Schimmel Sisters Amaze and Inspire at One-Day Basketball Clinic by Shannon Shaw Duty Schimmel Is a Hero in Indian Had Parents to Lead Us in the Osage News Country

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Volume 10, Issue 9 • September 2014 The Official Newspaper of the Osage Nation Schimmel Sisters amaze and inspire at one-day basketball clinic By Shannon Shaw Duty Schimmel is a hero in Indian had parents to lead us in the Osage News Country. The 22-year-old, 5’9” right direction all our lives and point guard from the Umatilla so we’re just very normal and For any Native who has ever Indian Reservation in Mission, if we can make it off the Rez, played “Rez ball,” or watched Ore., was the 8th overall draft then you guys can too.” countless Natives fall shy pick to the Atlanta Dream. She The 2011 documentary, “Off of that college scholarship, has the highest-selling jersey the Rez,” chronicles two years watching Shoni Schimmel play in the WNBA and has broken of her life when Shoni was a in the WNBA is like watching records in her high school ca- junior and senior at Franklin a thousand dreams come true. reer, her college career and High School in Portland, Ore. And so it was, on Aug. 1 at now professional. A poignant story of family the Skiatook Multipurpose Ac- Often dubbed “The Uma- and commitment, it shows the tivity Center, Shoni Schimmel, tilla Thrilla” and “Showtime,” Schimmels in good and hard first rookie and Native Ameri- named after her Magic John- times, their perseverance and can woman to win MVP of the son-like passing skills by her deep pride in cultural identity. WNBA All-Star game, taught Atlanta Dream coach Michael In 2008 her mother Cecilee and played basketball with Cooper who played with Magic “CiCi” Moses, a Umatilla high 100 Osage children. on the LA Lakers. She will be school basketball standout, “We grew up on the reserva- the first to say she is complete- took a job at Franklin High tion. I am always proud of be- ly normal. School as the head basketball ing Native American because “We’re a very normal family, coach and brought her daugh- it’s cool, it’s awesome, and who and everyone’s always looking ters Shoni and Jude with her. wouldn’t want to be Native at us, and we have a documen- As the coach she turned the American, right?” she said to tary about us … but we’re very school’s record from 4-20 to a cheering crowd of kids and normal,” she said. “That’s one 20-4 in her first year. They adults. thing I want to connect with went to the quarterfinals of For those who don’t follow you guys, is that we’re just the state championship both CHALENE TOEHAY/Osage News women’s basketball or the normal people, we just hap- See Schimmel Umatilla point guard Shoni Schimmel for the Atlanta Dream drives past WNBA, it’s fair to say that pen to love basketball and it’s her Tulsa Shock defender on July 31 in the BOK Center. gotten us very far and we’ve —Continued on Page 4 Osage begins Stanford Medical School By Shannon Shaw Duty his class selected from an ap- in June, was also accepted to GEB does not renew Osage News plicant pool of 7,450 students eight other medical schools. from all over the world – he’s They included Harvard, Yale, Casino CEO’s contract Among Stanford Universi- the lone Native American. Johns Hopkins, Columbia, ty’s first-year medical students Lamsam, who just gradu- Cornell, Washington Univer- –Treasurer and HR Director resign is Osage tribal member Lay- ated with his bachelor’s de- sity, University of Nebraska By Benny Polacca and Shannon Shaw Duty ton Lamsam. He joins 90 in gree in Biology from Stanford Medical Center and the Uni- versity of Oklahoma. His top Osage News three schools were Stanford, Osage Casinos CEO Harvard and Yale. Neil Cornelius, Trea- “I stayed at Stanford be- surer Callie Catcher cause of its culture. I knew and Human Resources that life was laid back, people Director Delary Wal- were friendly, and school was ters are leaving their less stressful than anywhere positions effective in else,” Lamsam said. “Also, the September, leaving ON communities that I found in government officials the Native and Christian stu- the task of finding pro- dents at Stanford was a sup- spective new officehold- port network that I did not ers. want to give up.” The Gaming Enter- Stanford has more than 300 prise Board hires the Native American students, Casinos CEO and the Osage News a cultural center, a Native Treasurer and HR di- Neil Cornelius American dorm, and a full- rector positions are un- Norbert von der Groeben/Stanford Medicine time staff for the Native com- der the Executive Branch. The Treasurer’s position is an Osage Stanford medical student, Layton Lamsam, receives his doctor’s munity, he said. appointed position and is subject to confirmation by the coat during Stanford Medicine’s White Coat and Stethoscope Ceremony The 22-year-old Osage, ON Congress once the Principal Chief appoints an indi- on Aug. 22. whose family is from the Gray- vidual to the office. horse District, took part in Cornelius is on administrative leave until Sept. 27 and Stanford Medicine’s White Gaming Enterprise Board member Mark Simms verified Coat and Stethoscope cer- the board chose not to renew his contract. Technology is focus of emony on Aug. 22. Attending “Simply, his contract was coming to an end and we the ceremony was his mother, didn’t want to wait until it just ran out to start advertis- Teresa Trumbly Lamsam, his 2014 Dhegiha Conference ing, we wanted to start advertising immediately,” Simms grandparents Joe and Arlena said. “Nothing that he did wrong, in fact he did a good By Benny Polacca Trumbly, and his uncle Floyd job.” Osage News Shaw. The board will start advertising for the position as soon “The ceremony was a joy- as possible, Simms said. The board doesn’t have any can- QUAPAW, Okla. – In this age of constantly-changing ful experience and we were didates in mind and said the salary for the position would technology, Native American tribes throughout the country blessed to be there for him. I be decided based on the candidate’s experience and ex- are turning to computers and other information technology attended the parent orienta- pertise. gadgets for use in their language programs. tion right before the white Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear announced the The goal remains the same: get the language of the an- coat ceremony so my pride was tempered with the reality of treasurer and HR director resignations during an Aug. cestors out there to those interested in learning if not only 16 joint meeting of the Executive Branch and ON Con- in person, but also via computers. how difficult this journey can be,” his mother said. “During See dhegiha See Resignations —Continued on Page 6 See Lamsam —Continued on Page 5 —Continued on Page 5

