Osage Nation Principal Chief Standing Bear Issues Statement

“AN ATTACK ON ONE NATIVE NATION’S SOVEREIGNTY IS AN ATTACK ON ALL NATIVE NATIONS.” 

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. - “The City of Tulsa has filed a legal case opposing the Oklahoma Indian Nations. They challenge the United States Supreme Court decision which says the reservation of the Muscogee Nation still exists.

The Osage Nation opposes the officials who made this happen. We support the United States Constitution which contains clauses recognizing the Indian tribal nations. We reject the loud and boisterous statements from a generation of Oklahoma leaders which pay lip service to the Indian nations when seeking investment and monetary support, but then turns on us and works against progress.

As courts continue to affirm tribal nation reservation boundaries, it is worrisome that these few, but influential Oklahoma state and local leaders, are fighting to weaken us. An attack on one Native Nation’s sovereignty is an attack of all Native Nations. An Osage shield adorns the State Flag of Oklahoma. It is a symbol of our efforts to protect all Oklahomans. To attack us contradicts our gestures of goodwill.”

- Osage Nation Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear (10/25/21)