Podcasting Comes to the Osage Nation

By A. M. Jefferson, ON Communications

Osage Nation Information Services kicked off a new project the first week of June—podcasting. Most people have probably heard the word, podcast. Some might link it with “techie stuff.” But basically, as one website for podcasting tools explains, it “is online audio content.” It is a recorded message, an informal conversation, you might say, on a particular topic. It is available for listeners to hear on their own schedule and as often as they prefer.

The hosts for this new project are Mark Kirk, the director of Osage Nation Information Services and Amos Dailey, a data programmer in the same department. The reason for this new avenue of communication as Mark says, it is just an “additional element for getting information out to people via our website … our portal to the world.”

The inaugural broadcast explains that the audience is not just Osage Nation employees or constituents, but for anyone interested in learning more about the Nation. The topics that will be covered will range from departmental services and how one might utilize them to broadcasts on Osage culture and history. Actually there is no limit, except by one’s imagination, on what can be covered and/or presented.

Amos described the podcasts as providing bite-size chunks of information and elaborated on how this project has access to a wealth of material from the Osage museum, cultural center, historic preservation office, and Osage language department.

Everything on any given topic cannot be covered in detail, but resources will be provided so listeners can continue to learn more on their own.

There are two broadcasts available now:

Episode 1 with guests, Vann Bighorse and John Shaw, talk about the INLONSCHKA, commonly called the June Dances. It is an audio recording covering some Osage history and culture of which not everyone may be familiar.

Episode 2 is with Jacque Jones about her Osage Nation program, Constituent Services. Listeners learn more on what is available to Osage Nation members and how to contact the program they need.

Presently, the Osage Nation podcasts can only be heard on the website's multimedia audio sectionand selecting the Podcast category,or through the search engine at the top of the page by typing in podcasts.

Check back to the Nation’s website from time to time to see what new podcast episodes are available.

To listen to the inaugural podcast click on the link: https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/multimedia/audio/episode-0-osage-nation-podcasting