Inside the Osage News Follow the Osage News Online Bird Creek Land Benefit...... 2 Community...... 17 • Breaking news at osagenews.org Wind Farm Fight Continues...... 3 Obituaries...... 18 • facebook.com/osagenews Five Man Board Adds Members...... 6 Classifieds...... 18 • twitter.com/osagenews Cultural Column...... 16 Opinion...... 19 • flickr.com/osagenews 2 September 2014 Osage News • osagenews.org Compacting the Pawhuska IHS clinic revisited by new ON officials By Benny Polacca are other compacting service Bear is a supporter of self- Osage News opportunities with the federal governance efforts other tribes government, but clarified he is have taken advantage of. Efforts to explore compact- only interested in discussing ing the Pawhuska Indian compacts for the clinic only. If ON Health Authority Board Health Services clinic is re- the clinic is compacted, Shaw chairwoman Margie Burkhart SHANNON SHAW DUTY/Osage News vived with the newer elected said the Nation will be in a po- said the board is supportive Osage Nation officials taking sition where “we operate the Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear and Special Advisor to the of IHS compacting efforts and office and now meeting for funding, we decide where our Chiefs, Casey Johnson, stand on 70 acres of rich bottomland the their first-ever Tzi-Zho Con- program priorities are, we do added: “it’s nice to know the Standing Bear administration hopes to cultivate. If successful, the gressional Session. third-party billing,” he said. Chief and Assistant Chief will property will become Bird Creek Farms. Dr. Ron Shaw is the current Shaw said efforts were al- be supportive.” chairman of the Congressio- ready made to study the com- The Osage Congress will nal health and social services pacting idea when he served committee and former IHS on the now-defunct ON Health also consider a resolution filed administrator James Norris and Wellness Advisory Board by Shaw “to formally request Land given 24 is the vice chairman. For the and recalled the board hired participation in the Indian first committee meeting held consultant Bill Thorne to con- Health Service Tribal Self- Aug. 1 under the Fourth ON duct the study and conclud- years ago may Congress, Shaw invited other ed there was no reason the Governance Program under 42 government officials to restart Pawhuska clinic shouldn’t be C.F.R. § 137.18, and to support the dialogue of compacting the compacted. the negotiation and execu- IHS clinic. Another requirement for an reap agricultural tion of a compact between the Compacting the clinic would IHS facility to be compacted is allow the Osage Nation to have the tribe needs to have three Osage Nation and the United more say in decisions regard- years of clean audits with no States government pursuant benefits ing the facility’s finances and material findings, Shaw said. to Public Law PL 93-638.” patient services. Under the He added the entity is allowed By Shannon Shaw Duty the Chiefs, to do an inven- The Tzi-Zho Session runs federal Indian Self-Determina- to continue pursuing the com- Osage News tory of Nation-owned land. tion and Education Assistance pacting efforts if a letter from through Sept. 29. Check back Together, along with Bruce Act, tribes have the option of an auditor states the finding(s) to www.osagenews.org for up- Twenty-four years ago Cass, director of the Proper- the Lynn family gave 270 ties Department, and Walk- contracting or signing self- are cleared. dates on discussions regard- governance compacts to have Assistant Principal Chief acres to the Osage Nation. er, they went to scout the ing IHS compacting, as well as more control over providing Raymond Red Corn, who at- In August of this year it was land. health care to their people. tended the meeting, said Prin- the newspaper’s Facebook and rediscovered by the Stand- “He [Red Corn] said to Shaw acknowledged there cipal Chief Geoffrey Standing Twitter pages. ing Bear administration me, ‘in your inauguration and has been tentatively speech you were talking named Bird Creek Farms. about traditional foods and “I’ve always known we seeds,’ and how you would owned the Lynn property like to provide wood to be- that stretches from L B reaved families, well, I may May Drive to Skyline Drive, have found the place to do but for the life of me, after it,’” Standing Bear said. “As eight years in the congress you may or may not know, I did not know we owned the assistant chief is very 70 acres of Bird Creek bot- practiced in growing tradi- tomland, including parts of tional corn and traditional Bird Creek,” said Assistant foods himself.” Principal Chief Raymond Red Corn, who was raised Red Corn. “My first thought in a family who practiced was I can’t believe I didn’t’ cultural traditions like corn know this was here. My sec- drying, hominy making and ond thought was, finally, we growing fresh vegetables, have a way to do what we said the Standing Bear ad- did 150 years ago, which is ministration is trying to find feed our own people.” ways to collaborate with The land is split into two programs by utilizing per- parcels. The bottomland is sonnel and excess resources 70 acres and it sits north of to create something sustain- Lynn Avenue and directly able. southeast of the Clarence Some of the ideas for the Tinker Veterans Park along property include farming BENNY POLACCA/Osage News the bank of Bird Creek, said the land and harvesting Osage Nation Assistant Principal Chief Raymond Red Corn meets with the Congressional Committee on Gov- Craig Walker, who works from the many pecan and ernmental Operations during the Aug. 1 special session. for the Environmental and walnut trees and teaching Natural Resources Depart- the Osage community how ment. For the past 20 years to do it culturally. The food an Osage tribal member grown could be provided to Fourth ON Congress passes eight has been plowing and till- Title VI, the Head Starts, ing the land, he said. The the Day Cares, Boys and second parcel of land is 200 Girls Clubs, surrounding bills during two-day special session acres and runs from Lynn communities like Fairfax, Avenue directly up to Sky- Farmer’s Markets and the the limitations on using re- • ONCA 14- 54 (Archie Ma- By Benny Polacca line Drive. The Executive Food Distribution program. stricted real property repur- son) requests a 2014 fiscal Osage News Branch hopes to develop the “But, in a larger sense, chasing funds to include those year budget modification second parcel. the part of it that was spe- The Fourth Osage Nation lands or fractionated interests to the Nation’s Division of Principal Chief Geoffrey cial was harvesting corn, Congress wrapped its third advertised by the Bureau of Administrative Services Standing Bear said he as- special session in two days Indian Affairs at or below 105 to reduce the appropria- signed Red Corn and Casey See Bird Creek after considering and passing percent of appraised value. tion for the Nation’s Tribal Johnson, special advisor to —Continued on Page 5 eight pieces of legislation July The bill passed with an 11-0 Works Department by 31-Aug.1. vote and one absence by Con- $18,809. Assistant Principal The two-day session oc- gressman John Jech on July Chief Raymond Red Corn curred one month ahead of 31. said during the previous the 2014 Tzi-Zho Session to chief’s administration, consider some budget matters • ONCA 14-50 (Supernaw) “the person responsible for and law amendments needed gives a $75,000 supplemen- establishing the amount tal appropriation to the ON ahead of the 24-day regular of square footage on which 619 Kihekah • Pawhuska, OK 74056 Attorney General’s office for session starting Sept. 2. the space costs is based (918) 287-5668 an increase in the entity’s All bills considered by the made a significant error of www.osagenews.org Congressional body were fast- professional fees line item. $185,000 worth of space tracked for floor votes once and as we approach the Editor considered for action and any During the Congressional end of the (fiscal) year, (the Shannon Shaw Duty amendments in their commit- governmental operations com- accounting department) tees of jurisdiction. mittee meeting held to con- realized this and brought Reporters Congress passed the follow- sider the bill, officials said it to our attention.” Benny Polacca ing three bills on July 31 dur- the additional money will ing Day One of the session: be used for a contract to hire The bill passed with an 11-0 Features / Multimedia Reporter • ONCA 14-49 (sponsored Tulsa-based law firm Barber vote. Tara Madden by Congressman William and Bartz to study the idea On Day Two, with nine “yes” “Kugee” Supernaw) amends votes, those bills passed by of restructuring the Nation’s Editorial Assistant the Nation’s Restricted Real enterprise/ commerce boards Congress on Aug. 1 are: Property Repurchasing Chalene Toehay into one “superboard” similar • ONCA 14-47 (sponsored by Act which identifies other to the business/ enterprise Congresswoman Shannon prospective land types for Osage News Editorial Edwards) seeks to revise purchase by the Nation and board structure currently used Board Members adds a definition for “peren- by the Cherokee Nation. The the Nation’s division struc- Jerri Jean Branstetter ture housing its govern- nial streams.” bill passed 9-2 with “no” votes Lu King from Congress members Ron See Congress Teresa Trumbly Lamsam The revised act also amends Shaw and Shannon Edwards. —Continued on Page 5 Osage News • osagenews.org September 2014 3 Congress and Chiefs address FY 2015 budgets, spending cuts By Benny Polacca climbing to $50.5 million, Osage News said Congressman John Jech who is the current chairman SKIATOOK, Okla. – As the of the appropriations commit- 2014 Tzi-Zho Session gets un- tee. With proposed spending derway, the Fourth Osage Na- at $50.5 million, that leaves a BENNY POLACCA/Osage News tion Congress received first deficit of approximately $6.5 Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear speaks at a joint Executive Branch and Congressional Af- glimpses of the 2015 fiscal million. fairs committee meeting held Aug. 16 at the Skiatook Osage Casino Hotel to discuss the 2015 fiscal year govern- year governmental budgets News of the budgets ex- mental budgets being considered during the Tzi-Zho Session. that will receive initial consid- ceeding the $44 million mark eration and action in the Con- prompted the Aug. 29 meeting, • Reduce ONCA 14-73 by $3.9 Edwards said she is worried get considerations. He said gressional committees. which is one business day be- million, which is the $7.9 the reduction will not allow the recommendations can be On Aug. 16, a joint meeting fore the Tzi-Zho Session start- million appropriation bill the scholarship fund to have adjusted by the committee if of the ON Office of the Chiefs ed on Sept. 2. The Congress to replenish the ON higher enough money for one full newer information is present- and the Congressional Affairs has until Sept. 30 to pass the education scholarship fund. school year ahead of time for Committee drew nine Con- FY 2015 budgets, which is the The five recommendations continuing and new students ed that supports more funding gress members and both elect- day after the 24-day session are not mandates, but the who apply for the program. be added to a reduced bill. ed Chiefs where the Executive span ends. 12-member Congress voted Edwards also believes the bills For more information on Branch presented its goals and Standing Bear said in his 11-1 to adopt the appropria- should also be heard in their the Congressional Tzi-Zho shared preliminary details re- Sept. 2 opening Tzi-Zho Ses- tions committee recommenda- committees of jurisdiction Session, legislation and com- garding the FY 2015 budgets sion address that his office’s tions on Sept. 2. Voting “no” before the recommendations budget is trimmed to $1.9 mil- mittee meetings, visit the submitted to the Congress less was Congresswoman Shannon take place. lion and is “the lowest amount Legislative Branch website than 24 hours earlier. Edwards who expressed con- Jech said the recommenda- ever in the new government Principal Chief Geoffrey cern with the recommended tions were only made so the at: www.osagenation-nsn.gov/ Standing Bear said his office since 2006, we believe that cut to the scholarship appro- Congress has some guidance who-we-are/congress-legisla- reviewed the budgets shortly was a good accomplishment.” priation. going forward with the bud- tive-branch. after he was sworn into office Standing Bear also noted in July and his staff made $3.5 the proposed capital expendi- million in proposed spend- tures are high and would need ing cuts before those budgets addressing by Congress, add- were submitted to the Legis- ing he believes the $2.5 mil- lative Branch for further con- lion Pawhuska arbor bill is a sideration and action by the priority. During the Aug. 29 Judge dismisses Osage Nation Congress. The Aug. 16 meet- meeting, Standing Bear said ing was held at the Skiatook he is reluctant to cut proposed Osage Casino Hotel. spending on Pawhuska arbor. cases in wind farm fight At the meeting, Standing If reduced, the architects may Bear told the Congress the FY say construction is not pos- By Louise Red Corn sible, he said. Standing Bear 2015 budgets totaled just over BigHeart Times $43.7 million for the depart- suggested the Congress hear from the architects first before ment operations of the three A judge on Thursday threw considering a reduction to the branches. This includes $26.4 out two of three lawsuits in- million in proposed spending $2.5 million arbor bill. volving proposed wind farms for the departments under Assistant Principal Chief in Osage County, dealing a the six Executive Branch divi- Raymond Red Corn told the sions, boards and commissions appropriations committee the blow to the Osage Nation’s ef- and $17.2 million in proposed budget totals surpassed the forts to stop a forest of indus- spending for other entities projected revenue for major trial turbines from rising over and direct services including reasons including: The ON the tallgrass prairie west of the judicial and legislative Gaming Commission grew to Pawhuska. branches, the Attorney Gen- hire more employees in wake Ottawa County District eral’s Office, the Office of Fis- of the Osage Casino expan- Court Judge Robert G. Haney, cal Performance and Review, sions for the Skiatook and sitting by special assign- burial assistance and the cam- Ponca City casino/ hotel prop- ment, dismissed both cases in erties. The cost for the ad- pus master plan loan to pay for which the Osage Nation and ditional employees is borne phase one construction. The the Osage Minerals Council proposed spending in these by the ON government since were plaintiffs. The Osages budgets total $44,709,622. ONGC employees are not had challenged the authority The challenge for this Tzi- on the casino’s payroll. The Zho Session is the Congress ONGC infrastructure has also of the Osage County Board of cannot appropriate annual increased, but gaming officials Adjustment to issue a condi- budgets over the projected rev- have not increased its gaming tional use permit for a 94-tur- GraphicStock enue figure, according to the revenue distribution to the ON bine project called Osage Wind Stock image of a wind farm. 2006 Constitution. Earlier this government to support the ex- in 2011, arguing that county tra costs, he said. year, the Congress voted to set boards of adjustment do not Haney said that the Osage try the Mustang Run case on the FY 2015 projected revenue Red Corn also said the have that power under state case demanding that the 2011 Thursday, which had lawyers figure at $44,069.384. This health benefit card program law and that the permit should wind farm permit be declared sputtering: No witnesses had figure includes $40 million available to all Osages has in- be ruled void. The other case creased in use by over $1 mil- void should have been brought been called, nor had Haney from casino revenue and the was an appeal of the Board of remainder coming from Tax lion in a single year. earlier as part of a federal law- even ruled on the standing of Adjustment’s denial of a tribal Commission fees and bank ac- After discussion on the suit the tribe filed that year petition to stop construction of the Osage Nation to intervene count interest. budgets, the appropriations in which it claimed the wind Osage Wind, which has begun in the case. Another challenge the Con- committee voted to make five farms would interfere with bulldozing the prairie as it pre- “I came up here today with gress must consider is the recommendations to the Con- oil extraction. The Osage Na- pares to erect turbines. the idea I wanted this case proposed budgets presented gress to reduce spending or tion owns all mineral rights in postpone action on the follow- A third case remains ac- resolved,” Haney declared. “If by the Standing Bear admin- Osage County. ing five bills during the Tzi- tive in Osage County District you don’t like my rulings, ap- istration on Aug. 15 do not The tribe’s attorney, John contain other legislation that Zho Session. Court, though Haney appeared Moody, replied that zoning is- peal them.” requires an appropriation. anxious to make quick work of • Decrease spending in the sues fall under state, not fed- Replied attorney Gene Den- One example is the $2.5 mil- it. In that case, a second wind divisional budgets for ON eral statutes, but Haney was nison, who represents the lion appropriation bill (ONCA farm, Mustang Run, is appeal- departments to 95 percent. unmoved. Osage Minerals Council: “The 14-56) for construction of a ing the Board of Adjustment’s • Postpone action on ONCA “It’s patently unfair to wait Osage Nation and Minerals new Pawhuska Indian Village May 8 decision to deny it a arbor and ONCA 14-55, which 14-58, which is a $1 mil- three years, after a party has Council deserve a full and permit to build a second wind is requesting $300,000 for in- lion appropriation bill to gone to the expense of doing complete hearing as it relates farm consisting of about 68 stalling a fire sprinkler and fund land purchases for this deal,” Haney said. “You to the destruction of its prop- the ON government to turbines next to Osage Wind. security alarm system in the can’t say ‘Wait a minute, you erty and its future.” Osage Tribal Museum. Both buyback Osage County The Osage County Commis- shouldn’t have been allowed to In the end, Haney said he bills were filed with the Con- land for sale that is the sioners and Board of Adjust- do that in the first place. Pack gressional clerk on Aug. 22. former reservation. ment are the defendants in all would hear only new evidence In a newer development, the three cases. up your stuff and go home.’” at a trial, and would otherwise • Reduce ONCA 14-69 Congressional Appropriations Mustang Run and Osage Mustang Run has asked by $835,00, which is a rule based on the voluminous Committee met on Aug. 29 for a “trial de novo” in its ap- $935,000 appropriation Wind started out as separately existing record. and made recommendations peal from the Board of Adjust- bill to fund the Nation’s owned wind farms, but are now Haney gave the Osage Na- to the Congress for spending ment, but Haney said he saw capital asset and improve- both owned by Enel SpA, the tion and Osage County until reductions or delaying selected ment fund. This leaves Italian utility giant. In court no point in conducting a trial spending bills in light of the FY Sept. 10 to file trial briefs and the bill at $100,000, if pleadings, the company says anew when he had already 2015 budgets surpassing the establish whether they have passed as recommended. it has irrevocably committed read stacks of transcripts and 85 percent spending threshold new evidence to merit live tes- $225 million to the projects. evidence in the case amassed of the projected revenue figure. • Postpone ONCA 14-80, Objections to the wind proj- by the Board of Adjustment. timony at a trial; Mustang Run With newer appropriation which is a $175,000 ap- has until Sept. 17 to reply. bills filed as of Aug. 29, the propriation bill to fund ects are mostly environmental, “I don’t believe in wasting Editor’s Note: This article proposed FY 2015 spending the 2015 arts matching centering on the area being my time reading something (in budgets and separate ap- grant program admin- one of the last shreds of tall- then listening to something,” was published by the Bigheart propriation bills) surpassed istered by the Osage grass prairie that has never he said Thursday. Times and is used with permis- the projected revenue mark, Nation Foundation. been plowed or fragmented. Haney said he wanted to sion. 4 September 2014 Osage News • osagenews.org Schimmel –from Page 1 years and Shoni was one of the top 10 high school basketball players in the country. She finished her high school career with 2,120 points, ranking No. 6 on Oregon’s all-time scoring list. She was one of the last top basketball players in the country to pick a school after she graduated and she chose the University of Louisville. Her younger sister Jude followed the next year.

