Archie Mason is a member of the Osage Nation and has Cherokee lineage, a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather who resides in Tulsa and Pawhuska with his wife of 30 years, Ramona Mason, who is Muscogee Creek.
John F. Maker was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was raised in Hominy, Oklahoma, and currently resides in Hominy. He attended public school in Hominy and graduated from Hominy High School.
SHANNON L. EDWARDS was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her mother was a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation from Pickens District and her father a citizen of the Osage Nation from Pawhuska District. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1983 with an A.B.
