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
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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
Primary Election Information
Elections
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
Primary Election Results
Elections
Results for the Primary Election for Principal Chief: Geoffrey M. Standing Bear with 1,080 votes (60.47%). Margo Gray with 359 votes (20.10%). Thomas J. Boone, Jr. with 347 votes (19.43%). Results for the Assistant Principal Chief primary are: Raymond W. Red Corn with 707 votes (39.50%). Amanda S. Proctor with 503 votes (28.10%). Terry Mason Moore with 441 votes (24.64%). Randolph A. Crawford with
Osage Nation Principal Chief John D. Red Eagle has been elected to a three-year term as Vice Chair of the United Indian Nations in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas (UNIOKT), an organization formed to pursue the advocacy of law and policy to benefit all Indian nations and indigenous peoples. One of Chief Red Eagle’s duties as Vice Chair will be to prepare and present an annual report at the annual UNIOKT
Olivia “Libbi” Gray, the director of the Family Violence Prevention Program attended the signing Pawhuska, Okla. (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)--(Left to right) Director of Operations, Casey Johnson, Principal Chief Standing Bear , Family Violence Prevention Program Directior, Olivia Gray, discussed what the proclamation was about and examples of how victims are stalked. Pawhuska, OK, (January 10
Executive Veto Message from Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear Financial Analysis of Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations Bill Number ONCA 16-83 Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
Notice For more information about Osage Nation's response to the global pandemic, please see our Coronavirus Information page and our Closures & Cancellations page. Under the authority of Article VII, Section 1 of the Osage Nation Constitution, and in the interest of the Osage People and the general public, I, Geoffrey M. Standing Bear, Principal Chief, declare that a Public Health State of
Ten years ago today, May 6, 2006, was the signing of the Osage Constitution after a ratification by the people on March 11, 2006. Below is a proclamation declaring May 6th as A Day of Remembrance of the Founding of the Osage Constitution. Thank you, Osage Nation Office of the Chiefs
Financial Assistance Program announces successful delivery of disability assistance and continued support for Osages in crisis Pawhuska, Okla. (July 22, 2016) Cherokee Cheshewalla, Financial Assistance Case Manager, provides valuable constituent service by assisting applicants to apply for and receive the help they need. PAWHUSKA, Okla. (July 28, 2016) – This summer, fifty disabled Osage citizens
Listen as Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, Geoffrey Standing Bear, discusses what food sovereignty means to the Osage Nation, especially during the current pandemic, and introduces what Osage Nation is doing to ensure food sovereignty in the future.
NEWS RELEASE Protecting Sovereignty is a Priority for New AG Special Judge Holli Wells was sworn-in on March 26 and awaits congressional confirmation By ON Communications PAWHUSKA, Okla. (March 27, 2015)—Holli Wells was sworn in as Osage Nation’s new Attorney General March 26 at the Osage Nation Court in Pawhuska. Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear said the quick appointment was in response to
By Dawn Haney, ON Communications Hominy, Okla. (Monday, November 14, 2016) - The Reach Out and Read program, to promote literacy and parental involvement, had its kickoff event on November 14 th, at the Early Childhood Center in Hominy, OK. This is a grant-funded project under the auspices of the Osage Nation. The monies that fund Reach Out and Read (ROR) and ROR’S Reading is Fun Night are
Reclaiming the Narrative: Voices from Indian Country
Communications
Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear participated in George Mason University's Tribal Law & Economics Program Series titled "Reclaiming the Narrative: Voices from Indian Country." In the episode, Chief Standing Bear talks about the history of the Osage Nation, the upcoming movie Killers of the Flower Moon, his involvement with tribal leadership, and his take on tribal sovereignty. {
Osage Nation Public Health Nursing will be sponsoring a blood drive on May 20, 2020, from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. Please read the precautions taken.
Osage Nation Members: Please be advised that a new Oklahoma law, the “Mason Treat Act” (“Act”), takes effect on September 1, 2024. The Act requires pre-registration of all motor vehicles purchased in Oklahoma, whether through a dealership or private sale, regardless of whether the vehicle will later be registered with a tribal nation or in another state. Members of the Osage Nation can still
Registration is open for the Osage Nation Summer STEAM Indigenous Camp 2023! The camp will take place March 23 and 24 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Harvest Land (102 Midland Ave., Pawhuska, OK). Osage students grades first through sixth are invited to register by April 28, 2023. Space will be limited on a first come-first serve basis. Campers are asked to bring a sack lunch and wears socks and
The Osage Nation will receive sealed bids for construction services to provide for the aerial and buried fiber construction, including all labor and materials, of a fiber ring around the Osage Nation’s Pawhuska, Oklahoma campus Bid packets, with full details, can be obtained from the Osage Nation Purchasing Office at 111 John Dahl Ave., Pawhuska, OK 74056 by contacting Ashley Lockett at 918.287
The Osage Nation is soliciting sealed bids for a contractor to provide construction services for replacing selected fire hydrants in Hominy, OK. Bid packets, containing full details, can be obtained from the Osage Nation Purchasing Office, located at 111 John Dahl Ave., Pawhuska, OK 74056. Please contact Ashley Lockett via email ashley.lockett@osagenation-nsn.gov or at 918-287-5344. A non
The Osage Nation is seeking proposals for a complete Baseline Inventory of approximately 2,000 collection items, including material culture objects, works of art, and historical artifacts from the Collection of the Osage Nation Museum (ONM), located in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Proposal packets, containing full details, can be obtained from the Osage Nation Purchasing Office, located at 111 John Dahl