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Potawatomi Tribal Fire Department (PTFD) Firefighter / Paramedic Paul Juedes, Firefighter / EMT Levi Anderson, and Firefighter Kristian Abram were presented with Outstanding Service Awards on May 7, 2024, for their efforts in saving heart attack patients. Juedes and Anderson … Continue reading →

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Community Development Block Grant Program for Indian Tribes (ICDBG). The purpose of the program is the development of viable Indian and Alaska Native … Continue reading →

06.18.2024 The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribal Council is seeking one enrolled PBPN tribal member to fill (1) one Election Board position. The Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribal Election Board consists of three (3) members, a Chairperson and two (2) members … Continue reading →

The 2024 Kansas Legislature has enacted a provision to allow certain students enrolling at a public institution of higher education in Kansas to have residency status for the sole purpose of paying tuition. The provision does not make students eligible … Continue reading →

Community youth participated in two days of skateboarding workshops facilitated by Nations Skate Youth on May 22–23 at the Boys and Girls Club. In the evening on May 23, the wider community was invited to an open skateboarding session, also … Continue reading →

Per Cap will be distributed on June 7, 2024 instead of the normal distribution date of the 15th. Advance Loans close 14 days prior to the distribution date, so this quarter, there will be no loans processed after this Friday, … Continue reading →

Position Summary Reporting to the Chief Curator with day-to-day direction by the Curator of American Indian Collections / NAGPRA Coordinator, the NAGPRA Research Assistant aids in the Wisconsin Historical Society’s (WHS) ongoing Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) … Continue reading →

The Enrollment Review Committee met on April 16, 2024, and have declared 71 of our Tribal Members as inactive. The re-affirmed this decision on May 1, 2024. Inactive means they will no longer receive per-cap or be entitled to any … Continue reading →

PBPN Tribal Victim Services (TVS) held their annual Walk of Remembrance on May 1, 2024, to honor Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) and to mark the National Week of Awareness for MMIP. The community was encouraged to wear red … Continue reading →

April 19, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Interior placed portions of Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation’s northern Illinois Reservation land into trust today DEKALB COUNTY, ILL. – In a historic decision announced today, the U.S. Department of the Interior placed … Continue reading →