Author Archives: Andrew

August 05, 2009 – The first day of the Gathering began at the Prairie Band Casino & Resort with an Economic Summit Meeting hosted by the PBPN. Nedra Darling and Gary Mitchell posing before the meeting began.  Nedra is Director of Public Affairs … Continue reading →

August 04, 2009 – MAYETTA:  PBPN staff and volunteers are getting ready for the Gathering,  Almost 1,000 people have pre-registered and many more are expected to converge on the Potawatomi Common Land in the next two days. Tomorrow things get … Continue reading →

July 29, 2009 – MAYETTA:  Today a Rez Road Side Clean Up was held where teams of employees from Finance, Social Services, Road & Bridge and even some members of Tribal Council helped pick up trash and litter on the … Continue reading →

July 28, 2009 – MAYETTA:  The Prairie Band Casino & Resort (PBCR) marketing team walked away with two top Diamond Romero awards last week at the 2009 Casino Marketing Conference in Las Vegas.  The marketing team attended the conference and … Continue reading →

Meet the New Tribal Police Officers Jon Gough and Steven Smith have been hired  as patrol officers for the Tribal Police Department recently.  Jon is from Holton and Steven is originally from Falls City, Nebraska. July 24, 2009 –

July 22, 2009 –  MAYETTA: Tribal members Charles Wakole and Robert Jackson said goodbye to their families and friends on July 22 to join approximately 80 other soldiers who are members of the 2nd Battalion, 130th Field Artillery Kansas National Guard.  The soldiers will be a … Continue reading →

July 21, 2009 –     MAYETTA:  The PBPN Member Services Department will soon begin issuing new Certified Degree of Indian Blood (CDIB) identification cards with photographs on them.   Arlene Lingo, Director of Member Services, said that other changes … Continue reading →

July 15, 2009 –   Tribal Council (TC) had a guest for lunch yesterday who was Father Francis D. Bakyor, third from left on back row, who is presently the pastor at Our Lady of the Snows Church on the … Continue reading →

July 14, 2009 – MAYETTA:  It’s an exciting time for the staff in the Tribal Court because a new tribal court building is being constructed and some new court-associated programs have begun. The new building, which is near the northeast … Continue reading →

July 13, 2009 – ABOVE: Wade Toeplitz, superintendant, and Roy Garza, assistant superintendant for Landscapes Unlimited,  stopped to pose for the camera last Friday while conducting elevation levels for the new Firekeeper Golf Course lake that is being constructed near … Continue reading →