Extend your stay after Family Reunion Festival with some of Shawnee and the Oklahoma City metro area’s numerous attractions.
Constellation stories are tied to the Potawatomi way of life and relationships to nature, and Potawatomi artist Minisa Crumbo Halsey reflects these teachings in her paintings. Crumbo Halsey hopes her art will encourage Potawatomi to embrace the traditional star knowledge Nishnabé people have relied upon for hundreds of years.
The origins of the Levier family can be traced back to the Great Lakes region, where the Potawatomi and their relatives, the Odawa and Ojibwe, lived near Lake Michigan. By the 1700s, fur traders flocked to the area and many Potawatomi married into the families of the traders. It was through intermarriage that French surnames like Cadue, Battese and Levier began appearing among the Potawatomi.
This decision is a result of BIA analysis of an application filed by CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION, OKLAHOMA for trust acquisition of fee lands.
The April Language Update highlights improvements to the online dictionary, online learning opportunities, a new skit series, and a traditional story about why the rabbit has a short tail.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation (Owner) intends to procure a qualified General Contractor to provide construction services for a new Tribal Headquarters Building located in Shawnee, OK 74801.
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 helped give back to the community during the holidays as employees hosted a variety of food drives and fundraisers.
A Public Meeting is scheduled for 2:00-3:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 19th, 2023, in the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Workforce & Social Services Conference Room, 1549 Workforce Dr. Shawnee, OK 74801. This is a Public Meeting regarding the Nation’s HUD ICDBG grant application. 2019/20 HUD Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG): to solicit comments on a funding Read More »
Peltier family descendant John Henson said it was a calling from God and a love of serving his fellow man that spurred him to pursue religious ministry.
The Shreveport, Louisiana, resident has completed a year-and-a-half long process to become an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church.