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Citizen Potawatomie Nation Launches Tribal Genealogy Website
A newly launched genealogy website hopes to help members of the Potawatomi Nation uncover information about their family s past.
Most people have heard of or used a genealogy website, like Ancestry or 23 and Me to learn more about their family s past; but those mainstream sites may not help people of all cultures.
After about six years of work, the Potawatomi Nation has launched its own tribal genealogy website. Its goal is to help tribal members reach across state lines and generations to build their family tree. The information that is provided by us, the nation and it has all been vetted, explained Dr. Kelli Mosteller, Executive Director of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center.
The Potawatomi census book of 1862 remains a vital foundational document for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation; however, the Tribe does not have possession of it. CPN staff first saw it in 2006 at St. Marys Indian Pay Station Museum in St. Marys, Kansas.
Cherokee Nation s Saline Courthouse Museum in Rose
After years of ongoing work to restore, preserve and modernize the structure, the Cherokee Nation reopened the Saline Courthouse Museum last August. The last of nine district courthouses built in the 1800s by the Cherokee Nation, the Saline Courthouse features two galleries, a video presentation room, gift shop, public space and more.
One gallery showcases historical and cultural exhibits, while the other is dedicated to showcasing a different Cherokee artist every two months, with scheduled demonstrations available to the public.
The Saline Courthouse Museum is located at 55870 South 490 Road in Rose. It is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
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