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A few weeks ago while visiting with Vann Bighorse, director of the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center, we looked at an old photo album of Osages. It was the type of scrapbook with black pages where the long-forgotten owner had glued sepia-colored pictures onto each sheet. Most of us have one or two of these in a box of keepsakes and junk, stored away. The photographs in this little album may have dated

Jack Hickey, Osage citizen, bought land for the purpose of donating it to promote his Osage people’s legacy in Fairfax, Okla. Photo by Cody Hammer, ON Communications Staff Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, left, accepts land deeds from Osage Nation citizen Jack Hickey, Jr. Hickey’s aunt, Mary “Snookie” Bighorse, stands next to Hickey and supports the donation. By Cody Hammer, ON

NEWS RELEASE California Osages Want More Culture United Osages of Southern California Spring Gathering 2015 By ON Communications PAWHUSKA, Okla. (March 10, 2015)—In a large senior citizen center in Carlsbad, CA, the sound of people laughing and visiting fills a dining hall. Three sisters sit in a row at a table greeting members of the United Osages of Southern California and their visitors, mostly

For Immediate Release – Lawton, OK, May 14, 2015 Cameron University to present undergraduate science workshop for Native American college students The Cameron University School of Science and Technology will provide an eight-week summer science workshop for Native American college undergraduates who are majoring in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computer science

This event has been canceled We are pleased to announce the dates for the 11th Annual WahZhaZhe Cultural Encampment are April 25 and 26, 2020. In the past, the encampment has been offered in the Fall season. This year, we are innovating the encampment season to the Spring of 2020. We plan to provide the same cherished experiences as last year, but in a seasonal setting that allows more hours of