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Language and Culture - One of Osage Nation's Strategic Goals

25-Year Vision of Cultural Preservation: A flourishing Osage culture, a revitalized Osage language spoken at a basic level by a vast majority of Osage Nation members, and a unique and vibrant Osage history taught to Osage children and fostered, promoted, and memorialized throughout our homelands.

Top priorities for cultural preservation include:

Expanding programs and facilities for Osage Nation Cultural Center, Language Department, and Osage Nation Museum topped that list, as did creating an online curriculum for Osage protocols, ceremonies, and other cultural content.

Create an online platform that would include recordings of elders and tribal historians, protocol videos, and the aforementioned curriculum, and provide a place to find and access the many resources the Nation already has. A central Osage Culture website may provide a way to publicize this information and avoid the pitfalls of third-party websites hosting sensitive information.

Digitize Osage historical materials and preserve family photos, memorabilia, and stories.

Culture Committee
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska April 14, 2021 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 21-42, an Act to authorize and appropriate one million seven hundred twenty thousand dollars ($1,720,000) to the Capital Asset Fund for Wakon Iron Chapel in the Pawhuska Indian Village; and to establish an
Culture Committee
Congressional Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska September 24, 2021 Immediately Following Session – 12:00 p.m. Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes ONCA 21-98, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Executive Branch of the Osage Nation for Fiscal Year 2022 in the amount of forty five million four hundred seventy nine thousand five hundred forty
Culture Committee
Congressional Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska September 28, 2021 Immediately Following Session – 12:00 p.m. Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes ONCA 21-91, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Village Committee Funds in the amount of four hundred fifty three thousand two hundred twenty dollars ($543,220) for fiscal year 2022; and to
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Congressional Chambers April 11, 2017 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Revised Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 17-47, An Act to authorize and appropriate four thousand dollars ($4,000) to the Native American Churches within the jurisdictional boundaries of the Osage Nation; and to establish an alternate effective date.
Culture Committee Meeting
Cultural Committee Meeting Osage Nation Congressional Chambers December 27, 2016 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 17-16, An Act to appropriate the sum of ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) to the Language and Cultural Resources Division to conserve and copy the “Osage Mission Collection” at the Jesuit Archives in St. Louis
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Congressional Chambers April 4, 2017 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Revised Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 17-40, An Act to establish a Museum Collection Fund; and to establish an alternate effective date. (Edwards) Consideration of ONCA 17-43, An Act to authorize and appropriate two million five hundred thousand
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska September 10, 2018 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Revised Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 18-48, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Executive Branch of the Osage Nation for Fiscal Year 2019 in the amount of seventy four million eighty three thousand twelve dollars ($74,083
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska September 7, 2018 Immediately Following Session – 12:00 p.m. Revised Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 18-48, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Executive Branch of the Osage Nation for Fiscal Year 2019 in the amount of seventy four million eighty three thousand twelve
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska September 11, 2018 Immediately Following Session Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 18-48, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Executive Branch of the Osage Nation for Fiscal Year 2019 in the amount of seventy four million eighty three thousand twelve dollars ($74,083
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska September 13, 2018 Immediately Following Session Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 18-48, An Act to provide an appropriation to the Executive Branch of the Osage Nation for Fiscal Year 2019 in the amount of seventy four million eighty three thousand twelve dollars ($74,083
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska September 17, 2018 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Revised Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 18-32, An Act to authorize and appropriate the sum of one million one hundred thousand dollars ($1,100,000) to the Grayhorse Village Committee for additional construction costs of a community
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska September 27, 2018 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Revised Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consider Appointee Carol Kliesen – Grayhorse Village Committee 6. Consideration of ONCA 18-49, An Act to provide an appropriation for cultural donations in the amount of ninety three thousand five hundred dollars (
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska June 17, 2019 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. Agenda Call to Order Roll Call Prayer Approval of Minutes Consideration of ONCA 19-39, An Act to authorize and appropriate two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to the Capital Asset and Improvement Fund for the Wakon Iron Building in the Pawhuska Indian Village; and to
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska April 15, 2019 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Revised Agenda 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Prayer 4. Approval of Minutes 5. Consideration of Appointees 6. Consideration of ONCA 19-38, An Act to amend ONCA 18-48 to provide a supplemental appropriation in the amount of three hundred ninety thousand eight hundred twenty nine
Culture Committee Meeting
Culture Committee Meeting Osage Nation Capitol Building 100 W. Main, Pawhuska April 17, 2019 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Revised Agenda 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Prayer 4. Approval of Minutes 5. Consideration of ONCA 19-39, An Act to authorize and appropriate two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to the Capital Asset and Improvement Fund for the Wakon Iron Building to the Pawhuska Indian