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By Osage News Date:Aug. 3, 2012 The U.S. Mint is producing a second set of commemorative Code Talker Congressional Gold Medal coins in honor of the Osage Nation, Pawnee Nation, Choctaw Nation and Cheyenne River Sioux tribe. Medals for Navajo Nation code talkers were produced in 2008 under Public Law 106-554 (December 21, 2000). Other code talker medals authorized by Public Law 110-420 (October 15

American Indian Honoring Ceremony Tulsa, Ok. –Thursday, May 6, 2021, the Oklahoma State University (OSU) Center for Health Sciences held the American Indian Honoring Ceremony which included Piper Long, an Osage member, and 2021 Osteopathic graduate honored at the event. Native American students across Oklahoma walked across the stage, shook hands, and received degrees they have worked very hard to

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (October 27, 2021) – Osage Nation continues to work towards building an outdoor sports complex in Osage County with plans to include sports fields, playgrounds and other public amenities. The proposed location is on the old railroad depot property on the south side of Pawhuska, Okla. where Osage Nation owns approximately 30 acres. “I would like to express my gratitude for

Opening Reception Whitehorn Standing by Gina Gray, n.d., T2015.12.66. Pawhuska, Ok. – The Osage Nation is pleased to announce the new exhibit Paintings from the Osage Nation Museum. The opening will be held on Friday, June 21, 2019, from 5 to 7 p.m. The selection of paintings highlights the diversity of styles and artists represented in the museum’s permanent collection. Since 1938 the Nation’s

Palace of the Osage Grocery in Fairfax not only is getting a new lifeline, but a new name as well. When the new business opens it will be Fairfax Venture Foods. Lane Moore is the president of ALLS Groceries Inc., a family-operated business, and has personally been in the grocery business all his life. The Palace which has been closed for the past three years still had food on the shelves. Lane

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (February 4, 2022) - Osage Nation has multiple construction projects in motion. While some projects are large-scale, others seem smaller, yet greatly impact Osages during important cultural moments. Early this week, Osage Nation installed stormwater management and pedestrian-friendly pavers providing solid brick support throughout the bench area under the Pawhuska dance

By Cody Hammer, ON Communications Pawhuska, OK, (December 27, 2016) — On Wednesday, December 21, 2016, Jessilyn “Addie” Hudgins was formally announced as the new Director of the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center (WCC). In an email from the Osage Nation Director of Operations, Casey Johnson informed Osage Nation employees, “Effective immediately, Ms. Hudgins is given all authority regularly bestowed upon

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (April 19, 2022) – Osage Nation announces a ribbon-cutting for the Pawhuska Senior Housing Expansion on Tuesday, April 26 at 10 a.m. located at 350 Senior Circle. The expansion includes five duplexes, for a total of ten additional housing units. Osage tribal member Julia Wilson is currently on the waiting list and is expected to be offered one of the new units once

Fairfax Senior Housing Project Construction Nears Completion, Waitlist is Open OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (June 13, 2022) – As the summer temperatures rise, elders living in Pawhuska Senior Housing will have brand new HVAC units and clean ducts to keep them comfortable. A total of 28 housing units received the upgrades which were complete at the end of May 2022. “They did a great job with both the

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These photos were taken on June 14, 2014, at the Hominy In-Lon-Schka. Click to view slideshow

(May 5, 2022) - On Wednesday, May 4, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Picture Cave to the 2021 list of America’s 11-Most Endangered Historic Places. “Picture Cave is an enduring link between the Osage people and the land they were forced to leave over two hundred years ago. The new owner of this sacred place has an opportunity to demonstrate respect for the Osage people’s

By Shannon Shaw Duty, Osage News Date:May 12, 2015 During World War I and after, Native American soldiers could not be buried in national cemeteries, even though they had served in the U.S. military. Native Americans didn’t become U.S. citizens until 1924. In an effort to provide grieving families a place to lay their sons to rest, WWI veteran Pierce St. John and his wife Opal, set aside one acre

NEWS RELEASE Osage Nation tests going green By ON Communications PAWHUSKA, Okla. (March 2, 2015)—Osage Nation Assistant Principal Chief Raymond Red Corn is working with several of the Nation’s departments to recycle what has been for years and years, “a tremendous amount of waste.” The ‘going green’ initiative is starting off as a pilot project led by Red Corn with ten of the Nation’s departments

By A. M. Jefferson, ON Communications Osage Nation Information Services kicked off a new project the first week of June—podcasting. Most people have probably heard the word, podcast. Some might link it with “techie stuff.” But basically, as one website for podcasting tools explains, it “is online audio content.” It is a recorded message, an informal conversation, you might say, on a particular

Randy Tinker-Smith, Osage, has been invited to attend the World Meeting of Families Congress next month in Philadelphia. The prayer scene from Tinker-Smith's ballet, Wahzhazhe, will be performed at the Festival of Families on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The event per their website www.worldmeeting2015.org "is an international celebration offamily, community, and faith ... The nationally

Developed to reduce pre-term delivery and reduce infant mortality rates by teaching healthy choices and changes to make during pregnancy Photo: ON Communications Wahzhazhe Health Center, Public Health Nursing Department PAWHUSKA, Okla. (Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016) –The Wahzhazhe Health Center is excited to announce it has received a community grant from the Oklahoma March of Dimes for The Coming of

The Primary Election for the Principal Chief and Assistant Chief offices will be held on Monday, March 10, with voting taking place at the Wah-Zha-Zhe Cultural Center, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting will take place at the Osage Nation Election Office, 608 Kihekah, Pawhuska, OK, on March 7th from noon until 8 p.m., and on March 8th from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Results will be announced in front of