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From Osage Nation Emergency Management Did you know Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires? To ensure home fire safety, please keep these tips in mind. “STAND BY YOUR PAN” WHEN COOKING THIS THANKSGIVING Turkey If you are roasting your turkey, make sure you set a timer. If you are frying your turkey: - Use a fryer with thermostat controls. This will ensure the oil does not become

NEWS RELEASE The Cooperative Effort to Complete and Dedicate Mud Creek Bridge Osage Nation, Pawhuska OK—October 10—The Osage Nation and Osage County District 1, announced a public bridge opening ceremony for the new bridge over Mud Creek on LB May Drive in Pawhuska. The event was held Wednesday October 8th. Public roads within the service area of the Osage Nation are maintained by the county

OSAGE RESERVATION (November 22, 2021 ) – Today, the Osage Minerals Council (OMC) unanimously voted to seek federal legislation to permit non-Osages who own a “headright” interest in the Osage Mineral Estate to gift or sell those headright interests back to the OMC, the Osage Nation, or Osage individuals. It is believed that approximately 26 percent of all headright interests in the Osage Mineral

Contact: Ron Shaw CEO/CMO Wah-Zha-Zhi Health Center Osage Nation 918-287-9300 ***************P R E S S R E L E A S E**************** THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 15TH HEALTH CAREER SUMMER PROGRAM March 9, 2018 Pawhuska – The Osage Nation announces a Health Career Summer Program opportunity for High School students, grades 11 & 12. Six positions are available for a four week

On July 26, 2022, Oklahoma Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense program, announced that Principal Chief Standing Bear received the ESGR Above and Beyond Award in recognition of the extraordinary support of Osage Nation’s employees who serve in the National Guard and Reserve. “The ESGR Above and Beyond Award was created to publicly recognize U.S. employers providing

Pawhuska, Ok. – October 7, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., the Osage Nation (ON) Trial Court Honorable Judge William Oldfield formally inaugurated Clinton Patterson to the position of Attorney General. Present at the ceremony was Principal Chief Standing Bear, Assistant Principal Chief Red Corn, Deputy Chief of Staff Corinthian Lorenzo, colleagues, and family. Patterson began with the Attorney General’s

April 6, 2018 - For Immediate Release Contact: Hallie Winter, Curator | 918-287-5222 | hwinter@osagenation-nsn.gov Wedding Clothes Exhibition Flyer 80th Birthday Celebration Flyer Pawhuska, Okla. (04/06/2018)– Opening on May 2nd, 1938 the Osage Nation Museum (ONM) is America’s first tribal museum! Dedicated to preserving and exhibiting Osage art, history, and culture, the ONM has been a landmark

Understanding and Addressing Trauma in Our Communities Pawhuska, Ok. – September 26-27, 2019, the Osage Nation (ON) Prevention Program and the Wah-Zha-Zhe Youth Council co-hosted a community workshop for adults working with Native American youth and families. Darryl Tonemah, who holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, gave the presentation. The workshop lasted two days from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m

For the second year, the Osage Nation has received the CDC Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country Grant (GHWIC), in the amount of $15,000. Osage Nation Public Health Nurse Jaime Clark commented, “Teaching parents and our youth to live a healthier lifestyle through growing, gathering, and hunting is the focus of the program”. New data claims the obesity rate for the Native adult population in

This summer a group of energetic individuals with Osage Nation Communities of Excellence (COE) and Ta-Wa AmeriCorps took on the endeavor to setup a community garden along Bird Creek in Pawhuska. Six acres located at 1st and Prudom had been previously utilized by AmeriCorps member Tom Trumbly who turned the property over to COE with approval by the City of Pawhuska. The acreage was overgrown with

April 16, 2019, the new Wall That Heals mobile exhibit passed through Fairfax, Oklahoma on the way to Stillwater. Townspeople, visitors, and veterans lined up along the streets to take pictures and support the cause for education and healing from the impact of the Vietnam War. The Osage Nation is a proud supporter of Military Veterans and maintains the Osage Veterans Memorial Commission to follow

News Release by A. M. Jefferson, ON Communications Department PAWHUSKA, Okla. (June 15, 2015)—School is out and it is summertime in Osage County. Osage Nation Emergency Management (ONEM) wants to remind children and adults, young and old, that there are dangers in oilfield sites. The county is littered with oilfield equipment especially pump jacks and storage tanks as this is oil country, and

Long Time service provider for elder nutrition, Roberta “Sue” Slinkard, at the Osage Nation is the Recipient of the n4a Excellence in Leadership Award By ON Communications Pawhuska, Okla. Osage Nation Reservation (Wednesday, August 15, 2018) –Roberta “Sue” Slinkard (Osage), a familiar face in the Osage Nation employee workforce and elder community, was recently honored for her work and dedication

Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline Offers Resources to Help Mothers Quit for Good PAWHUSKA– May 09, 2014 – This Mother’s Day, what is the greatest gift you can get or give? A smoke free you? Children who never start smoking? From making sacrifices and hard decisions for the well-being of your family to being your children’s biggest cheerleader, mothers are role models who deserve a day of celebration. Join

Two valedictorians and one salutatorian are young Osage women who say “Mom” is their greatest motivation for academic success (Top to bottom) Madeline “Maddie” Pennington, 18, and Julz Brown, 18, andHarleigh Moore, 18. Pennington and Moore are two of Woodland High School’s three Valedictorians and Brown is one of the school's two Salutatorians. FAIRFAX, Okla. (May 13, 2016) – To be named high

Senior Services is preparing for their big annual trip with the elders to the Tulsa State Fair on Friday, October 3rd. This annual event is for Native American elders who are 55 years or older. They must have a CDIB or tribal membership card (spouses are also eligible). Participants need to live in the Osage Nation service area. A chartered bus will leave the Senior Services parking lot at 350

Opening Reception Osage veteran James Norris on left with Jay Alecia. Norris served as a Staff Sergeant during the Vietnam War. Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam, 1969. Photograph: Paul Brown. Pawhuska, Ok. – To Honor and Remember: Osage Veterans and the U.S. Military exhibition will open to the public at the Osage Nation Museum (ONM) on Thursday, November 14, 2019, from 5 to 7 pm. The exhibit

PAWHUSKA, Okla.(Feb. 5, 2015) — Vann Bighorse, director of the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center located in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, is keenly aware that Osage traditions are getting closer to slipping away—permanently. A current project to preserve Osage culture and revive a millennia old tradition is now three years in the making. The Cultural Center has been building a collection of heirloom seeds and

NEWS RELEASE Osage Nation, Pawhuska, Okla. (Apr. 6, 2015)—Repetition. It is a key to success. Whether one is an athlete perfecting his or her own individual skill for a competition or is a part of a team, a musician, or even a writer. Practice is necessary. And this can be seen with Osage Nation Emergency Management (ONEM); they train year-round ONEM is a part of a brotherhood/sisterhood through

OSAGE RESERVATION, OKLA. (June 1, 2022) – Osage Nation provides professional development to multiple employees with Executive Leadership classes hosted by Tri County Tech Institute. The six-week course focused on educational achievement and advanced leadership. Osage Nation Departments represented include Child Care & Development, Harvest Land, and Office of Strategic Planning. The following