Burnett descendant wins $125,000 Dr Pepper scholarship

Out of more than 100,000 entries, CPN member Tate Lewis became one of six students to participate in the head-to-head contest. For the final round, Dr Pepper invited him to its headquarters in Frisco, Texas. There he met company employees and executives and competed in a 30-second football-throwing challenge.

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2021 editions of Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s Hownikan newspaper.

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Secretary Jewell Signs Historic Agreement with Citizen Potawatomi Nation

Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn today joined Citizen Potawatomi Nation Chairman John Barrett to formally approve tribal leasing regulations that will help spur investment and commercial development on the nation’s trust lands in central Oklahoma. “The Citizen Potawatomi Nation now has the authority to decide Read More »

CPN fields provide positive yields in 2013

The commercial interests managed by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation vary from grocery stores, banks and even an eagle aviary. One enterprise seen by many who travel to the tribal headquarters in Shawnee, Okla. is the agricultural production from the fields falling under CPN management. Since mid-2010, the tribe has partnered with McKinley Farms, a local Read More »