December 2011 - Citizen Potawatomi Nation

26 HowNiKan December (Bbon Gises) 2011, vol. 32 issue 6
Tribal Area Gathering - Rossville, Kansas
Jenny Hudson and Joan Winters, RN-BSN, were on-hand at the
Leslie Deer and Curtis Grant recorded the oral histories of several
Rossville meeting to give flu shots to attendees. Joan is the registered
Citizen Potawatomi families. Both are employees of the Cultural Heritage
Center, where Curtis works as the Production Manager and Leslie
nurse for Rossville and the surrounding area.
is his assistant.
Barbara DeGraff Smith and her friend Darlen Kerley brought art
work to donate to the Nation. Barbara is a member of the
Navarre/DeGraff family.
Orville Denton and daughter Denise Settle are descendants of
the Boursaw family.
Ed Brunin and Annie watch intently while Chairman John Barrett
prepares to smudge the room. Ed resides in Eudora, Kansas and is a
member of the Bertrand family.
FireLake Gift Shop Manager, Penny Coates and Alex Pappas admire
artwork from the gift shop. Alex is from Lawrence, Kansas and is a descendant
of the Schroepfer family. Penny is a proud member of the
Bourbonnais family.
Marjorie Guerich, pictured with her daughter, received a Pendleton
blanket for being the eldest in attendance. She is 89 years old and a member
of the Slavin family.
Sandy (far right) and Dan Bentch and Sandy’s sister Barbara Holder
(third from left) sit with other Boursaw family descendants.
Sisters Kathy McDonald of Topeka and Joan Hrenchir of
Berryton, Kansas are descendants of the Juneau/Vieux family.
Sisters Jeanie Combs of Holton, Kansas and Lisa Trammel of
Silver Lake, Kansas are descendants of the Navarre/DeGraff
families.