Parenting style LaTonya West/Courtesy Photo Invited to the Osage Na- Shoni Schimmel plays against Dan Madden and Olivia Littlecook on Aug. tion by Congresswoman An- 1 at the Skiatook Multipurpose Activity Center. gela Pratt, tribal members had three days of Schimmel. First, want to be. I want to be the ni. The last hour-and-a-half of “Off the Rez” was screened at best so I practice and play all the clinic was spent running a the Constantine Theater in the time,” Shoni said. “Instead 5-on-5 pick up game with the Pawhuska July 30. Second, of going to the party, going out winner scoring five points and Osage employees got to en- with my friends, all that stuff, the next team coming in. All joy discounted tickets to the I’m going to go to the gym, be- Tulsa Shock v. Atlanta Dream 100 kids got to play. cause that’s what I love to do “They didn’t waste a lot of WNBA game at the BOK Cen- and I just like to play basket- ter July 31. The Dream won time and made sure we all got ball that much.” to do the drills. I liked that 85-75. Rick Schimmel, who is non- Shoni and Jude were just nor- Then, on Aug. 1, the Schim- Native, said that Shoni and mal people,” Bledsoe said. “I CHALENE TOEHAY/Osage News mels arrived in Skiatook Jude played basketball all the liked that they took the time When the Tulsa Shock played the Atlanta Dream on July 31, the WNBA’s around 11 a.m. for a one-day time growing up. They started to take pictures and sign auto- top Native American basketball players faced off. Umatilla point guard basketball clinic. First they playing in AAU leagues in the showed a highlight reel of graphs. I could not believe how Shoni Schimmel of the Dream guards Cherokee point guard Angel Go- 4th and 5th grade and played odrich of the Shock in the BOK Center in Tulsa. Shoni and Jude’s career at the basketball day and night. fast Shoni was! She is a beast!” University of Louisville and “Seriously, she’d be out Of course Shoni’s team won then answered questions from there at 2 o’clock in the morn- every time, and with about 10 the audience for about 40 mining, shooting, and she was like of those points coming from utes before they began their in the 5th grade…yeah, she half-court shots, sometimes basketball clinic. was young. It was one of those the kids were too in awe to Pratt, who is a mother of hot, summer nights when all play. But the entire family six, invited the Schimmels be- the windows were open and all stressed one thing: listen to cause she knew CiCi and Rick you could hear is bounce, shoot, your elders, your parents, your Schimmel would be there and bounce, shoot…and we’re try- family. could offer insight on how they ing to tell her to come inside “It’s important to listen to raised two successful college but seriously, that’s dedica- your parents, sometimes you athletes and who themselves tion,” CiCi said. “These guys are parents of eight. Their old- don’t want to hear it but some- were outside, in the court, on times you just have to listen to est son is 25 and their young- the court, all the time.” est son is five years old. them,” Shoni said to the kids. There is a famous photo- “We need more Native Ameri- “I like their parenting style graph of Shoni yelling in the cans out there in the world to and this is why I invited them face of Baylor University’s show everyone what we’re all here, because of Rick and CiCi. Brittney Griner in the 2013 about because we can repre- I think they’ve done an excel- NCAA Sweet Sixteen game at sent, we just haven’t gotten TARA MADDEN/Osage News lent job and within our com- the Chesapeake Energy Arena munity, I think that’s where in Oklahoma City. Baylor was the chance to – to go out there Jude and Shoni Schimmel. The sisters have played basketball on the it starts, is the parents,” Pratt ranked No. 1 that year. Shoni and show the world what we same team all their lives. Jude is finishing out her senior year playing for said. “We’re lucky they threw had charged up the right side can do.” the University of Louisville and Shoni plays for the WNBA Atlanta Dream. in the basketball portion so of the court, went behind the you children can enjoy but why back, charged to the left side they were invited here was so of the paint and facing a 6’8” you could hear their message Griner, all-time shot blocker, of positive lifestyle. Don’t do spun and lobbed the ball up drugs, stay in school because backwards for a perfect bank it’s all around us, it’s easy to shot off the glass. The place do, it’s easy to give up. It’s not went wild. easy to keep fighting every “They called it a ‘circus shot,’ day, to do your very best. We but the move she did against talk about that Wa.Shka^ all Britney Griner in OKC, she the time in the Osage Nation, practiced that on that hoop, to give it your all, to do your probably at 2 a.m. I mean she’s best and that’s what it takes. been doing that kind of stuff And this family has shown on that hoop all night, we’ve that’s exactly what we talk seen it,” Rick said. “And the about and they’re a prime ex- reason why I say ‘circus shot’ ample of that.” is because people keep call- One mother asked how did ing it that, and when you call they keep Shoni and Jude fo- it that it sounds like it was cused on basketball and their unrehearsed, kind of seems schoolwork instead of boys. negative. But then to go to the Jude, who is graduating this All-Star Game and repeat that fall with her bachelor’s degree shot, it wasn’t an accident … from the University of Louis- she’s practiced it.” ville, will also start graduate Once the basketball clinic TARA MADDEN/Osage News work in the fall while finishing portion started Rick and Shoni out her senior year on the bas- led the camp, with Jude only Shoni and Jude’s father Rick Schimmel (far left) and mother Cecilee “CiCi” Moses (far right) pose with the participants of the basketball clinic on Aug. 1. ketball team. leading groups with the mi- “Education is very, very im- crophone (NCAA rules limit portant. I can always remem- Jude’s play outside of her col- ber, ever since elementary, I’ve legiate career). The clinic was wanted to have the best grades for Osage tribal members only possible,” Jude said. “Educa- and for children entering the tion is very important because third grade to senior in high after sports, after your body school. Dividing the children has taken a toll from sports, into age groups, the Schim- you’re going to need your edu- mels led the children through cation to fall back on to get a dribbling drills, passing drills house, a car, to raise a family.” and shooting drills, with Shoni Jude said she went to a to- participating in every group. tal of four junior high and high “Our daughter Olivia was so school dances and doesn’t re- excited after the camp,” said gret the time she spent in the Caron Littlecook, who lives in gym or playing ball with her Skiatook with her family. Her sister. In April of this year daughter Olivia is a 9-year-old Jude was named one of Glam- 4th grader and attends Skia- our Magazine’s Top 10 College took Intermediate. “She said is Women. was a dream come true to play Teresa Bledsoe, Osage, and ball with Shoni. She wants to a basketball coach at Wood- be in the WNBA just like her.” land High School in Fairfax, Blake Bledsoe, 12, who asked the sisters how much attends Woodland Middle time they devote to practice. School, loved that they got to TARA MADDEN/Osage News “It depends on how good you play in a real game with Sho- Shoni Schimmel of the WNBA Atlanta Dream hosted a one-day basketball clinic for Osage youth on Aug. 1. Osage News • osagenews.org September 2014 5 Lamsam –from Page 1 the white coat ceremony, I just kept thinking ‘It takes a village ... but how are we going to get the village here!’ But I also remembered that Layton’s faith as well as family and community support have taken him this far. Layton feels as though he is working in God’s plan for his life and that is encouraging for me.” Osage News Osage News The white coat ceremony in- Callie Catcher Delary Walters cluded a week of new student activities, which began with a Norbert von der Groeben/Stanford Medicine camping trip to Lake Alpine in years of experience in a super- Layton Lamsam, first-year Stanford medical student, with his grandpar- the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Resignations visory position with at least ents Joe and Arlena Trumbly. Joe Trumbly served on the 29th and 30th followed by three days of orien- –from Page 1 five staff. Osage Tribal Councils. tation. The closing date for HR di- gressional Affairs Commit- At the ceremony, Lloyd Mi- going to events has broken the enous Health Week speaker rector applicants is Sept. 3. nor, MD, dean of the medical isolation and recharged me. I’ll tee. Standing Bear said both Catcher (Cherokee Nation) series at Stanford, and was the school, addressed the students Catcher and Walters would said she informed Standing have to find a way to be back president of Stanford’s Natives and their families at the cer- stay in transitional roles as Bear she was not interested in more often in medical school.” in Medicine. emony. He said the next four the new position holders get seeking re-appointment once Lamsam’s focus is in help- “For my clinical specializa- years, and for some students familiar with the work duties his administration took office ing Indian Country. He got his tion, I will not know what I once they are hired. sometimes longer, will change start in the Four Directions in July. like until I start rotating in the the way they look at the world, Standing Bear said Wal- “The new administration summer program where he according to a Stanford Medi- hospital, though I am inter- ters resigned by agreement asked me to stay on board while learned about Indian health cine release. “You will learn ested in surgery. My research on Aug. 14. “We’ve asked De- the search for a new Treasurer from a research perspective, some of life’s most valuable focus in medical school will lary to stay with us to help on is in process,” Catcher said he said. He took a class at lessons from your patients.” probably be population health transition,” he said, adding in an email. “I have agreed Stanford on Native health and and health care management. Walters will continue working to stay on board and assist shadowed doctors at an IHS I have met the leadership of on a two-month contract once through a transitional period. Indian Country hospital on the Rosebud Reser- her resignation takes effect in For personal reasons, I have Lamsam tries to make it vation in South Dakota during some of the top hospitals in mid-September. cut back my work hours to four back for the In-Lon-Schka spring break. He went through the country, but I did not re- Walters said her resignation days/week.” dances every year but his the program twice and taught alize how important health is for personal reasons and de- Per the Osage Constitution, a schooling sometimes prevents the class at Stanford his senior care management was until I clined further comment. Treasurer may serve the Nation him from returning. In May he year. He also learned statisti- met the CEO of a small IHS Hired by former Principal with the advice and consent of served as Head Man dancer for cal programming and health clinic in Kyle, South Dakota,” Chief John Red Eagle in 2011, policy modeling which led him the ON Congress once the Prin- the Osage Tribal Princess So- Lamsam said. “In short, it was Walters previously served as rority honor dance in Pawhus- to doing cost-effective analysis cipal Chief appoints an individ- the most impressive clinic I vice president of human re- ka and said the time back of the IHS’ Diabetes Preven- ual to the office. The Fourth ON have ever seen – and that goes sources at Jane Phillips Medical home was the rest he needed. tion Program and one day he Congress meets for its 24-day for everywhere, not just IHS Center in Bartlesville. Walters Tzi-Zho Session starting Sept. “Being back around my hopes to get access to the IHS facilities. Develop a vision, get helped implement revamped 2 and during that time will con- community was just what the database to validate his results providers on board with your ON human resources policies sider confirmations of appoin- doctor ordered. In college, my with official data, he said. and procedures as the Nation tees for the Treasurer position summers and breaks usually As an undergrad he was a goals, and use a lot of statis- undertook its merit-based em- as well as several boards and had to do with applications Udall Scholar in 2013, he co- tics. That makes a bigger dif- ployment system. In September commissions. or lab work,” Lamsam said. chaired the Stanford Powwow ference than a new cure or 2010, the Second ON Congress Appointed by Chief Red “Catching up with folks and in 2012, established the Indig- better technology.” passed ONCA 10-85 into law es- Eagle in March 2012, Catcher tablishing the merit-based em- joined the Nation as the third ployment system. appointed Treasurer in the monthly loan payments for Norris to sponsor the amend- Walters was originally hired 2006 reformed tribal govern- Congress the campus master plan ment as it prepares to issue as the compensation analyst in –from Page 2 ment’s history. She previously for the final three months online surveys to Osages who summer 2011 and helped com- served as CN Treasurer after mental departments and of the 2014 fiscal year. elect to participate in them by pile market raises and educa- being appointed by former programs. According to the tion credit bonuses for the ON Principal Chief Chad Smith providing their emails to the bill, the Nation’s divisions Red Corn said the Nation employee positions to make and was confirmed by the Executive Branch. will reduce to five from six. will be responsible for approxi- them competitive. Cherokee Tribal Council in Red Corn also said when the They are: Division of Child, mately $90,500 in monthly Walters was also a witness January 2004. surveys are completed, the ag- Family and Senior Com- payments plus interest for the in Red Eagle’s removal trial “It has been a pleasure to gregate results will be public munity Services; Division bank loan capped at $10 mil- in January of this year. She serve the Osage Nation in the of Cultural Preservation, lion. information, but the individual was questioned on her ethi- role of Treasurer and I look Arts, Heritage and Lan- email addresses of those who cal decision-making and testi- forward to working with a new • ONCA 14-41 (Congressman guage; Division of Educa- participate will be protected fied she leaked information to Treasurer to ensure a smooth James Norris) is an amend- Red Eagle’s office when certain transition for the accounting tion and Early Learning; ment to the Nation’s open under this amendment. An ad- employees were being inves- department and the Nation,” Division of Health, Fit- records act seeking to vertisement asking for Osages tigated by the Osage Nation Catcher said in the email. ness and Wellness; and protect the mail and email to participate in the forthcom- Attorney General’s office, in- The Treasurer’s position Division of Land, Com- addresses of Osage Nation ing surveys appears in the Au- merce and Public Safety. cluding his granddaughter. is advertised on the Nation’s members who participate gust and September editions of in surveys conducted by The HR director position is website, but the closing date • ONCA 14-53 (Mason) is a the Osage News. advertised on the ON govern- ON government entities. is listed as Aug. 21. The start- $22,677 supplemental ap- Absent during the after- ment website with a starting ing salary is $55.29 per hour or propriation bill to the Osage noon Aug. 1 special session salary of $44.72 per hour or $115,000 annually full-time. News to cover the newspa- During a Congressional were Congress members Ar- $93,017 annually, full-time. For more information on per’s additional professional governmental operations com- chie Mason, John Jech and Requirements include having these and other available job fee costs associated with mittee meeting on the bill, a bachelor’s degree (master’s postings, contact Osage Na- mailing the newspaper and Red Corn said the proposed Angela Pratt. All passed bills degree preferred) in human re- tion Human Resources at (918) to build the newly launched amendment is an effort to pro- were sent to Principal Chief sources or related business de- 287-5445 or visit the website: newspaper website at tect the privacy of Osages who Geoffrey Standing Bear’s of- gree with a minimum of three www.osagenation-nsn.gov/op- www.osagenews.org. participate in future surveys. fice where he signed them into years HR experience and two portunities/job-listings. The Executive Branch asked law. The newspaper budget shifted unused funding in its FY 2014 budget to cover the Bird Creek shortfall created by increases –from Page 2 in mail and distribution costs drying corn and making hominy from scratch in ways that my and new website costs to less- parents were taught how to do it. It’s clear to me that there are en the supplemental appropri- variations in a theme of food preservation throughout the Na- ation request. tion. I only know the way I was taught,” Red Corn said. “It’s that • ONCA 14-48 (Congressman part of it that’s a special piece. Growing food, distributing food Ron Shaw) is an appro- and consuming food, is very important. It’s a central theme of priation bill for the Na- what I would like to see out here, and what I hope others would tion’s Health and Wellness like to see out here.” Division in the amount of There is a lot of hard wood on the property and Chief Standing $300,000 for the Communi- Bear would like to provide wood to bereaved families for their ties of Excellence Programs funeral dinners, In-Lon-Schka committees, hand games, sweat #568 M-Power (NATEN), lodge ceremonies and Native American Church ceremonies. The and #565 Tobacco Control Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center was given money to have a wood- for the 2015 fiscal year. splitter for this purpose. Red Corn said before anything begins on the property the Ex- The two Communities of ecutive Branch and collaborating programs will survey the land, Excellence programs are each the tribal resources needed for the project and would need to receiving Oklahoma state do an overview of money available. Standing Bear would like to grant funding in the amounts have a pumpkin patch for Osage families in October. of $150,000 each. The depart- “The special part is the part when we begin to once again prac- ment focuses on issues causing tice cultural traditions of food preservation that are ours and chronic disease through edu- that have always been ours,” Red Corn said. “I’ve spent a couple cating the public on healthy years wondering how to get something like this done without food choices, exercise and having to go purchase land to do it. I’ve thought about the Ar- smoking cessation. kansas River bottoms, but it’s a long way from Pawhuska, a long way from population centers and folks that could volunteer and • ONCA 14-52 (Congres- cooperate. It’s a long way from our main work force. It’s always sional Speaker Maria been in my mind that food production is important to us espe- Whitehorn) is an appro- cially that’s what we did a long time ago. We didn’t depend on priation bill for $280,000 anyone else for food, we depended on ourselves for food.” that will be used to pay 6 September 2014 Osage News • osagenews.org

