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OSAGE NATION RESERVATION, OKLA. (August 7, 2024) - On March 11, 2024, the Osage Nation filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) in response to extensive negotiation delays that interfere with and threaten the Nation’s right to self-governance under the 1975 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDEAA), P.L. 93-638. That Act provided Indian
Osage Nation Inauguration Day
Public Event
Osage Nation Inauguration of the: Principal Chief Assistant Principal Chief Eighth Osage Congress Members Supreme Court Chief Justice Supreme Court Associate Justices Trial Court Chief Judge Fifth Osage Minerals Council
Osage Nation Inauguration invitation and Live Streaming Information
Public Event
This event is open to the public and will be livestreamed at https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/multimedia/live-media.
Osage Nation Offices Closed
Office Closure
The Osage Nation offices will be closed in observance of the Christmas Holiday, December 23 & 26, 2022.
Due to deteriorating road conditions, all Osage Nation offices will be closed on Monday, December 28.
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
Powerful Movement in Indian Education Pawhuska, Ok. – Chief Standing Bear has signed a resolution to charter Bacone College. Present were members of the Osage Nation Congress and the President of Bacone College, Dr. Ferlin Clark. Osage Nation Congressman John Maker sponsored ONCR 19-14 on June 19, 2019, during the Fourth Special Session. The Resolution was to authorize and approve a Charter of
Osage Nation Sovereignty Day office closing
Office Closure
The Osage Nation offices will be closed for Osage Nation Sovereignty Day, March 14, 2022.
Osage Nation spent several weeks organizing a response to the Teacher Walk-out in Osage County. The Osage Nation team developed a comprehensive plan to support Osage families and more than 300 Osage children in the Public School System of Osage County. Osage Nation employees strengthened communication with Public School Districts, attended Board of Education meetings, and monitored social media as
Principal Chief John D. Red Eagle is among tribal leaders who will meet with President Obama on Nov. 13 at the Department of the Interior. Principal Chief Red Eagle was first granted an audience with the President in Dec. 2010 to discuss the trust settlement for Osage shareholders. The topic of this meeting’s discussion will be “prominent issues in Indian country,” according to Chief Red Eagle
Pawhuska, Oklahoma –December 13, 2016 – Osage Principal Chief Standing Bear has sent a request to the Osage Minerals Council, Osage Nation Energy Services, LLC, and the Osage Congress to jointly meet to work together to increase profitable oil and gas production and Osage headright income. “I did not invite the Bureau of Indian Affairs or Oil & Gas producers because the Osage government and its
Presidents' Day office closing
Office Closure
The Osage Nation offices will be closed to observe Presidents' Day.
Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear
Geoffrey Standing Bear is the Principal Chief of the Osage Nation. He is the great- grandson of Osage Principal Chief Fred Lookout. Chief Standing Bear and his wife Julie have four children and eight grandchildren. Now in his second term as Osage Nation Principal Chief, he continues the work of protecting and enhancing the Osage culture, language, and lands.
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
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
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.