The Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma will receive sealed bids for Citizen’s Place North Phase II Expansion of New Construction of Duplexes, to an Existing Preplanned Site at 10:00 AM CST the 25th day of September 2023, at the Housing Department, 44007 Hardesty Road, Shawnee, Oklahoma 74801, at which time the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud in the Department’s conference room.
For National Water Quality Month, the Hownikan speaks to the CPN Department of Environmental Protection about their water quality testing processes and the importance of data sovereignty to the Tribe.
The Young family was among the many Potawatomi who decided to become U.S. citizens and receive plots of allotted land in Indian Territory through the Treaty of 1867. They moved to Indian Territory in 1871 and settled in the community of Pleasant Prairie, which was established 5 miles northwest of present-day Wanette. Later, the Youngs would move to their allotment near Oberlin.
This month’s veterans report recognizes the service of Lt. Col. Stacy R. Soutter and offers information about ticks and Lyme disease.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation partnered with Feed the Children and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe to help 800 families in the community following storms in the area earlier this year.
Tribal member Cadence Barreda began acting at the age of 4, and made her directorial debut at 17 with Game Night. Barreda won the Silver Award at the Red Nation Celebration Institute’s Native Indigenous Student Academy for Cinematic Arts. She was also a finalist at the Student World Impact Film Festival for best student short in May 2023 and won Best Short at Finger Mullet Film Festival in St. Augustine, Florida.
CPN Executive and Legislative columns for August 2023.
The CPN Workforce Development & Social Services Department seeks to boost student and parent involvement in the Johnson O’Malley program, a long-time federal resource available to Indigenous public education students.
Citizen Potawatomi Nation is offering used Screen Printing and Embroidery equipment that is no longer being utilized by the Nation. The equipment is being offered by sealed bid only. All sealed bids are due by Friday, August 18, 2023. If you have any questions regarding the equipment or bid process, please call Stacey Bennett or Kyle Steward at 405-275-3121 Ext. 1225.
A Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member recently became the newest franchisee of an Oklahoma business dedicated to preserving homes. Blake Elwell opened a branch of Preservan in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The business repairs homes using an epoxy material for a long-lasting and environmentally sustainable solution.