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Military regulation encourages discussion and relationship building between US Military bases and Native Sovereign Nations with ties to land Pawhuska, Okla. (Monday, Sept. 19, 2016) – Senior Advisor to the Principal Chief Johnny Williams, also an Osage and decorated veteran, gifts an Osage Code Talker Coin to Colonel Stephanie P. Wilson, 72nd Air Base WingCommander, Tinker Air Force Base. By ON

Compromise reached between Executive Office and Osage Congress By ON Communications Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear signs a bill to amend the Osage Membership Act. PAWHUSKA, Okla. (December 14, 2015) — Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear signed an Osage membership bill today he described as a compromise between the Chief’s Office and Osage Congress. “Today, I am signing this

Support for National Campaign includes; eyeopening school assemblies, progressive social media messages, and a proclamation from the chief By ON Communications Osage Nation Family Violence Program Director Olivia “Libbi” Gray sits with Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear while he signs a proclamation of support and awareness for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. The Family

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : November 19, 2015 Chief Standing Bear has appointed two more Osages to the Osage Nation Gaming Enterprise Board, which is the business board with authority over the Osage Casinos. Chief Standing Bear appointed Susan Kneeland and Mark Revard as interim members pending confirmation by the Osage Nation Congress. These appointments come after the

Chief Standing Bear has issued a Proclamation calling the 7th Osage Nation Congress into Special Session on August 5, 2020.

OSAGE NATION CHIEF GEOFFREY STANDING BEAR ISSUES STATEMENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AT BOARDING SCHOOLS­­­ OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (Monday, June 28, 2021) - The discovery of mass graves on Canadian boarding school grounds is deeply upsetting. No school should be allowed to take responsibility for the lives of children then keep them in cruel captivity. It is a proven

Tulsa Airpark signed into Federal Trust Monday, February 11, 2019, Osage Nation Chief Standing Bear met with Superintendent of the Osage Agency to sign Tulsa Airpark into Federal Trust. Pictured is Robin Phillips, Superintendent of the Osage Agency. The Osage Nation intends to foster a technology innovation zone at its airpark which is positioned four miles north of downtown Tulsa. This property

Osage Chief Standing Bear submitted a public comment to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asking that spending restrictions be removed for the $108 million Osage Nation received through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The public comment is in response to tight restrictions on spending within the ARPA Interim Final Rule. “We are requesting that restrictions on our tribal sovereignty be

OSAGE NATION CONGRESS SPECIAL SESSION CHIEF GEOFFREY STANDING BEAR OPENING REMARKS MONDAY, MAY 24, 2021 Good morning Madam Speaker and Members of the Osage Congress: Over a year ago, the United States Congress enacted and the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, in response to the public health emergency and negative economic impact

September 6, 2016 Good morning, Mr. Speaker, Assistant Chief Red Corn and Members of the Osage Congress. This Session will result in Congressional appropriations for the Divisions of the Executive Branch, for funding of our Judicial Branch, and for funding the Legislative Branch. On behalf of the Executive Branch I refer the Congress to not only the budgets we have submitted, but also to the

Pawhuska, Oklahoma – September 12, 2016– Chief Standing Bear reacted to the Osage Nation’s Supreme Court Decision to compel Osage Minerals Council Members to comply with the Osage Nation Ethics Law as a momentous ruling in the history of the Osage people. The Decision issued September 9, 2016 rejected Osage Minerals Council arguments which requested the Osage Nation’s Supreme Court to rule the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TULSA, Okla (November 17, 2015)-- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear During Joe Biden’s recent visit to Tulsa, he took time to meet with Osage Nation’s Principal Chief Geoffrey M. Standing Bear. “Vice-President Biden is a man of great experience; he was first elected to the U.S. Senate at the young age of 30”. Biden met with

Rural Tourism Initiative to Commemorate the Osage Trail of 1871 on Historic Route 66 CUBA, MO (October 23, 2015) — The largest monument recognizing Osage people will stand 35 feet tall, roughly as tall as a telephone poll, 20 feet wide and 80 feet long. It is currently under construction at the intersection of I-44 and highway 19 in Cuba, MO, or good old Route 66. The famous cross-country super

Indian Affairs Committee Member Supports Nation and Receives Code Talker Coin PAWHUSKA, OKLA (January 6, 2016) — Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear and Assistant Principal Chief Raymond Red Corn visited for an hour at the Osage Nation Office of the Chiefs on Wednesday with U.S. Sen. James Lankford (Okla.-R) to discuss several topics important to the Nation. At the forefront of the