The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation is committed to providing services that promote family unity with a goal of helping individuals and families attain self-sufficiency.
Butch Harrison and Glenn Levier enjoying a meal at the Elder Center.
Elder Center
The
program performs a variety of services: delivers meals to homebound
seniors around the reservation, serves about 120 meals at the meal site
Monday through Friday, and celebrates senior birthdays with one special
birthday meal per month. Every Friday, "Grocery Day," seniors are
transported to Holton to buy food items. Once a month, coordinators
plan a trip to Topeka for shopping and other senior outings. Daily
blood pressure and sugar level checks are available from Tribal
Emergency Services. The Firekeepers Elder Center, located at 15372 K
Road is open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Meals served from 11:30
to 12:30. For additional information contact the senior site director
at (785) 966-0040 or fax (785) 966-0052.
To download the monthly luncheon menu, click here.
To download the monthly activities calendar, click here.
Food Distribution Program/Commodity Program
The
Potawatomi Nation has been operating a commodity program since early
1980s. The Nation will continue to support this basic service to all
income-eligible individuals due to the continued need for emergency
food service. The service area and eligibility requirements have
remained the same: "All income-eligible individuals, Indian or
non-Indian, residing within the 11-square-mile Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation Reservation will be eligible for the Prairie Band Potawatomi
Food Distribution Program. All income-eligible households living off
the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation, but within Jackson and
Brown Counties, Kansas, in which at least one member of the household
must be a member of a recognized Indian nation to be eligible for the
Prairie Band Potawatomi Food Distribution Program." The Food
Commodities building is located at 15189 K Road, Mayetta, KS, 66509.
For more information call (785) 966-2718 or fax (785) 966-2529. To
download a Food Distribution Program application, click here.
P.A.R.R. House
P.A.R.R
House is an assistance program for recovering alcoholics that stresses
increased self-esteem, independence and acceptance. As a "stepping
stone" to a productive life free from addiction, the P.A.R.R. House
promotes interaction and sharing. Within this safe environment,
individuals can learn more about their own problems from others
experiencing similar trials.
In addition to AA meetings, the
program encourages participants to heal through involvement in cultural
events such as sweats, church services, pow-wows, drum doings and arts
and crafts. P.A.R.R. uses the Medicine Wheel as a basis for
intervention. The four facets are spirituality, social, physical and
emotional. For more information call 785-966-3010 or 785-966-3085.
We-Ta-Se American Legion Post 410
The
We-Ta-Se American Legion Post 410 is one of the oldest Native American
Legion Posts in the United States. The Post is located in a building
called We-Ta-Se at 15434 K Road, Mayetta, KS 66509 which houses
offices, a conference room and a museum of Potawatomi veteran
memorabilia. Two full-time staff are available for providing
transportation services and other assistance for Prairie Band
Potawatomi veterans. We-Ta-Se which means “one who is brave" in the
Potawatomi language, is composed of many life members who perform as
Color Guards at several events each year. The group meets regularly and
appears at local pow-wows, groundbreaking ceremonies, funerals,
Potawatomi Gatherings and parades. Post 410 also plays an active role
in the community and is particularly supportive of activities for youth
and elders. For more information call 785.966. 2580 and fax:
785.966.9853 and click here.