Proctor came across several Dhegiha tapes of Osage speakers from –from Page 1 the 1960s and 1970s that were This same movement goes just sitting in storage. His rec- Two Pawhuska for the tribes in the Dhegiha ommendation to other tribes language family comprising with old audio files is: “You the Osage, Quapaw, Omaha, village board need to get them digitized be- Kaw and Ponca tribes. Discussion of using com- cause those tapes, even those puter technology dominated old reel-to-reel tapes, sit on members resign, the lectures and presentations each other and (could) start heard at the 2014 Dhegiha bleeding onto each other.” Language Conference now in Proctor said the University of vacancies filled its fourth year. Approximately BENNY POLACCA/Osage News Oklahoma has a program set By Benny Polacca 70 people and their families Osage Nation Language Depart- Osage News from the five tribes attended ment Director Herman “Mogri” up for digitizing tapes for lan- Lookout speaks at the 2014 Dhegi- the July 30-31 conference held guage use. With two resig- ha Language Conference held July at the Quapaw tribe’s Down- Proctor said through this 30-31 at the Quapaw tribe’s Down- nations from the stream Casino Resort. stream Casino Resort. research of audio files allowed Pawhuska Indian Village Five-Woman Attendees comprised sev- the Dhegiha language tribes to eral tribal language speakers website but were not in-person Board, the end of an hear and compare similarities who shared their knowledge students. “And they learned, era has come with two men now filling the tips and stories on using newer they were driven enough to in their languages of words, vacancies. computer technology in reach- learn just that little bit of sentences and questions. He Asa Cunningham- ing language learners. things that were on this web- played several samples during Concha and Renee In opening remarks, Osage site and so we thought ‘why his presentation. Harris resigned their Nation Language Director don’t we try that?’” she said. For example, one word that board positions this Herman “Mogri” Lookout said Pipestem said one major summer and fel- is pronounced the same in the “we’ve got a lot of work to do” challenge the Osage language low village residents in teaching the Native lan- department is facing is getting five Dhegiha tribal languages Ryan Red Corn and Osage News guages and acknowledged the the Osage orthography recog- is “ni” meaning water. Harrison Shackelford Dhegiha tribes’ relationships nized by Unicode, which is the In its fourth year, the Dhegi- have stepped in to fill Ryan Red Corn the vacancies until with each other. “I feel like we nonprofit consortium that cre- ha Language Conference is the board’s two-year are one, I don’t care if we did ates encoding systems for glob- hosted by the nonprofit Dhegi- terms expire next year. anything here at this confer- al languages so the respective ha Preservation Society, which Village board chair- ence but just be around and language can be typed onto a woman Paula Stabler comprises members from the talk to you all and relate with computer thanks to a keyboard said Red Corn and you, get to know you, get to re- code developed by Unicode. five tribes and the group seeks Shackelford’s appoint- establish that relationship and “That’s the biggest chal- sponsors and donations for the ments to the board I think when we meet like this lenge that we have – you can’t annual conference. This year’s were announced at it’s worthwhile … right now just type (the Osage language) the July 21 village sponsors included the Osage there’s nothing else that gath- into any software, it doesn’t board meeting. Per Nation, Osage Casino and ers us like this.” work, you have to upload im- the Pawhuska village constitution, vacan- “As we get more closer, we ages (instead),” Pipestem said, Osage Foundation in addition cies may be filled by find out our language is pretty adding efforts are underway to the Quapaw’s Downstream the village committee close,” Lookout said using a to request the Unicode con- Casino Resort and the Omaha (commonly referred to childhood story as an example. sortium to add the Osage lan- and Ponca tribes. Osage mem- as a five-man board During a trip to Macy, Neb., on guage as a recognized one for bers serving on the Dhegiha among the three Osage the Omaha reservation, Look- computer use. villages). Society include Bill Lynn out recalled the Omaha chil- Mark Pearson, an informa- Cunningham-Con- Osage News dren his age spoke in a similar tion technologies worker for (chairman), Candy Thomas cha recently married Harrison Shackelford language and one of them re- the ON Language Department, and Jodie Revard. and moved out of the ferred to Lookout as an “Oke- said he’s spent hours research- village, prompting her resignation due to the constitution requirement that board members “shall be domi- sa” and he teased back saying ing new software for possible DPS Mission Statement ciled in the Pawhuska Indian Village.” Stabler said the child was an “Okesa” to use in the department. In his The Osage, Omaha, Qua- Harris informed her she was resigning due to person- him as well. presentation, Pearson shared al reasons shortly before the Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka paw, Kaw, Ponca, Northern Lookout noted that teaching a list of software recommen- dances in June. language classes online is not dations with the conference Ponca Peoples, are bound to The board spoke with other residents in seeking pro- same as in-person, but “it’s a participants for ideas on using one another through a shared spective board members to fill the two vacancies before start” in reaching more people. computers in teaching the lan- history, ancient, social, po- deciding on Red Corn and Shackelford. Shackelford is currently interim director for Osage Lookout said the Language guage. litical and cultural relation- Department live streams out For example, Pearson rec- Nation Tribal Works Department and Red Corn co-owns ships and related languages, its classes when they are in ommends: Audacity, which and is president of his graphic design business Buffalo Nickel. session, but said it’s not the is a free computer software the latter of which is in jeop- Both men join Stabler, Paula Farid and Jodell Heath same without interaction with used for recording and edit- ardy of extinction. Cognizant on the village board until the next village election, which of the critical importance of the students. In the meantime, ing sounds; Powtoon is an must be held on the first Monday in October of each odd- Lookout said challenges that online business presentation the Dhegiha languages to the numbered year, according to the village constitution. language programs may run software tool for creating ani- cultural and social wellbeing Elected in 2012 by village residents in wake of the in- mated videos; Camtasia is a into is spending costs for the of each respected tribe, under- vestigation of the former Five-Man Board activities and technology upgrades for lan- professional screen recording spending of Pawhuska Osage Casino lease rent money signed hereby come together guage classes. and video editing software; paid to the village, the Five-Woman Board sought to Osage language instructor Xsplit is a live streaming and to establish the Dhegiha Pres- clean up the village and revived the board’s monthly Veronica Pipestem said she’s recording software. ervation Society for the pur- meeting schedule. The board work included tackling the finances and cleaning the village landscape peppered also developed online language Former ON language de- pose of protecting, preserving, with abandoned dilapidated mobile homes, litter and classes, which may be taken partment instructor Billy Proc- preservating the Dhegiha lan- unattended trash piles. The board members’ workload at a student’s convenience to tor (also Quapaw) now teaches guages through training, edu- also increased to include village improvement projects work on “self-paced” language the Quapaw language and not- cation, publication, program for cleaning and upgrading the facilities in Wakon Iron lessons. She said the idea for ed the importance of using au- Hall and managing a day-workers program, which paid development, curriculum de- the self-paced lessons came dio files and tapes to research, village residents for landscaping work. from meeting Osages who preserve and teach Native velopment, outreach and social Stabler, Cunningham-Concha, Heath, Harris and viewed language lesson ma- languages as he learned while and cultural exchange activi- Farid were re-elected to their posts in 2013. During that terial from the department’s working for Osage Nation. ties. election, Red Corn was also nominated as a board candidate with the five women and placed sixth in the election. Following re-election, the board started focusing on other improvement projects to build new guest arbors for the Hominy and Grayhorse districts during the June In-Lon-Schka dances, which were constructed and first used this year. Now the board is focusing on the new Pawhuska dance arbor project to replace the current ag- ing one. The village board will present the arbor construction plans to the Fourth Osage Nation Congress during the Tzi-Zho Session and will request funding to pay for the construction costs. A meeting date to discuss the plans has yet to be announced. In related news, Congressman Otto Hamilton is spon- soring the appropriation bill seeking $2.5 million for the Pawhuska dance arbor project. The bill (ONCA 14-56 with Congressman Archie Mason listed as co-sponsor) was filed on Aug. 22 and seeks the $2.5 million that would be appropriated to the Nation’s capital asset and improvement fund, if passed, to cover the construction costs, surrounding improvements, design costs and costs to cover the demolition of the current arbor. Stabler said she will remain chairwoman, Farid remains vice chairwoman, Heath will serve as treasurer, Red Corn will serve as secretary and Shackelford will be a board member at-large. The Pawhuska village committee holds its monthly BENNY POLACCA/Osage News board meetings on the third Monday of each month in 2014 Dhegiha Language Conference participants play handgame on July 30 during the two-day event at the Wakon Iron Hall at 7 p.m. Downstream Casino Resort. The Dhegiha language speakers include the Osage, Omaha, Kaw, Ponca and Qua- paw tribes. Osage News • osagenews.org September 2014 7

