Traditional Cultural Advisors Meeting

 Opening prayer 

Welcome 

Roll call 

Announcements 

Archaeologist positions: Deseray Wrynn resigns and Ben Bressoud hired starts Jan. 2024 

Approval of Minutes 

December 1, 2023 

New Business 

Sisters of Loretto Letter (Dr. Hunter) in-person 

Osage Historic Pin Inquiry (Dr. Hunter) in-person 

Old Business 

TCA Membership and By-Laws (Stabler) in-person 

TCA Outreach Advisement and Best Practices (Abby Mashunkashey) via-Zoom 

Inlonshka Regalia Usage (Dr. Pratt) in-person 

ONHPO Activities: November 30, 2023 to December 21, 2023

Grain Belt Express Tribal Monitoring, Kansas, Nov. 27-Dec. 2 (Alarcon)

City of Clayton – Osage Nation Commemoration Meeting, Dec. 1 (Hunter, O’Donnell) Grain Belt Express Tribal Monitoring, Kansas, Dec. 3-9 (Kelley)

MODNR Statewide Preservation Plan Survey and Input Session, Dec. 4 (Bell, O’Donnell, Morris) Osage Beginner Language Class, Dec. 4 (Bell, Vincent, Iron, Nichols, Hemming, Alarcon, Kelley,

Conway, Whitehurse)

Arkansas Archaeological Survey – FBI Miller Case Call, Dec. 4 (O’Donnell) MRRIC – Virtual Plenary Meeting, Dec. 5-7 (Hunter, Nichols)

Lower Missouri River BSNP Navigation Study Interagency Meeting (Session 1 of 2), Dec. 5 (Bell, Nichols)

Indigenous Collections Care Guide Content Review Session, Dec. 5 (O’Donnell) Osage Beginner Language Class, Dec. 5 (J. Jacobs, Hunter)

Osage Verbs Language Class, Dec. 5 (O’Donnell, Enzi, K. Jacobs)

Mark Twain National Forest PA and Information Sharing Call, Dec. 6 (Hemming)

Lower Missouri River BSNP Navigation Study Interagency Meeting (Session 2 of 2), Dec. 6 (Bell, Nichols)

Osage Orthography Language Class, Dec. 6 (Iron)

NAGPRA CUI @ Mammoth Cave National Park Meeting, Dec. 7 (O’Donnell)

ACHP Section 106 Agreements Seminar, Dec. 7 (Conway, Alarcon, Kelley)

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Grain Belt Express Tribal Monitoring, Kansas, Dec. 10-16 (Nichols)

Mark Twain National Forest NAGPRA Collection Review & St. Joseph Repatriation, Columbia, MO Dec. 11-15 (O’Donnell)

GRDA Pensacola Monitoring, Grand Lake, OK, Dec. 11-16 (Morris) Pioneer Micrositing Monitoring, Kansas, Dec. 11-16 (Whitehurse)

FERC Pushmataha County Hydroelectric Project Listening Session, Dec. 11 (Bell, Conway)

Osage Beginner Language Class, Dec. 11 (Bell, Vincent, Iron, Nichols, Hemming, Kelley, Conway, Neff)

NTIA Program Comment Meeting, Dec. 11 (Hunter, Bell)

ONHPO Legal Cases Zoom Meeting, Dec. 11 (Hunter, Bell, Cass, Wynn)

Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Management Study Meeting, Dec. 12 (Bell, Nichols) Osage Beginner Language Class, Dec. 12 (J. Jacobs, Hunter, Cheshewalla)

Osage Verbs Language Class, Dec. 12 (Enzi, K. Jacobs)

Texas Historical Commission Monthly Meeting, Dec. 12 (Kelley) Ouachita National Forest and Tribes Bi-Monthly Call, Dec. 13 (Hemming) USACE Keystone Dam Consulting Parties Meeting, Dec. 13 (J. Jacobs) Osage Springs Meeting, Dec. 13 (Hunter, Bell, Nichols, Cass, Wynn)

Osage Nation – NextEra Project Catch-up Meeting, Dec. 14 (Bell, Alarcon) Cahokia Visitor Center Consultation Meeting, Dec. 14 (Hunter)

Osage Book Club, Picture Cave, Ch. 15-16, Pawhuska, OK, Dec. 14 (All Staff)

FHWA, ARDOT, and Osage Nation Termination of Participation in Programmatic Agreement Meeting, Dec. 15 (Hunter, Bell, O’Donnell)

USFWS, OK Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, and Osage Nation Consultation Meeting, Pawhuska, OK, Dec. 15 (Hunter, Bell, Alarcon)

Grain Belt Express Tribal Monitoring, Kansas, Dec. 17-21 (Hemming) Missouri Ancestors Consultation Call – UTK, Dec. 19 (O’Donnell) MHS Cahokia Exhibit Planning Call, Dec. 19 (O’Donnell)

Sugarloaf Mound Informational Meeting, Dec. 20 (Hunter, O’Donnell, Bell, Cass) Cedar Box Pick-up, Cleveland, OK, Dec. 20 (O’Donnell)

Grain Belt Express NHPA Section 106 Consultation Meeting #2, Dec. 20 (Hunter, Bell, Nichols, Whitehurse, O’Donnell)

Tennessee Valley Authority Monthly Call, Dec. 21 (Bell)

Tennessee Valley Authority NAGPRA Monthly Virtual Consultation Meeting, Dec. 21 (O’Donnell)

Next Meeting: January 26, 2023 1:30 p.m., Osage Nation Law Building, Room 121