7 Week Language Class

Join us for a beginners conversational class open to all ages. The class will take place every Wednesday evening from 5:30-7 p.m. for seven weeks. In-person and virtual options are available.

7 Week Language Class

Join us for a beginners conversational class open to all ages. The class will take place every Wednesday evening from 5:30-7 p.m. for seven weeks. In-person and virtual options are available.

7 Week Language Class

Join us for a beginners conversational class open to all ages. The class will take place every Wednesday evening from 5:30-7 p.m. for seven weeks. In-person and virtual options are available.

Language update: November 2020

In the November 2020 update from the CPN Department of Language, director Justin Neely gives many online resources to work on learning the language from home and vocabulary for the fall.

Language update: October 2020

In the October 2020 update from the CPN Department of Language, director Justin Neely gives many online resources to work on learning the language from home.

Language Update: October 2019

The October 2019 CPN Language Department Update discusses new staff, expansion of courses, the new online dictionary and a few new words to learn.

Language update: November 2018

By Justin Neely, Director of the CPN Language Department It is an exciting time to be Potawatomi. If you want to learn the language, we are continually enhancing and developing new tools and classes to make that possible. Our goal of making the language accessible no matter where you live is truly coming to fruition. Read More »

Language update

Submitted by Justin Neely, CPN Language Department Another successful Family Reunion Festival is in the bag. We had a great turnout for our language classes, and Potawatomi bingo was a huge success with over 100 people playing each session. We also taught an immersion class and children’s class, which were well received. Another highlight each Read More »

Tribal member listens to nature while peeling birchbark

Tribal member Kristy Phillips resolutely carries on Potawatomi traditions. She began learning the Tribe’s language as a child in the small town of Maud, Oklahoma. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in cellular and molecular biology in 2006, she switched jobs from the CPN Language Department to the medical field until an opportunity teaching Read More »