have drilled and accessed prop- vironmental Assessment must erties without having valid be performed. leases, valid drilling permits, Members of the Osage Min- Osage surface owner authorization erals Council expressed con- and requisite NEPA documen- cerned about Environmental tation. Donelson and Friend claim Assessments being required, leads their damages include: fearing it would slow down the drilling process. They talked • Loss of use and enjoyment of their property at length with Osage Agency Superintendent Robin Phil- fight • Contamination of the soil lips at their August meetings • Contamination of about the required assess- their surface water ments, which is not a new against • Contamination of requirement but is now be- their groundwater ing enforced. An Oil producer spoke against the EA’s at the • Diminution in value oil and of their property meetings, also fearing it would slow down his company’s pro- • Plaintiffs and class mem- duction. bers should recover compensation for the companies’ Companies being sued in- gas clude: Devon Energy; Chapar- unjust enrichment including disgorgement of profits ral Energy, LLC; Encana Oil & Gas, Inc.; Performance Energy drilling Donelson owns approxi- Resources, LLC; CEJA Corpo- mately 2,000 acres near Bur- ration; CEP Mid-Continent, By Shannon Shaw Duty bank in which numerous oil LLC; Linn Energy Holdings, Osage News wells have been drilled and continue to be operated on her LLC; Sullivan & Company, In June of this year, Martha property without her consent. LLC; Cardinal River Energy, Donelson filed a complaint in Friend, who is also a land- LP; Revard Oil & Gas Proper- the Northern District Court of owner, owns land near Homi- ties, Inc.; Black Lava Resourc- Oklahoma against Devon En- ny. He said numerous oil wells Courtesy Photo/ Cherlyn Reeves es, LLC; B&G Oil Company; ergy Production Company and have been drilled on his land Orion Exploration, LLC; Nadel the Bureau of Indian Affairs. A picture of Celia Lanham’s property she owns in the historic cross tim- as well without his consent. and Gussman, LLC; Lammam- Her claim: the BIA was fail- bers. She said in January of 2013 at the Negotiated Rulemaking Commit- Both the Donelson and co Drilling, LLC; Clear Moun- ing to comply with the Na- tee meetings that an oil company came on her land and cleared large Friend properties are subject tional Environmental Policy areas of cross timbers to drill without her consent. The groundwater they to BIA approved oil and gas tain Production, LLC; Short took to drill dried up her land and will take years to recover, said Cherlyn Act of 1969 and certain oil and mining leases because they sit Oil, LLC; Wellco Energy, Inc.; Reeves, horticulturalist. Lanham, an Osage County landowner, was at the atop the Osage Minerals Es- Ram Energy Resources, Inc.; gas mining leases and drilling NRC meetings to comment on the Osage Agency’s lack of enforcement tate. permits issued by the Osage on drilling regulations. Marco Oil Company, LLC; BGI Agency were void. The Osage Minerals Estate Resources, LLC; Halcon Re- is approximately 1.5 million In August, she and John a concession agreement, lease ing represented by Drummond sources Corporation; The Link Friend filed a class-action law- or drilling permit approved by Law, PLLC, and according to acres. Oil Company; Osage Energy suit on Aug. 11 and sued 27 oil the BIA in Osage County in the brief filed they want a de- According to the brief, Resources, LLC; Toomey Oil companies as well as the DOI, violation of NEPA – and she claratory judgment to block NEPA prohibits agencies from making permanent damages Company, Inc.; Kaiser-Francis the BIA and all lessees and wants a jury trial. the companies from entering of resources before its NEPA operators who have obtained Donelson and Friend are be- and drilling on lands until they Anadarko, LLC; Helmer Oil analysis is completed and re- “have obtained a valid lease Corp.; and Spyglass Energy quires an environmental im- Group, LLC. and satisfied the other condi- pact statement (EIS) before Check back on osagenews. tions precedent necessary for authorizing any “major Fed- Northern California Osage access to the property” or from eral action significantly affect- org for updates in this case. “commencing drilling opera- ing the quality of the human tions until they have obtained environment.” Furthermore, meeting scheduled Oct. 4 a valid drilling permit.” to determine whether an EIS She claims the companies is required by NEPA, an En- Wilson pleads in Petaluma guilty, St. John Osage News and adults. (Pratt will also host a study group the The Northern California applies for court Osage organization is holding day before the meeting) its fall gathering on Saturday • “Traditional Osage Foods appointed Oct. 4 at the Petaluma Com- with a Healthy Twist” munity Center. cooking demonstra- attorney All Osages and their families and friends are welcome at tion by Congresswoman Osage News Shannon Edwards this event. Former Osage Nation Trib- The meeting agenda in- • Artists and Musicians: al Works Director, Daniel St. cludes: representatives from Yatika Fields- Artist Talk John, pleaded not guilty to- the Osage Nation Language day. He applied for a court ap- Department, Osage Tribal & “Live Painting” a work Osage News File Photo pointed attorney and ON Trial Museum, Wahzhazhe Ballet, for auction at the meeting; Court Judge Marvin Stepson Former United Osages of Southern California chairman Bill My- Osage cooking demonstra- Marca Cassity- singer/song- will have to approve. ers speaks with Candy Thomas at the May 2012 UOSC meeting tions, artists, and musicians, writer; Terry Filer- Flute St. John is due back for a in Carlsbad. Osage Nation government offi- and artwork, and author no issue disposition on Sept. cials, Osage Minerals Council, Ruby Hansen Murray lead- 11. Former ON Maintenance artist Yatika Fields live painting a writing workshop. worker, Wayne Wilson, plead- ing, artist talk and auction, In- ed guilty and was given a six dian goods for sale, and there • ON Constituent Services UOSC chairman month deferred sentence (pro- will be activities for children. Director Jacque Jones will bation) and ordered to pay $55 in court costs and $838.60 in • Osage Tribal Museum be available to provide restitution. He is due back in Director Kathryn Red Corn information about tribal steps down court on Feb. 12, 2015. will present a history of the resources and help with ”The main thing I wanted Wazhazhe Ballet and have Osage News any constituents’ ques- to get was restitution back to a *genealogy reference table tions or issues of concern. Help wanted: a new chairman for the United Osages of the Nation,” said ON Attorney set up for individual fam- Southern California organization. General Jeff Jones. ily research including the • Elected Osage Na- Citing health issues, Bill Myers announced on Aug. 17 On July 22, Jones filed a 1872 Annuity Roll; Kansas tion officials and Min- that he is stepping down as UOSC chairman of the long- criminal complaint in ON baptismal, marriage and eral Council guests. time group that provided yearly meetings of fellowship Trial Court against Wilson for internment records; bands for West Coast Osages – especially those living in the San larceny. He filed a criminal • Danette Daniels and and clans information, and Diego and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. complaint against St. John for more. (*Musuem will be col- Julie O’Keefe from the “I will no longer be Chairman of United Osage of South- criminal conspiracy. lecting copies of historical Cedar Chest Indian ern California as my eyesight has diminished to the point According to the affidavit, photos. Make a hard-copy or Shop in Pawhuska with of not being able to write, use the computer or see any St. John instructed Wilson to copy to disc of your Osage custom Osage cloth- forms or details,” Myers said in a mass email sent to deconstruct the sewage tank ancestors or family photos UOSC meeting attendees. He said there will be no UOSC ing and Indian goods. on Jan. 13. Wilson then trans- for submission to the mu- meetings until a new chairperson is named and he en- ported the metal to Frailey’s seum permanent collection) • Lunch (Traditional couraged interested people to contact him. Recycling in Turley, Okla., The last UOSC meeting was held May 2013 in Carls- • Senior Osage Tribal Mu- dishes with a healthy on at least three separate oc- bad and featured presentations by Osage Nation govern- seum Researcher (and twist) and dinner casions, profiting $838.60. ment and cultural departments. Wahzhazhe Ballet com- The money was then divided • Raffle (please bring Through the years, UOSC meetings have provided op- between Wilson and Samu- poser) Lou Brock with his portunities for West Coast area Osages to network with Osage Nation Timeline any gently used or new el Brothers, who is Wilson’s item for the raffle) each other and to connect with Oklahoma Osages who at- neighbor in the Pawhuska book project research (new tend the meetings as candidates running for office; who updated edition will be Indian Village, and no money • Handgame are presenting or providing ON government services; vis- was returned to the Nation. available for purchase) iting California relatives; or to learn about Osage art and and Wazhazhe Ballet score Wilson admitted he sold the The Community Center is culture from seasoned instructors providing the lectures tank as scrap metal and prof- sample piano recital and workshops at the meetings. located at 320 N. McDowell ited from the sale, according to The UOSC dates back to the 1940s, according to former • Osage Nation Language Blvd. in Petaluma. There is an the affidavit. teacher and Database UOSC chairman Galen Clavier who served for 20 years St. John said he authorized adjacent park with playground Specialist Cameron Pratt before Myers took over the duties. Wilson to deconstruct the tank for children. will discuss the Wahzhazhe Those interested in the UOSC chairmanship but not to sell it as scrap met- ie (language) and lan- Questions? Please email duties may contact Myers at [email protected] al and was unaware Wilson guage study in small osages@northerncaliforniao- or (760) 439-8521. had sold it, according to the groups for both children sage.org. affidavit. 8 September 2014 Osage News • osagenews.org Osage Boys & Girls Clubs to be 100 percent tribally funded Osage News & Girls Club. The name of the organization may have to be changed because of the use of Osage preference will be Osage tribal funds only.” applied to the Osage Nation According to an Executive Boys & Girls Clubs beginning Directive issued by Principal Sept. 1 since the tribe will be fully funding the entities. The Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear tribe has three clubs located in on Aug. 13, the clubs will ac- Pawhuska, Hominy and Fair- cept applications Sept. 1-Sept. fax. 15 from only Osage applicants, “The Osage Nation will and family members resid- commit over $1 million tribal ing in an Osage household. dollars into the Boys & Girls Beginning Sept. 16, Native Club of the Osage Nation. The Americans from other feder- Osage Nation will use its tribally recognized tribes and al dollars to emphasize Osage non-Native applicants will be TARA MADDEN/Osage News culture to the youth and wel- accepted until all openings are comes any non-Osage youth filled. Students attempt to break a world record in exercising at the Osage Nation Boys and Girls Club last fall. Admit- who is interested in learning An Osage household is de- tance to Boys and Girls Club will now be based off of Osage Preference. the Osage culture,” according fined as a household in which to a prepared release. “A full at least one member of the educational program for the Osage Nation resides, provid- youth in science, math, and ing proof of a validly issued the arts is being developed for Osage Tribal Membership quality education in the Boys card, different from a CDIB. Once a championship pole- vaulter, Dillon Lookout now focuses on medicine Tara Madden Osage News

