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OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (January 11, 2022) –The Osage Nation (ON) to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the completion of the McCord Project located at City View Road just east of Osage Casino in Ponca City, Okla. The ceremony will take place on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022 beginning at 10 a.m. The event is open to the public. The project started in February 2021 as a reconstruction of City View Road

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (October 17, 2023) – The Osage Nation Police Department (ONPD) hosted a training class at the Osage Casino in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, to educate local law enforcement agencies that serve the Osage Nation reservation and bordering communities. As the community of Pawhuska celebrates the new Osage Casino recently being added, the ONPD prepares to prevent and protect the Osage

On March 16, 2023, Osage Nation (ON) Cabinet Secretary of Public Safety and Chief of Osage Nation Police Department (ONPD), Nick Williams, conveyed the importance of safety to Elders while they enjoyed their Thursday lunch at the Elder Nutrition site in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. ONPD Officer Matthew Bennett delivered a safety speech to the Elders. The content of the speech included: See Something, Say

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (September 17, 2021) - Osage Nation (ON) Police Department collaborated with the ON Court System, the ON Human Resources Department, ON SORNA Program, ON Housing Department, ON Social Services/Child Protective Services Department, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Tribal Access Program (TAP) to implement a Kiosk machine that has the ability to report crime

From Osage Nation Police Department Left, ONPD Officer Jake Branscum and K9 Arc before Arc received his new protective vest and on the right, Arc showing off his new protective vest to help him stay safe from injury while fighting crime for the Osage Nation. Pawhuska, Okla. (Tuesday, May 2, 2017)--Osage Nation Police Department’s K9 Arc has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a

The Tenth Annual Journey will be Celebrated on Reclaimed Ancestral Lands and Focus on Providing More Cultural Activities By ON Communications Pawhuska, Okla., Osage Reservation (Thursday, August 16, 2018) –Nine years ago, an effort started to bring Osage culture and history to a modern Osage Nation. This year, the 10th Annual Cultural Encampment in October, hosted by the Wahzhazhe Cultural Center

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (February 28, 2022) –The Osage Nation Prevention Program (ONPP) teamed up with Osage Nation Family Violence Prevention (ONFVP), on February 15, 2022, to present Teen Dating Violence awareness education to resident students at contributing school districts. ONPP implements the Too Good Program at local schools within the Osage Reservation. According to the program summary,

Funding to support meth and suicide prevention Pawhuska, Oklahoma, September 29, 2016 – Chris Standingbear, Osage Nation Grants Manager, announced today the Osage Nation Prevention Program (ONPP) is one of only 25 tribes across the U.S. selected to receive the new Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative—Generation Indigenous (Gen-I), Initiative Support Grant from the Department of Health

Braiding Culture into Evidence-Based Programs Chicago, IL. – August 28, 2019, Osage Nation Prevention Program (ONPP) Prevention Specialist Peaches Hail and Project Coordinator Daisy Spicer presented at the 32nd Annual National Prevention (NPN) Network Conference in Chicago. The conference was hosted by the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors and highlighted building on

Leadership Oklahoma's Class 35 includes Osage Nation Procurement Director Clair Wood. Carefully selected from applicants throughout the state, “Leadership Oklahoma is very proud of the 51 people chosen for this year's program," said Marion Paden, President and CEO, Leadership Oklahoma. "Class 35 is a diverse group of outstanding leaders with a broad range of experience and interests who will

​Healthcare professionals to continue closely monitoring the Coronavirus Disease An Osage Nation healthcare professional stands outside the WahZhaZhe Health Center COVID Vaccine Tent (PAWHUSKA, OKLA., May 25, 2021) – Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear issued a proclamation to end the Osage Nation’s public health state of emergency effective June 2, 2021. The state of emergency was declared on

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (October 21, 2021) – Osage Nation purchases adjoining properties from Tedisue Witcraft, Managing Member of Rainbow Oil and Gas, LLC. The properties are located at 616 Lynn Rd. and 520 Mackenzie Rd. in Pawhuska, Okla. Monies from a special appropriation by the U.S. Congress to address plugging orphan wells were used to purchase the properties. “I support the Minerals

Osage Principal Chief Geoffrey M. Standing Bear announces that Osage Nation is purchasing 13.63 acres from the Town of Fairfax as the location for a new Osage Nation Senior Housing addition. The property is located just north of Fairfax Manor Nursing Home. The Nation plans on developing a Senior Housing addition of 8 duplexes containing 16 housing units. Over the past several years Osage elders