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The Tenth Annual Journey will be Celebrated on Reclaimed Ancestral Lands and Focus on Providing More Cultural Activities By ON Communications Pawhuska, Okla., Osage Reservation (Thursday, August 16, 2018) –Nine years ago, an effort started to bring Osage culture and history to a modern Osage Nation. This year, the 10th Annual Cultural Encampment in October, hosted by the Wahzhazhe Cultural Center

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (February 28, 2022) –The Osage Nation Prevention Program (ONPP) teamed up with Osage Nation Family Violence Prevention (ONFVP), on February 15, 2022, to present Teen Dating Violence awareness education to resident students at contributing school districts. ONPP implements the Too Good Program at local schools within the Osage Reservation. According to the program summary,

Funding to support meth and suicide prevention Pawhuska, Oklahoma, September 29, 2016 – Chris Standingbear, Osage Nation Grants Manager, announced today the Osage Nation Prevention Program (ONPP) is one of only 25 tribes across the U.S. selected to receive the new Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative—Generation Indigenous (Gen-I), Initiative Support Grant from the Department of Health

Braiding Culture into Evidence-Based Programs Chicago, IL. – August 28, 2019, Osage Nation Prevention Program (ONPP) Prevention Specialist Peaches Hail and Project Coordinator Daisy Spicer presented at the 32nd Annual National Prevention (NPN) Network Conference in Chicago. The conference was hosted by the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors and highlighted building on

Leadership Oklahoma's Class 35 includes Osage Nation Procurement Director Clair Wood. Carefully selected from applicants throughout the state, “Leadership Oklahoma is very proud of the 51 people chosen for this year's program," said Marion Paden, President and CEO, Leadership Oklahoma. "Class 35 is a diverse group of outstanding leaders with a broad range of experience and interests who will

​Healthcare professionals to continue closely monitoring the Coronavirus Disease An Osage Nation healthcare professional stands outside the WahZhaZhe Health Center COVID Vaccine Tent (PAWHUSKA, OKLA., May 25, 2021) – Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear issued a proclamation to end the Osage Nation’s public health state of emergency effective June 2, 2021. The state of emergency was declared on

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (October 21, 2021) – Osage Nation purchases adjoining properties from Tedisue Witcraft, Managing Member of Rainbow Oil and Gas, LLC. The properties are located at 616 Lynn Rd. and 520 Mackenzie Rd. in Pawhuska, Okla. Monies from a special appropriation by the U.S. Congress to address plugging orphan wells were used to purchase the properties. “I support the Minerals

Osage Principal Chief Geoffrey M. Standing Bear announces that Osage Nation is purchasing 13.63 acres from the Town of Fairfax as the location for a new Osage Nation Senior Housing addition. The property is located just north of Fairfax Manor Nursing Home. The Nation plans on developing a Senior Housing addition of 8 duplexes containing 16 housing units. Over the past several years Osage elders

Building to be centralized receiving/distribution hub while supporting COVID-19 safety efforts OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (August 26, 2021) – Through CARES Act funds, Osage Nation purchased the Mid-Continent building and property located at 111 John Dahl Ave. in Pawhuska, Okla. The building will be used as a centralized receiving and distribution hub for Osage Nation. “The purchase of this building

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (March 4, 2022) –Osage Nation (ON) Ranch, LLC was awarded “Conservationist of the Year” from the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) on February 28 at the 2022 84th Annual State Meeting. The “Conservationist of the Year” Award is a partnership award with Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The ON partnered with NRCS to restore the 43,000+ acre

Osage Nation Communities of Excellence (ONCOE) hosted an event Wednesday afternoon to welcome Wendy Spencer, CEO of Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS). The Osage Nation, as announced by CNCS, was “one of 10 communities nationwide to become a partner of the agency’s new Operation AmeriCorps initiative” … and the total for the two-year project to build Wahzhazhe Eco Park along with

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (September 7, 2022) – The Osage Nation (ON) was awarded $13.9 million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and ReConnect Grant Program on August 30, 2022. The ON plans to use the funds for the construction of a fiber-to-the-home network capability, offering symmetrical broadband speeds of up to one gigabit per second. The ReConnect Grant Program

In May, the following release came out and is now being published a second time with some revisions. The purpose is to locate any Osage families still living in Moore, Oklahoma and the surrounding area and were there at the time of the May 20, 2013 tornado. The American Red Cross is providing a reimbursement type grant to the Osage Nation for those families to be used towards purchasing a storm

NEWS RELEASE Osage Nation receives $27,500 for Red Cross Tornado Grant f or Osages living in Moore, Oklahoma By A. M. Jefferson, Osage Nation Photojournalist Osage Nation, Pawhuska, Okla. (May 7, 2015)—On May 20, 2013, the city of Moore, Oklahoma and the surrounding area was struck by a devastating tornado. Most people still remember the news broadcasts that evening from their local stations and