Dillon Lookout graduated from Jenks High School in May of 2012 with a goal of becoming an Olympic Pole Vaulter. He continued that dream at Oral Roberts University on a track scholarship. Lookout, 20, has since CHALENE TOEHAY/Osage News stopped pole vaulting. A wife, who was also an ORU athlete A father walks with his son at last year’s Cultural Walk. in track, and a career in medicine have taken over his focuses. His academic studies come Cultural Walk and first. “I have been married for two years. I want to focus on my National Indian education for my wife Christi- na, she has really encouraged me to stay focused on educa- Taco Championship tion and my goals to make a difference and change people’s lives,” Lookout said. scheduled in October His junior year of high school he won the 6A Okla- Osage News homa Regional Track and In early October, Osages are welcome to take advantage of Field State Championships, he two back-to-back weekends of Native American-themed events broke the Jenks High School’s in Osage County: the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center’s annual pole-vaulting record after he Cultural Walk and the 2014 National Indian Taco Champion- cleared 16-6, his personal best, ship in downtown Pawhuska. earning him the rank of third On Oct. 11-12, the WCC will host its sixth annual Cultural in the nation. Then he suf- Walk, which is open to Osages and their families. Participant fered an injury his senior year, registration is required by Oct. 1 and downloadable registration which slowed him down. After forms are available on the WCC’s website at: www.osagenation- the injury, he still earned Jen- nsn.gov/who-we-are/cultural-center/cultural-walk. ks Athlete of the Year twice, CHALENE TOEHAY/Osage News Since 2009, the WCC has hosted the Cultural Walk for scores was team captain, a five-time Dillon Lookout walks to the Grayhorse In-Lon-Schka arbor for this year’s of Osages and their families to participate in the Cultural Walk All-American and a four-time dances. that commemorates the 1871 final move of the Osage people all-state selection. He was from Kansas to the modern day Osage Reservation. The walk runner-up in the state champi- “My grade point average has medical school at the Univer- takes place at the Mullendore Crossbell Ranch in the far north- onships his senior year with a gone up substantially since fo- sity of Oklahoma or the Uni- eastern corner of Osage County. This site was chosen because of jump of 16-3. On top of all his cusing on my academics and versity of Minnesota when he’s its historical significance: the ranch is exact location of the trail commitments to pole-vaulting, my goals of becoming a MD done at ORU. Lookout would where most of the Osages who came to Oklahoma from Kansas he also wrestled and played [medical doctor],” Lookout like to help his Osage people first crossed over into Osage County. football. said. upon graduating and possibly The Walk itself is an overnight camping trip that culminates As a freshman at ORU, he Lookout has three years left work for the Indian Health with a three-mile hike from the original 1871 historic marker competed in seven indoor and at Oral Roberts University in Service. to the Crossbell Ranch, ranch house. At the ranch house the five outdoor meets, finishing the nursing program and has Lookout is grandson of Star Mullendore Family will provide a catered meal for all attend- third overall at the Track-It plans to move on to medical ees. Other activities on the Cultural Walk include a tradition- Buster Invitational, trailing school to pursue his goal of in- Lee and Mike Jones (who was al Osage meal cooked over an open fire, Indian Dice, an Osage two of his ORU senior team- ternal medicine or family prac- a national champion wrestler), handgame, s’mores, and storytelling. mates. tice. He said he wants to earn and Rosemary Shaw. He is a For more information, the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center can He says he doesn’t really his nursing degree first so he member of the Pawhuska Dis- be reached at (918) 287-5537. miss pole vaulting but he does can help pay for his family and trict and participates in the In- keep up with how the sport is schooling while going to school. Lon-Schka dances in June and National Indian Taco Championship set for Oct. 4 doing. Lookout plans to apply for is a former Waterboy. The Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce will host the annual After speaking with his National Indian Taco Championship on the streets of downtown uncle Dr. Ron Shaw about Pawhuska on Oct. 4 starting at 10 a.m. medicine and the medical pro- This cooking competition event brings Indian taco cooks to- fession, Lookout decided it was gether where they can set up food booths to sell their frybread the direction he wanted his dishes to the public and compete in the annual Indian taco cook- future to go. Shaw is also an ing contest for cash prizes and a year’s worth of bragging rights. Osage Nation Congressman. Registration is required and interested participants may con- He said his uncle was very in- tact the Chamber of Commerce at (918) 287-1208 for more in- fluential with his decision to formation and registration applications are available online at: move in the direction of medi- www.pawhuskachamber.com/national-indian-taco-champion- cine. ship Lookout was focused on his Admission to this event is free, but for a $5 fee, visitors can goals of becoming an Olympic also be judges during the competition where they will sample pole-vaulter and briefly pole- and score the Indian taco entries. The contest will include pre- vaulted for ORU, but when his liminary rounds before facing a final round for the top three grades began to fall, he knew spots. he had to do something about The top three finishers will be awarded cash prizes: first place his academics. So with the $1,500, second place $1,000 and third is $500. love and determination he put into pole-vaulting, he put into See NDN TACO his academics to achieve those —Continued on Page 19 goals as well. Osage News • osagenews.org September 2014 9

Osage Nation Language Department

2014 Fall Schedule September 15-December 19

PAWHUSKA

WEDNESDAY Lunch with Language Stephanie Rapp Noon-1 p.m. CHALENE TOEHAY/Osage News THURSDAY Elder’s Osage Addie Hudgins 1 p.m.-2 p.m. Oklahoma Governor Candidate Joe Dorman (center) with Eddy Red Eagle Jr., Joe Conner and Assistant Principal Chief Raymond Red Corn, visited with locals Aug. 26 at the Wah-Zha-Zhi Osage 1 Ed Shaw 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Cultural Center. Advanced Osage Herman Lookout/ 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Bill Lynn Children’s Osage Addie Hudgins/ 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Pre-K-Grade 3 Cameron Pratt/ Grade 4+

GRAYHORSE - FAIRFAX MONDAY Children’s Osage Tracey Moore/ 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Donna Barrone Osage I & II Donna Barrone 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. TUESDAY Advanced Osage Tracey Moore 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. CHALENE TOEHAY/Osage News Osage County residents listen to Oklahoma Governor Candidate Joe Dorman speak at the WEDNESDAY Elder’s Osage I & II Donna Barrone 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. meet and greet that was held at the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center on August 26.

HOMINY THURSDAY Osage I & II Roman Hutchens 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Case rescheduled for former SKIATOOK MONDAY Osage I & II Roman Hutchens 6 p.m.-7 p.m. child support worker By Benny Polacca Sherwood, also a licensed attorney EDMOND Osage News who is representing herself in this case, TUESDAY Osage I & II Addie Hudgins 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. responded to the charges by filing an The civil court case against a former Aug. 6 answer in tribal court simply Osage II Mogri Lookout 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Osage Nation Child Support Depart- stating: “The Defendant denies each ment employee, accused of violating and every allegation in the Complaint the Nation’s open records and child and demands strict proof thereof.” TULSA support enforcement laws 50 times, is Jones filed the case in tribal court on WEDNESDAY Osage I & II Jacquelyn Delong 6 p.m.-7 p.m. set for Sept. 4. The defendant request- July 18 – the same day Sherwood was ed a rescheduled court date citing a terminated from her process server and conflicting appointment to appeal her TIP coordinator post with the Child Fall break will be observed the week of October 13-17 and NO classes firing. Support Department. Jones said Sher- will be in session. The week of Thanksgiving, November 24-28, there Elizabeth Kathleen Sherwood asked wood had received a written warning will be NO classes. the ON Trial Court for a continuance in the case on Aug. 6, which is the day for a personnel matter under the Na- before she was scheduled for an initial tion’s HR policies, which she sought to hearing. At issue is whether Sherwood appeal and breached her office’s confi- allegedly violated the Nation’s open re- dentiality rules by disclosing protected Language Department cords and child support laws 50 times client information in her support docu- when she disclosed client information ments shared with the HR committee Site Listings to an HR grievance committee that was to challenge the warning. meeting earlier this summer to consid- According to Jones, Sherwood took er Sherwood’s appeal regarding a writ- screenshots of the confidential client Pawhuska ten disciplinary warning against her. information, which she then copied Main Office Sherwood filed a copy of a July 30 and gave to the HR department. Child letter she received from former ON hu- support client information typically 222 West Main Street man resources director Delary Walters Pawhuska, OK 74056 includes data regarding the amounts who wrote to inform Sherwood that her a person is paying in child support, (918) 2876-5505 grievance hearing to reconsider her names, addresses and other identifying termination was also set for Aug. 7, at information regarding those involved the same time she was due in court for in a case. Grayhorse-Fairfax skiatook the initial hearing. The court complaint against Sher- 260 North 2nd Street Skiatook Public Library According to ON Attorney General wood states that if convicted, a person Fairfax, OK 74637 316 East Rogers Jeff Jones, who filed the case on be- half of the Nation, the three-person charged with violating the Nation’s ph (918) 287-5611 Skiatook, OK 74070 grievance committee, which heard open records act faces a fine ranging of (918) 642-3185 ph (918) 287-5505 Sherwood’s Aug. 7 appeal, upheld the $1,000 to $5,000 per charge. A person fax (918) 642-3210 termination. convicted of disclosing confidential in- edmond A rescheduled hearing is set for Sept. formation under the ON child support hominy 215 N. Boulevard 4 with presiding Trial Court Chief enforcement act is subject to a $1,000 Judge Marvin Stepson. fine per offense. Osage County Edmond, OK Interlocal Coop ph (405) 726-3300 207 E. Main Street Hominy, OK 74035 TULSA ph (918) 287-5505 Zarrow Regional Library September 18th is the fax (918) 287-5535 2224 W. 51st Street Tulsa, OK 74107 deadline for all submissions ph (918) 287-5505 for the October issue of the Visit us on the Web! www.osagetribe.com/language

Osage Nation Language Mark it on your calendars! www.osagenews.org Department 619 Kihekah • Pawhuska, OK 74056 10 September 2014 Osage News • osagenews.org American Indian Exposition All Photos Chalene Toehay / Osage News

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Osage Tribal Princess Katelynn Pipestem attends the American Indian Exposition on Aug. 9.

Osage Tribal Princess Katelynn Pipe- stem gourd dances with the other tribal princesses at the American Indian Expo- sition dance on Aug. 9.

Osage Tribal Princess Katelynn Pipe- stem dances with her aunt Veronica Pipestem at the American Indian Expo- sition dance on Aug. 9.

Osage Tribal Princess Katelynn Pipe- stem shakes hands with young children who attended the American Indian Ex- position dance on Aug. 9.

Osage Tribal Princess Katelynn Pipe- stem shakes hands with the elders who attended the American Indian Exposi- tion dance on Aug. 9.

Osage Tribal Princess Katelynn Pipe- stem rides a horse in the American In- dian Exposition Parade on Aug. 9. Osage News • osagenews.org September 2014 11

SHANNON SHAW DUTY/Osage News Beams of the new Osage Nation Welcome Center have been raised as the Campus Master Plan construction progresses.

Summer’s End…

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LEFT: Pawhuska JOM holds their first meeting of the school year at the Skate Park in Pawhuska.

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RIGHT: Vann Wildcat slides into the Pawhuska JOM meeting Aug. 26 at the Skate Park. 12 September 2014 Osage News • osagenews.org Chief Standing Bear appoints eight to ON boards and commissions By Benny Polacca Osage News

