Citizen Potawatomi Nation
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 29,155 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States ( Oklahoma) |
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| Languages | |
| Potawatomi language, English | |
| Religion | |
| Mide Religion or Medicine Lodge Religion, Native American Church, Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Council of Three Fires (Odawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibwe) |
Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a federally recognized tribe of Potawatomi people located in Oklahoma. The Potawatomi are traditionally an Algonquian-speaking Eastern Woodlands tribe. They have 29,155 enrolled tribal members, of whom 10,312 live in the state of Oklahoma.
The Citizen Potawatomi Nation is headquartered in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Their tribal jurisdictional area is in Cleveland and Pottawatomie Counties, Oklahoma. Of the 30,653 enrolled members, 10,312 live within the state of Oklahoma. They have their housing authority and issue tribal vehicle tags.
Enrollment in the tribe is based on lineal descent; that is to say, the tribe has no minimum blood quantum.
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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.
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.
The tribe's annual intertribal powwow is no longer held. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation's Family Reunion Festival is held on the final weekend in 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.
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.
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