Your Legislator
Bozho (hello), It is an honor to represent fellow Citizen Potawatomi in the CPN Legislature. Thank you for returning me to office for another term. I will work for your benefit, uphold our Constitution, and look for opportunities to assist Potawatomi who can use help, through June 2025 (I will need to stand for re-election in 2025 to continue past that time).
I am a descendant of Josette Vieux Juneau. For more thoughts about our Native American roots please click here. For information about my Potawatomi (Juneau) roots, please see the HowNiKan column written by Legislator Dave Carney: found here. (His column is on page 12 of the paper.) I am a second born, one of four children. I grew up on the East Coast -- in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and during one short period, in Alabama, and was educated in California. I have worked as a lawyer in Washington, D.C. and, more recently, in Virginia, since 1985. I also spend a significant amount of time growing our nonprofit, The Kwek Society, which gets period suppplies to Native American students and communities without access to/an ability to afford these expensive necessities. You can learn more about us here. I met my husband Alan while we both worked for a federal psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. Our daughter Elise earned her Psy.D in clinical psychology in 2020. Our son Marshall graduated from college in 2015. He works in public relations for the Indian Health Service in Rockville, Maryland. Both have received our generous CPN scholarship and housing grants.
In 2008 I received by Potawatomi name, Ojindiskwe, from Chairman Rocky Barrett. It means "Bluebirdwoman." This blue and red bird, I believe, symbolizes the optimism and lively nature of the Citizen Potawatomi -- as Potawatomi we often designate our first borns as "blues," second borns as "reds", etc. and for games and contests we traditionally divide into blue and red teams. Drawing on that theme my goal is to work together with all of you to build our community of blues and reds in District #2. Please let me know how you might be able to help me and your fellow Potawatomi.
Jagenagenan (for all my relations),
Eva Marie Carney