Pending confirmation consideration by the Fourth Osage Na- tion Congress, eight individuals are now appointed to several boards and commissions. Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear appointed the eight people (seven are Osage) and those appointment confirmations will be considered by the ON Congress when it meets for its first 24-day regular Tzi-Zho Session starting Sept. 2. In the meantime, the appointees will serve interim terms and TARA MADDEN/Osage News took oaths of office at the tribal courthouse in Pawhuska. Nancy Pillsbury Shirley was sworn in on Aug. 28 to serve on the Osage Nation Foundation Board. Norman Akers, Jerry Shaw, Mary “Liz” Ricketts, and George Shannon are appointees for the Traditional Cultural Advisors Committee. Akers is a seasoned painter and currently an associate professor of visual arts at the University of Kansas. He holds a master’s of fine arts degree from the University of Illinois and has had his painting works on display in art galleries, museums, ex- hibitions and shows throughout the country. Akers (Grayhorse District) has also taught at other art schools including the Insti- tute of American Indian Arts, Oklahoma State University and UI-Urbana-Champaign. Ricketts is a former Pawhuska District head cook who served for two Drumkeepers. She recently retired as executive director of the Housing Authority of the Osage Tribe after 27 years of service. During her work tenure, Ricketts established a 501(c) (3) for the entity to become a community development financial institution known as Osage Financial Resources Inc. to make financing available to Native Americans. Also during her work, 600 mutual-help homes for Osage citizens were built and the deeds to those homes were conveyed last year. Shaw, who served on the 31st Osage Tribal Council, is a history and minority studies instructor at Wichita State University TARA MADDEN/Osage News with 43 years of college teaching experience including Native American history and culture. A former Grayhorse District Head Jerry Shaw was sworn in on Aug. 28 to serve on the Traditional Cultural Advisors Committee. Committeeman, Shaw also served as water boy, whipman and committeeman during the In-Lon-Schka dances. Also during his tribal council service, Shaw was instrumental in establishing the current ON Language Department. Shannon is retired from the banking business where he worked as a trust officer for two California banks and worked as vice president and trust officer for the Fourth National Bank in Tulsa. Shannon, a U.S. Army veteran, also worked as a business consultant for Oklahoma tribes including the Osage Nation, Cherokee Nation and Choctaw Nation. Shannon is a member of the Hominy In-Lon-Schka committee and chairman of the Mary Morrell Russell Descendants Inc., the family’s Native American Church. Belle-Renee Wilson (Hominy District) is appointed to the second alternate seat on the ON Election Board. Wilson’s professional experience includes working as a volunteer or director of Family Services at U.S. Air Force bases including Davis-Mon- than in Tucson, Ariz., and two in the United Kingdom while her husband served as an Air Force Lt. Colonel. She also worked as a cashier/ main banker at the Osage Casino predecessor Osage CHALENE TOEHAY/Osage News Million Dollar Elm Casino in Hominy and worked as a service From L to R: Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Marsha Harlan, George Shannon, Norman Akers, Elizabeth representative for a North Chicago credit union. Ricketts, Belle Wilson and Trial Court Judge Marvin Stepson. Tulsa-based attorney Dawn Pratt Harrington (Osage) is appointed to the ON Gaming Enterprise Board. Harrington is a University of Tulsa law school graduate and her work experience includes serving as attorneys general for the Otoe-Mis- Chief Standing Bear reveals souria Tribe and Osage Nation under the former government system and served as state board president for the American administration’s organizational chart Indian Chamber of Commerce. She is currently the executive director for T.K. Wolf Inc., a counseling and consulting firm, and she also practices law focusing on crime, juvenile, tribal and gaming issues. Attorney, consultant and former ON District Court judge Marsha Harlan (Osage) is appointed to the ON Gaming Com- mission. Harlan holds a TU law degree and lives in Park Hill, Okla., where she is a founding partner of Indian Collaborative Consultants LLC and she is also a partner for law firm Legal Advocates for Indian Country, LLP. Harlan also holds several judiciary roles for other Oklahoma tribes including: Pawnee Na- tion Supreme Court Justice; District Court Judge for the Kicka- poo Tribe; District Court Judge for the Seminole Nation; and Supreme Court Judge for the Miami Tribe. Nancy Pillsbury Shirley is appointed to the ON Foundation Board. This is the second time Shirley is being considered for the Foundation Board after a previous appointment by former Principal Chief Jim Gray was voted down by the First ON Con- gress in 2009. Shirley, a Ladue, Mo., resident, is currently president of the Pillsbury Marketing Company and is owner of The Tara Plantation. Shirley’s nonprofit activities include serving as COURTESY PHOTO executive vice president and treasurer of the Ed & H Pillsbury Osage Nation Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear has released his administration’s organizational chart. He Foundation; Board Chairwoman for the Winter Opera St. Louis; is the first chief since the 2006 Osage reformed government to make his organizational chart public. and board member for the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home. Harlan, Harrington, Wilson, Akers, Ricketts and Shannon took their oaths on Aug. 20 at the ON tribal courthouse. John Letters to the Editor “Trey” Goldesberry, recently appointed to the gaming board, If you would like to submit a letter to the editor, please mail it to the Osage News, Attn.: took his oath on Aug. 14. Shannon Shaw, 619 Kihekah, Pawhuska, OK 74056 or send email to sshaw@osagetribe. Shaw and Shirley took their oaths of office at the courthouse org. Letters must be respectful and informative to the reader, and may be edited for gram- on Aug. 28 along with attorney Drew Pierce, who is appointed to mar, clarity and space. the ON Supreme Court. Osage News • osagenews.org September 2014 13

September 18th is the deadline for all submissions for the October issue of the

Mark it on your calendars! www.osagenews.org 619 Kihekah • Pawhuska, OK 74056

Osage Nation Burial Assistance Application Process

• Submit an application within 30 days of time of death • Provide copy of Osage Membership Card for deceased individual • Provide a copy of a death certificate for the deceased individual • Provide a copy of an itemized Funeral Home statement of the deceased individual

The application is complete when all pertinent documentation is received by this office; once the application is complete a letter of approved funds and check will be mailed to the funeral home. Notice will also be sent to the applicant inform- ing them of the amount being paid to the funeral home. • Allow 10-14 working days for completed application to be processed and a check issued.

For more information, questions, or concerns please contact the Osage Nation Constituent Services Office

Osage Nation Constituent Services Office Attention: W. Jacque Jones, Administrator 621 Grandview • Pawhuska, OK 74056 Phone: (918) 287-5662 Fax: (918) 287-5221 • Fax: (918) 699-5221 Email: [email protected] 14 September 2014 Osage News • osagenews.org

More Legislation on Pages 15 and 19 Osage News • osagenews.org September 2014 15 16 September 2014 Osage News • osagenews.org Osage Culture Osages Around the World A record of the past

Charles Red Corn Osage News

Ancient teachings that have endured several cen- turies can form a solid foundation upon which to build a tribal social order as well as a tribal government today. Long ago when Osage Oral Tradition began, it was a way of passing down information from one person to another person, or Courtesy Photo one generation to another Dr. Mary Braunagel-Brown shares her copy of the Osage News with her class of middle school English teachers generation. I have seen sev- in Kunming, China. Mary is the granddaughter of original allottee Lutie Hunt Ericksten of Foraker. eral artistic paintings that Charles Red Corn show an image of an elder ships brought on by a long and three or four younger period without rain would people sitting near to a certainly be experiences low flaming fire that flame worth remembering, just as Osage named to Native in the middle of the lodge the extended time of freez- floor. ing temperatures and frozen One would assume that lakes and streams would be American Technology Council when the Elder spoke he useful in predicting the haz- was actually retelling the Osage News of Information Technology, ards of nature. Information history of Osage People. Robert “Mark” Kirk, direc- Osage Nation, Secretary of that nature is critical to He recited the story in a tor of the Nation’s Information living on this earth. • Kay Rhoades, Past word for word telling of our Technology Department, is history and it was under- Osages today have a lot to the newly-elected Secretary of Chief of Sac and Fox stood that the words and enjoy and to be thankful for. Oklahoma’s Native American Nation, Treasurer thoughts are intended to We can open up a computer Technology Council. be remembered in an accu- and read and understand The council serves as a liai- • Boyd Cummings, Director rate, word for word manner the thoughts of those Old son among tribes and govern- of Information Technology – and would be retold in that Osages. Those words are ment, vendors, and national Sac and Fox Nation, same accurate and under- available to us from those and international business en- Board Member standable way. Old Ones. It is also true that tities. Top technology execu- It was also understood Osages can attend any num- tives from nearly half of the • Jim Nelson, CIO, Chicka- that the detail was impor- ber of Hand Games, Dinners, 39 Oklahoma-based Native saw Nation Industries, tant, because the words American tribes have come to- Burial services, and Name Board Member were intended to be heard gether for the purpose of pool- Robert “Mark” Kirk by future generations who Giving events, or Dances that are still with us. ing knowledge and resources • Michael L. Becker, Gen- were not yet born. to pursue technology opportu- and culture and language. The We have been told that The things mentioned eral Field Representative, nities in Oklahoma, the region, Council will further seek to in- this form of relaying infor- above came to our genera- and internationally, according fluence events and legislation United States Department mation normally took place tion through the art of pass- to a prepared release. in Oklahoma and the US Con- of Agriculture, Advisor during the cold winter ing information by word of Membership in the Coun- gress, according to the release. months. I have also been Officers and members of the • Samual T. Curtis, mouth from One Generation cil is open to any information told that it took place dur- Board of Directors and Adviso- to the next Generation. technology executive, eco- P.E., CEO, AtLink Ser- ing the nighttime hours. ry Board, elected at the Coun- So, it is, those Osages nomic development officer, or vices, LLC, Advisor Today we know the in- cil’s formation meeting in July, of long ago who were very planner who reports directly formation that was handed include: good at remembering the to the elected leader of a feder- • Kurt Kraft, President, down long ago was a com- Prayers, Rituals and Cere- ally recognized tribe based in • Dennis J. Dyer, CIO, Citi- MIDCON Recovery Solu- plex retelling of the human monies. They were also good Oklahoma. zen Potawatomi Nation, experiences, in many ways tions, LLC, Advisor at organizing that knowl- Areas of focus for the Council President/Chair not too different from the include opportunities benefit- • Alvin Myers, President, retelling of relationships edge in a way that guided • Jon B. James, CIO, Chero- ing the member tribes, includ- and humans experience to- our People through the ages. kee Nation of Oklahoma, United Systems, Advisor ing education, technology, day, while in other ways a Their thoughts and words Vice President health, economic development, • Sonja Wall, OCAN Man- different story. were organized very much the preservation of history, • Robert Mark Kirk, Director It was not only a way like a library. ager, OneNet, Advisor of accurately remember- ––––––––– ing and retelling the criti- About the author: cal facts and history of our Charles H. Red Corn, Osage, is People, it was also a means the author of “A Pipe for Feb- of accurately passing on ruary” and various other pub- Prayers and Rituals and lished works. Red Corn received Ceremonies. his B.A. in Psychology and his There was the preserva- Masters of Education Admin- tion of a tribal calendar that istration from Penn State. He was brought on by the dif- is a veteran of the U.S. Army ferent seasons of the year, and resides with his wife Jeri in such as floods or torna- Norman, Okla. He is the Osage does. Certainly, the hard- News culture columnist.

Ki-He-Kah Steh Powwow

Photos by BENNY POLACCA/Osage News Grand entry line at the Ki-He-kah Steh Powwow on July 25.

