Public Notice: Housing Department APR

The Citizen Potawatomi Nation Housing Department (CPNHD) will hold a public meeting on December 20, 2024, at 10:00 am for our FY’2024 Annual Performance Report.

CPN employee writes Oscar nominated song

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.

CPN hosts ribbon cutting for new playground

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.

Applications open soon for new affordable housing

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.

Housing Director part of Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

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.