By Cody Hammer, ON Communications Pawhuska, OK, (December 27, 2016) — On Wednesday, December 21, 2016, Jessilyn “Addie” Hudgins was formally announced as the new Director of the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center (WCC). In an email from the Osage Nation Director of Operations, Casey Johnson informed Osage Nation employees, “Effective immediately, Ms. Hudgins is given all authority regularly bestowed upon
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OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (April 19, 2022) – Osage Nation announces a ribbon-cutting for the Pawhuska Senior Housing Expansion on Tuesday, April 26 at 10 a.m. located at 350 Senior Circle. The expansion includes five duplexes, for a total of ten additional housing units. Osage tribal member Julia Wilson is currently on the waiting list and is expected to be offered one of the new units once
Fairfax Senior Housing Project Construction Nears Completion, Waitlist is Open OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (June 13, 2022) – As the summer temperatures rise, elders living in Pawhuska Senior Housing will have brand new HVAC units and clean ducts to keep them comfortable. A total of 28 housing units received the upgrades which were complete at the end of May 2022. “They did a great job with both the
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These photos were taken on June 14, 2014, at the Hominy In-Lon-Schka. Click to view slideshow
(May 5, 2022) - On Wednesday, May 4, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named Picture Cave to the 2021 list of America’s 11-Most Endangered Historic Places. “Picture Cave is an enduring link between the Osage people and the land they were forced to leave over two hundred years ago. The new owner of this sacred place has an opportunity to demonstrate respect for the Osage people’s
By Shannon Shaw Duty, Osage News Date:May 12, 2015 During World War I and after, Native American soldiers could not be buried in national cemeteries, even though they had served in the U.S. military. Native Americans didn’t become U.S. citizens until 1924. In an effort to provide grieving families a place to lay their sons to rest, WWI veteran Pierce St. John and his wife Opal, set aside one acre
NEWS RELEASE Osage Nation tests going green By ON Communications PAWHUSKA, Okla. (March 2, 2015)—Osage Nation Assistant Principal Chief Raymond Red Corn is working with several of the Nation’s departments to recycle what has been for years and years, “a tremendous amount of waste.” The ‘going green’ initiative is starting off as a pilot project led by Red Corn with ten of the Nation’s departments
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
Randy Tinker-Smith, Osage, has been invited to attend the World Meeting of Families Congress next month in Philadelphia. The prayer scene from Tinker-Smith's ballet, Wahzhazhe, will be performed at the Festival of Families on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The event per their website www.worldmeeting2015.org "is an international celebration offamily, community, and faith ... The nationally
Developed to reduce pre-term delivery and reduce infant mortality rates by teaching healthy choices and changes to make during pregnancy Photo: ON Communications Wahzhazhe Health Center, Public Health Nursing Department PAWHUSKA, Okla. (Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016) –The Wahzhazhe Health Center is excited to announce it has received a community grant from the Oklahoma March of Dimes for The Coming of
Primary Election Information
Elections
The Primary Election for the Principal Chief and Assistant Chief offices will be held on Monday, March 10, with voting taking place at the Wah-Zha-Zhe Cultural Center, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Early voting will take place at the Osage Nation Election Office, 608 Kihekah, Pawhuska, OK, on March 7th from noon until 8 p.m., and on March 8th from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Results will be announced in front of
Primary Election Results
Elections
Results for the Primary Election for Principal Chief: Geoffrey M. Standing Bear with 1,080 votes (60.47%). Margo Gray with 359 votes (20.10%). Thomas J. Boone, Jr. with 347 votes (19.43%). Results for the Assistant Principal Chief primary are: Raymond W. Red Corn with 707 votes (39.50%). Amanda S. Proctor with 503 votes (28.10%). Terry Mason Moore with 441 votes (24.64%). Randolph A. Crawford with
Osage Nation Principal Chief John D. Red Eagle has been elected to a three-year term as Vice Chair of the United Indian Nations in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas (UNIOKT), an organization formed to pursue the advocacy of law and policy to benefit all Indian nations and indigenous peoples. One of Chief Red Eagle’s duties as Vice Chair will be to prepare and present an annual report at the annual UNIOKT
Olivia “Libbi” Gray, the director of the Family Violence Prevention Program attended the signing Pawhuska, Okla. (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)--(Left to right) Director of Operations, Casey Johnson, Principal Chief Standing Bear , Family Violence Prevention Program Directior, Olivia Gray, discussed what the proclamation was about and examples of how victims are stalked. Pawhuska, OK, (January 10
Executive Veto Message from Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear Financial Analysis of Fiscal Year 2017 Appropriations Bill Number ONCA 16-83 Page 1, Page 2, Page 3
Notice For more information about Osage Nation's response to the global pandemic, please see our Coronavirus Information page and our Closures & Cancellations page. Under the authority of Article VII, Section 1 of the Osage Nation Constitution, and in the interest of the Osage People and the general public, I, Geoffrey M. Standing Bear, Principal Chief, declare that a Public Health State of
Ten years ago today, May 6, 2006, was the signing of the Osage Constitution after a ratification by the people on March 11, 2006. Below is a proclamation declaring May 6th as A Day of Remembrance of the Founding of the Osage Constitution. Thank you, Osage Nation Office of the Chiefs
Financial Assistance Program announces successful delivery of disability assistance and continued support for Osages in crisis Pawhuska, Okla. (July 22, 2016) Cherokee Cheshewalla, Financial Assistance Case Manager, provides valuable constituent service by assisting applicants to apply for and receive the help they need. PAWHUSKA, Okla. (July 28, 2016) – This summer, fifty disabled Osage citizens
Listen as Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, Geoffrey Standing Bear, discusses what food sovereignty means to the Osage Nation, especially during the current pandemic, and introduces what Osage Nation is doing to ensure food sovereignty in the future.