COMMUNITY SUPPORT

District 1 is home to incredible Citizen Potawatomi Nation citizens and Native-led organizations doing meaningful work in their communities — from publishing books to running nonprofits, preserving culture, protecting the environment, and lifting up others.

This page highlights the work of CPN citizens and Native organizations across the Midwest and Northeast. Whether you’re looking to support Native authors, connect with grassroots efforts, or simply learn more about the amazing things happening in our district — you’re in the right place.

Know someone who should be featured? Reach out and let me know: steve.livingston@potawatomi.org

BODWÉWADMIMWEN ÉTHË TÉK

A Wisconsin-based nonprofit organization devoted to preserving and using the Potawatomi language. The organization's mission is to create a future where all Potawatomi people speak Bodwéwadmimwen. It offers resources and support for language learning and preservation.

KWEK Society

The Kwek Society works to end period poverty in Indigenous communities in the United States while celebrating individual dignity, agency, and success.

We provide Indigenous students and their peers, as well as certain Indigenous communities, period care items, including our moon time bags filled with supplies.

WIDOKTADWEN

Our mission is to promote the visibility of Native Americans in Berks County and beyond through community education, leadership, and activism.

In order to place Indians in the present day, we must change the false narratives surrounding the colonization of North America in order to accurately represent American Indians in formative education. Once our children have been taught that there is nothing to say about Indians after 1900, learned the stereotype of the Plains Indian atop a horse and wearing a war bonnet, and learned that American Indians have faded away into history, it’s hard for them to see Natives in any other light.

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  • Dancing for Our Tribe

    Sharon Hoogstraten

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  • Building Potawatomi Verbs

    Thomas Loftis & Robert Lewis Jr.

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  • Gbaton Neshnábé - Cook Something Neshnábé: How to Decolonize Your Pantry and Diet

    Jody Gzhadawsot Mattena

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  • Ézhe-bmadzimgek gdebodwéwadmi-zheshmomenan: Potawatomi Dictionary

    Forest County Potawatomi Community

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