Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Odawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibwe ) |
Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a
Government
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation is headquartered in
Enrollment in the tribe is based on lineal descent;
Current administration
Executive Branch:
- Chairman: John A. Barrett[1]
- Vice Chairman: Linda Capps
- Secretary/Treasurer: D. Wayne Trousdale
Legislative Branch:
- District #1: Alan Melot, Joplin, MO
- District #2: Eva Marie Carney, Arlington, VA
- District #3: Robert Whistler, Bedford, TX
- District #4: Jon Boursaw, Topeka, KS
- District #5: Gene Lambert, Mesa, AZ
- District #6: Rande Payne, Visalia, CA
- District #7: Mark Johnson, Fresno, CA
- District #8: Dave Carney, Olympia, WA
- District #9: Paul Wesselhoft, Moore, OK
- District #10: David Barrett, Shawnee, OK
- District #11: Andy Walters, Shawnee, OK
- District #12: Paul Schmidlkofer, Tecumseh, OK
- District #13: Bobbie Bowden, Choctaw, OK[2]
Economic development
They operate a truck stop, two gas stations, two smoke shops, a bingo hall, two tribal casinos, FireLake Discount Foods in Shawnee, FireLake Golf Course, and First National Bank and Trust, with two locations in Shawnee, one in Holdenville, two in Lawton, and three in communities surrounding Lawton. Their estimated economic impact is $422.4 million.
Culture
In January 2006, the tribe opened its extensive Citizen Potawatomi Nation Museum and Cultural Heritage Center in Shawnee. The 36,000-square-foot (3,300 m2) building houses the nation's research library, archives, genealogy research center, veteran's Wall of Honor, exhibit and meeting space, and a museum store.[5]
The tribe's annual intertribal powwow is no longer held. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation's Family Reunion Festival is held on the final Saturday of June each year. It attracts about 5,000 CPN members and their family members for a variety of cultural and other activities over a three-day period.
History
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation is the successor apparent to the Mission Band of Potawatomi Indians, located originally in the Wabash River valley of Indiana. With the Indian Removal Act after the 1833 Treaty of Chicago, the Mission Band was forced to march to a new reserve in Kansas. Of the 850 Potawatomi people forced to move, more than 40 died along the way. The event is known in Potawatomi history as the Potawatomi Trail of Death.
In Kansas, the Mission Band of Potawatomi lived on a small reserve with the
By the early 1870s, most of the Citizen Potawatomi had resettled in Indian Territory, present-day
Notable tribal members
- Woody Crumbo (1912–1989), artist, flautist, dancer
- Mary Killman (born 1991), Olympic synchronized swimmer[6]
- Robin Wall Kimmerer (born 1953), environmental scientist, educator, author[7]
- Tyler Bray (born 1991), an American football quarterback[8]
- Ron Baker (born 1993), Retired Basketball Player [9]
- Kellie Coffey (born 1971), singer, songwriter, Winner Academy of Country Music Award Top New Female 2003
- Creed Humphrey (born 1999), All-Pro center for the Kansas City Chiefs[10]
- Veronica Cortez (born 2004), Miss Alaska for America 2023[11]
See also
- Potawatomi
- Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin
- Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan
- Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan
- Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
- Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana
- Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f 2011 Oklahoma Indian Nations Pocket Pictorial Directory. Archived April 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Oklahoma Indian Affairs Commission. 2011: 10. Retrieved 2 Jan 2012.
- ^ Government. Archived 2009-03-07 at the Wayback Machine Citizen Potawatomi Nation. 2008
- ^ "Citizen Potawatomi Nation opens tribal-owned manufacturing facility". Indian Country Today, March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ "Homepage". Iron Horse Industrial Park. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ Cultural Heritage Center. Citizen Potawatomi Nation. 2008 (retrieved 21 Feb 2009)
- ^ "Get Ready to Cheer on These Native Athletes at the 2012 London Olympics." Indian Country Today. 27 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Writers-in-Residence Program: Robin Kimmerer." Archived 2013-04-02 at the Wayback Machine HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ^ "CPN member Tyler Bray Tosses two TDs; Vols Lose" Citizen Potawatomi Nation 31 October 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- Indian Country Today Media Network. Archived from the originalon April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ Vishanoff, Rachel (2023-02-10). "Q&A with Kansas City Chiefs center Creed Humphrey". Potawatomi.org. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Beyond Crowns". Beyond Crowns.