When two Tribal members in different parts of the country fell on hard times and their homes were in danger of being lost, they found assistance through Citizen Potawatomi Nation. CPN’s Mortgage Assistance Program is available to CPN tribal members who need financial help with a mortgage, homeowner’s insurance, property taxes or HOA fees.
A Public Hearing is scheduled for 3-4:30 P.M., Thursday June 6, 2024, in the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Workforce & Social Services conference room, Workforce Drive, Shawnee, OK 74801. This is a Public Hearing regarding the Nation’s: Housing grant applications (IHBG & ICDBG).
The One Time Grant Program assists Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN) tribal members with funds for their down payment or closing costs, associated with the purchase, building or refinancing of a home.
CPN Housing Department Director and Osage Nation tribal member Scott George is the first Native American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Music (Original Song) for his composition of “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People),” featured in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation hosted a ribbon cutting for a new playground at Citizen Place North.
CPN Housing Director Scott George opened with a prayer, and some of the elders drummed and sang traditional songs.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Housing Department (CPNHD) is seeking bids for their FY’2024 Yearly Lawn Maintenance and Grounds Keeping for all properties owned and operated by the CPNHD.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation has 160 affordable rent units — 46 family units and 114 elder units — but that number is set to increase soon. Construction started this spring on 66 new family units including two-, three- and four-bedroom units, with two different floor plans for each size.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Housing Department’s One-Time Grant program has now been in operation for more than 24 years. The program assists CPN tribal members with the down payment and/or closing costs associated with the purchase, building or refinancing of a home.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation Housing Department Director M. Scott George spoke with the Hownikan about how the Housing Department focuses on ensuring CPN elders live in safe and healthy homes.
In May 2022, the much-anticipated film adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon shot one final scene at the Osage Nation campus in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. CPN Housing Director and Osage Nation tribal member Scott George composed one of the songs used in the shoot.