychologist and licensed alcohol and drug counselor Julio Rojas shares insights on stigma in mental health care ahead of an event planned by the CPN Health Services Behavioral Health department addressing substance use among youth.