Hownikan Podcast

During this episode, we’ll learn about the relationship between humans and butterflies, and hear from a Tribal member who has been exploring her ancestry and Tribal culture. CPN Language Department Director Justin Neely also teaches Potawatomi words about spring. Waskonédo – flower; Tkep – spring; Mokjewen – bubbling spring; Mnokme – Spring (as in the season); Gtegan – garden; Gte'gé – He or she g...

This episode contains stories of Tribal members and CPN departments contributing to the greater community — from enacting change through leadership roles to making communication easier and encouraging others to connect with their culture through music. Justin Neely from the language department also teaches Potawatomi vocabulary relating to health and the human body: Déwkwé – headache he/she has Wi...

This time on Hownikan Podcast, we’ll hear from a Tribal member and high school student whose dreams include space travel and learn about how CPN manages its land today. Language Department Director Justin Neely also teaches the differences between animate and inanimate words in Potawatomi.

This episode introduces a CPN member who owns her own Native American architecture company, outlines the Nation’s new Adult Protective Services department and discusses home genealogical DNA testing kits that became popular in the last decade. We’ll also learn astronomy words in Potawatomi.

This episode is filled with music! A Potawatomi folk artist releases her first solo album and plays a show in Oklahoma City, and the CPN Language Department teaches kids Christmas carols as part of a youth choir program. We’ll also explore the ways the Tribe gives back to the community around the holidays as employees lead the programs.

This episode explores a bit of the holiday season; a piece of craftwork passed down through a family and a traditional Thanksgiving prayer in the Nishnabé language highlight ways to celebrate with loved ones. There’s also an update on the progress of CPN’s recycling program and a look at a unique extra task two employees take on once a year.

This episode includes information about services CPN's House of Hope offers to domestic violence victims, what’s growing in the community garden and a history lesson about Tribal self-governance. CPN's Language Department Director also teaches a social powwow dance song during this month's "Learning Language."

This episode is all about youth. The 2019 Potawatomi Leadership Class participants talk about their experience spending their summer at the Tribe, an employee from FireLodge Children and Family Services discusses Potawatomi children in foster care, and students from CPN’s Child Development Center share their own Red Ribbon Week slogans. The CPN Language Department also begins a new segment “Learni...

During this episode, we’ll learn the basics of handgames played every year at Family Reunion Festival, practice with CPN’s women’s drum group, and meet the 2019 Potawatomi Leadership Program class.

This episode features a man whose primary language is Potawatomi and taught Citizen Potawatomi Nation members it since the 1970s. There is also visit to a tattoo shop owned by a Tribal member and the CPN Community Garden for summer berry picking.

This episode focuses on art created by Tribal members, highlighting both a stop-motion animator and a painter who mixes foundations of Native American art with eclecticism. A staff member of the CPN Eagle Aviary teaches the similarities and differences between bald and golden eagles, which the aviary houses.

This episode includes stories from a Potawatomi elder devoted to music and someone who uses a special connection with the earth to carry on traditions. An employee at the CPN Cultural Heritage Center also discusses how to better research family lineage.

This episode explores the sounds and career of a Citizen Potawatomi Nation tribal member who’s made a name for himself in hip hop and activism. We’ll also get health and wellness tips from a CPN trainer and the history of the Nation's Veterans Organization’s eagle staff.