This November 20, quit for a day, quit for life and celebrate the Great American Smokeout alongside the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline and Osage County Tobacco Team. This daylong event sponsored by the American Cancer Society encourages smokers and smokeless tobacco users to take the first steps toward quitting for good. Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States
Project is 100 percent funded by Osage Nation FAIRFAX, Okla. (September 3, 2015) — The Osage Nation has announced an official groundbreaking ceremony date and time for a new child care and senior center to be built in Fairfax. Osage Nation dignitaries and city and county officials have been invited to attend. The public is welcome. The new building will be situated on two acres where a juvenile
Osage Nation invites the public to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wakon Iron Chapel on Wednesday, June 30 at 1 p.m. The construction location is at the Pawhuska Indian Village between E. 21st St. and John Dahl Ave. in Pawhuska, Okla. “The three Chapels at Grayhorse, Pawhuska and Hominy serve as the place where we conduct the last rites of many of our people,” said Chief Standing Bear
By ON Communications Artist’s Rendering from Osage Nation Tribal Development Pawhuska, Okla., (Monday, February 6, 2017) — The public is invited to attend a groundbreaking for a new domestic violence shelter provided by the Osage Nation. The groundbreaking will be held in Pawhuska at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2017. The location of the site is not to be disclosed to the public, however
Osage Nation announces a groundbreaking planned for the new Fairfax Senior Housing Complex on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 10 a.m. Ten duplexes, for a total of 20 additional housing units, are planned for construction. Over the past several years Osage elders and their families have expressed the need for senior housing in and around Fairfax. In response, Osage Nation used tribal funds to
Osage Nation announces a groundbreaking planned for the Pawhuska Senior Housing Expansion located at 350 Senior Circle on Tuesday, September 14 at 10 a.m. Five duplexes, for a total of 10 additional housing units, are being built. The additional duplexes will be located on the empty cul-de-sac just north of Title VI, as well as the cul-de-sac to the northwest of the complex. Monies from the Indian
Loss comes in many forms. We have lost those we love. We have lost re-lationships. We have lost our way of life. We have lost direction. Grief is our way to honor those losses. Please join us for six weeks of group therapy as we journey through our grief. The group will be held from noon to 1pm. Lunch will be served. This is a closed group with a minimum number of seats. Please call the clinic to
Return to Traditional Osage Foods The goal of teaching people better nutrition through growing, gathering and hunting for food for the family is a part of the traditions of the Osage. Growing, gathering and hunting for food were the common methods to provide nutrition in days past. Osage Nation has been awarded the “ Good Health & Wellness in Indian Country” grant from Southern Plains Tribal
Growing, gathering and hunting food is a traditional Osage way of providing nutrition to your family. GROW GATHER HUNT, an Osage Nation initiative, focuses on sharing these foundational skills to youth through education. The Grow Gather Hunt Camp will be held via virtual camp and through the mail. Camp registration is open to Native American boys and girls ages 8-14 living in Osage County and any