Julia Wakeford receives her 2014 Ki-He-kah Steh Princess crown on July 25. COsage Newso • osagenews.orgmmunity September 2014 17 Save the Date! –Local Events Calendar SEPTEMBER October 11 – 12 contact (918) 287-3357 6th Annual Cultural Walk or (918) 333-2422 September 12 - 14 For more information Wyandotte Powwow contact (918) 287-5539 November 11 Wyandotte Nation Veterans Day – Observed Powwow Grounds October 13 5.2 miles East of Osage Day – Observed Holiday Wyandotte, Oklahoma Holiday Offices Closed Belle Avery Redding on Highway 60 Offices Closed November 15 and playing tennis. Stacy and September 16 - 18 October 13 – October 27 OKCPS Native Ameri- Stacy Schauvliege Basic Floral Arrangements Beginners Genealogy her parents are very grateful can Student Services Class – Community Classes – Community Congratulations! for the financial support she Enrichment Classes Enrichment Classes 8th Annual OKCPS Stacy Schauvliege is the received from the Osage Edu- Community Ed Pawhuska Community Ed Pawhuska Powwow daughter of Perry and Leslie cation Department in further- Classes on Tuesday Classes on Monday US Grant High School Schauvliege, and great-grand- ing her goals. and Thursday, 6 p.m. 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 5016 S. Pennsylvania Ave. daughter of the late William to 8 p.m. For more information Oklahoma City, Oklahoma David Fronkier, all of Ponca For more information contact (918) 287-3357 City. This past May, Stacy re- Congratulations! contact (918) 287-3357 or (918) 333-2422 For more information ceived her Juris Doctor degree William Hesston and Sum- or (918) 333-2422 contact NASS Office October 18 from The University of Notre mer Redding of Harrah, Okla., at (405) 587-0355 Dame Law School in South September 20 Red Rock Creek welcomed their daughter Belle Osage Nation 2014 Gourd Dance Bend, Indiana. She served as November 18 Avery Redding on July 2. Amazing Race First Council Casino President of the Native Ameri- Friends and Appetizers Pawhuska, Oklahoma Event Center can Law Student Assoc. and Grandparents are Cate Haney For more information Newkirk, Oklahoma Class – Community Social Chair of the Student Newman, TX, Bill Redding, contact (918) 287-5267 For more information Enrichment Classes Bar Association. She has ac- OKC, and Greg and Luwana contact (580) 723-4466 Community Ed Pawhuska cepted an Associate position Ledbetter, Harrah. Belle is September 23 - 25 with the law firm of Crowe & Class on Wednesday named after her great-great- Advance Floral October 18 Dunlevy, Tulsa, where she will Arrangements Class – 11th Annual Pryor 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. focus on Business Law, Indian grandmother, Belle Big Elk Community Wellbriety Powwow For more information Law and Gaming. Her hobbies Haney and great-grandfather, Enrichment Classes Chouteau High School contact (918) 287-3357 include cooking, DIY projects, Bell Charles Haney. Classes on Tuesday 315 W. Whitaker or (918) 333-2422 and Thursday Chouteau, Oklahoma 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information November 18 – For more information contact (918) 698-0583 contact (918) 287-3357 December 17 or (918) 333-2422 October 20 Phlebotomy Classes – New Osage Tribal Sweet Relish Making – Career Development September 26 - 28 Community Enrichment 23rd Annual Comanche Classes Classes Director elected Nation Fair Community Ed Pawhuska Community Ed Pawhuska Comanche Nation Classes on Monday Classes on Tuesday Osage News Complex Classes on Tuesday and Wednesday For more information and Thursday Chalene Toehay, Edi- 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. contact (580) 492-3240 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. torial Assistant/Pho- For more information tographer for the Osage September 27 For more information contact (918) 287-3357 Tulsa State Fair contact (918) 287-3357 News, has been elected Intertribal Powwow or (918) 333-2422 or (918) 333-2422 the new Osage Tribal Tulsa Fairgrounds Director for a three-year October 21 - 30 November 27 Central Park Lawn Publisher Classes – Career term. Thanksgiving Day – Parade in at 7 p.m. Must Development Classes Elections took place register by 6 p.m. Community Ed Pawhuska Observed Holiday in Anadarko, Okla., over September 29 – October 7 Classes on Tuesday Offices Closed the weekend with Toe- Financial Literacy Class – and Thursday hay winning 11-0 over November 28 Chalene Toehay Career Development 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Charisse Satepauhoodle. Classes For more information Osage Heritage Day – Toehay will serve as Community Ed Pawhuska contact (918) 287-3357 Observed Holiday the tribal director to the 2015-2016 Osage Tribal Prin- Classes on Monday or (918) 333-2422 Offices Closed cess. The current tribal director, Angela Satepauhoodle, and Tuesday October 22 will finish out her year as director at this year’s 81st 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Holiday Wreath Making American Indian Exposition, Aug. 6-9. For more information Class – Community DECEMBER “It is an honor and a privilege to be able to serve as the contact (918) 287-3357 Enrichment Classes Osage Tribal Director. I am excited to be able to serve or (918) 333-2422 December 2 Community Ed Pawhuska the Osage Nation in this way,” Toehay said. “The Osage Holiday Upcycle Class – Class on Wednesday Tribal Princess position is a long and respected tradition Community OCTOBER 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and I hope to empower our young Osage women in becom- Enrichment Classes October 4 For more information ing respected ambassadors among our tribal nations.” contact (918) 287-3357 Domestic Violence Community Ed Pawhuska Toehay is a third generation Osage tribal director from Program Presents or (918) 333-2422 Class on Tuesday the Mary Osage Green Family of the Grayhorse District. Honoring Our Osage October 27 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sisters Day Dance She is also a championship dancer in cloth and buckskin Let’s Login to Facebook – Wah-Zha-Zhe Cul- For more information and is currently the president of the Osage Tribal Prin- Community Enrich- tural Center contact (918) 287-3357 cess Sorority. She served as Osage Tribal Princess in ment Classes Beginning at 2 p.m. or (918) 333-2422 1995 and 1996. For more information Community Ed Pawhuska Osage and Kiowa, she is an award-winning photogra- Class on Monday contact (918) 5419 December 24 – 25 pher for the Osage News. She is a member of the Native 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and American Journalism Association, the Society of Profes- October 4 For more information sional Journalists and the Oklahoma Press Association. Northern California Osage contact (918) 287-3357 Christmas Day – Fall 2014 Gathering or (918) 333-2422 Observed Holiday She is the proud mother of three beautiful children. Petaluma Community Offices Closed Center in Lucchesi Park October 31 320 N. McDowell Blvd. Haskell Alumni December 31 Association of Oklahoma Petaluma, California 14th Annual New Years Reunion 2014 October 4 Crowne Plaza Hotel Eve Sobriety Powwow Wah-Zha-Zhi 2014 National Indian 7902 S. Lewis Avenue Cox Business Center Taco Championship (across from Oral Roberts 100 Civic Center Downtown Pawhuska Univ. Mabee Center) Tulsa, Oklahoma Cultural Center More details to follow For more information For more information contact Loretta Bur- October 7 – October 16 contact (918) 639-7999 Combining Word, Power gess (918) 633-7030 Classes announced Point and Excel – Career October 31 – November 2 Development Classes Bacone College Powwow Osage News Community Ed Pawhuska and Indian Fair Have an event? Send event Classes on Tues- Muskogee Civic Center information to the Osage News, Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center Fall 2014 Class Schedule: day and Thursday For more information Attn.: Shannon Shaw, 619 Ki- 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. contact (918) 687-3299 hekah, Pawhuska, OK 74056; Sept. 2 – Finger Weaving 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Tuesdays For more information Sign up: Aug. 15 - Aug. 29 contact (918) 287-3357 email [email protected], Location: WCC or (918) 333-2422 NOVEMBER or fax to (918) 287-5563. Make October 11 November 3 sure to include event date, loca- Sept. 2 – Finger Weaving 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Tuesdays Oklahoma State Uni- Jelly Making Class – tion, email and Web address (if Sign up: Aug. 15 - Aug. 29 Location: Hominy Education Department versity 2014 Powwow Community applicable) and a phone number Enrichment Classes Payne County where someone can be contact- Expo Center Community Ed Pawhuska Sept. 4 – Ribbon Work 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Thursdays Stillwater, Oklahoma Class on Monday ed for validation if necessary. Sign up: Aug. 15 - Aug. 29 For more information 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Deadline for the October 2014 Location: Skiatook Frontier Museum contact (405) 708-9968 For more information issue is September 18, 2014. Contact Vann Bighorse at 918-287-5537 or Harrison Hudgins at 918-287-5632 to sign up for classes. O18 Septemberbituaries 2014 Osage NewsSeptember • osagenews.org 2014 18 Herard(1935). He is survived by his wife Carol Charlene He- rard, his mother Betty Herard of Ponca City, sisters Franc Ann Johnson, Eagle Lake, Tx, Rae(Karl) Karlin, Borger, TX 7 children: Joe and his wife Karen of Ponca City, Russell and his wife Karan of Sulphur, La, Tony and his wife Linda of Crane,Tx, Becky Tootle and her husband Tim of Mul- vane, Ks, Richard and his wife David Russell Herard Cheryl of Bartlesville, Melissa Whitchurch and her husband David Russell Herard Richard of Bartlesville, Chana David Russell Herard, age Ware and her husband Mason 82, of rural Bartlesville, passed of Hinton, Ok, 20 grandchil- away July 1, 2014. dren and 25 great-grandchil- David retired from Phil- lips Petroleum after 38 years. dren. He continued to work in the A private memorial service Courtesy Photo oil business for many years. was held in Bartlesville on Need a cutline David enjoyed the outdoors, July 5, 2014. hunting and fishing. He was 2 Timothy 4:7 – I have fought preceded in death by his father Francis (Bud) Herard (1998) the good fight, I have finished Oklahoma City Indian Clinic and his mother Gene Bowman the race, I have kept the faith. opens new medical building OKLAHOMA CITY – Okla- 40 years, he’s helped shape “I have to thank the board homa City Indian Clinic (OK- our clinic to be the leading for the extraordinary honor Suicide Prevention CIC) has dedicated its new health facility for urban Indi- of putting my name on this medical building to its Chair- ans. This gesture is the least building,” said Dr. Rhoades. Summit planned man of the Board, Dr. Everett we can do for someone as de- “But it’s not my name that R. Rhoades, and celebrated serving as him.” makes this so special, it’s the the grand opening of the fa- Located at 5208 W Reno, individuals who work here for Sept. 8 in cility on Friday, Aug. 15. Dr. the building houses several and their dedication to serv- Rhoades, Kiowa, became the services offered by the clinic ing the community. One of the first American Indian direc- including OKCIC’s Harmon- most gratifying experiences Bartlesville tor of Indian Health Service y Pediatric Clinic, physical throughout my time here is recognizing how unsurpassed Osage Nation Prevention Program (IHS) and is a founding mem- therapy clinic, wellness cen- ber of OKCIC. ter, optometry department, our staff is.” Dr. David Jobes, founder and developer of the Collab- “Dr. Rhoades has made a public health department, The ceremony featured the orative Assessment and Management of Suicidability profound impact in Indian Health Promotion/Disease Presentation of Colors by the treatment, is the keynote speaker for the Second Annual health care not just in Okla- Prevention department, be- Kiowa Black Leggings War- Suicide Prevention Summit on Sept. 8 at the Bartlesville homa, but across the nation,” havioral health department rior Society. Leonard Cozad, Community Center. said Robyn Sunday-Allen, and administration and busi- The event is hosted by the Washington County Suicide See Clinic CEO of OKCIC. “For the last nesses offices. Prevention Coalition, Washington County Association of —Continued on Page 19 Mental Health and the Washington County Health De- partment. The summit begins with an all-day session for profes- sionals, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and is worth 6.5 con- Classifieds tinuing education units. A free community presentation will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Osage Nation Jobs: Applica- Law Enforcement – Pawhus- tion or related casino/financial Jobes is a professor of psychology and associate director tions may be downloaded at ka Law Enforcement. High experience preferred. Knowledge of clinical training at the Catholic University of Amer- www.osagetribe.com/main_job- School diploma or GED. Certifi- of basic Tribal Gaming Commis- ica. Having authored five books on suicide, conducting search.aspx or obtained at the cation by Oklahoma Council on sions programs, procedures, reg- research and writing extensive journal articles, Jobes is Osage Nation Human Resourc- Law Enforcement Education and ulations and ordinances. Regular es Department located at 621 internationally recognized as an expert on suicidology. Training (CLEET) or Bureau of Full Time. Salary: $15.87/hr. Recent works include “Managing Suicidal Risk, A Collab- Grandview in Pawhuska. In- Indian Affairs Police Academy orative Approach” in 2006 and “Building a Therapeutic terested applicants can also call Treasurer – Pawhuska Ex- preferred but not required. Reg- Alliance with the Suicide Patient” in 2010. (918) 287-5445 or email HR at ecutive. Bachelor’s Degree in ular Full Time. Salary: $15.32/ For registration information, email suicideprevention- [email protected]. Ap- Business Administration, Ac- hr. [email protected]. plications must be received in counting, Finance, or related Human Resources no later than Project Manager – Pawhuska field with Certified Public- Ac 4 p.m. on the date of closing. TDLA. Four (4) year accredited countant’s license; Master’s De- Late applications will not be college degree in Construction gree preferred. Must be at least accepted. Management, Project Manage- twenty-five (25) years of age and Letters to the Editor Osage Casinos Careers. Vari- ment Professional certification. have never been convicted of a ous Osage Casino Locations. Five (5) years construction su- felony. Regular Full Time. Sal- If you would like to submit a letter to For more information contact pervisory experience managing ary: $55.29/hr. www.osagecasinos.com/careers sub-contractors and/or construc- Director of Operations – the editor, please mail it to the Osage tion projects. Regular Full Time. Pawhuska Executive. Bach- Salary: $26.20/hr. elor’s Degree in Business News, Attn.: Shannon Shaw, 619 Kihek- Tribal Works Director – Administration, Public Admin- ah, Pawhuska, OK 74056 or send email Pawhuska Tribal Works. At istration or related field with no least five year’s experience in fa- less than five years supervisory to [email protected]. Letters must cilities management. Must have experience with at least ten em- supervised at least five staff for ployees. Must be able to work be respectful and informative to the three to five years. Requires a evenings and weekends as need- high level of personal integrity ed. Regular Full Time. Salary: reader, and may be edited for grammar, and ethics. Regular Full Time. $48.07/hr. Salary: $30.30/hr. Budget & I.T. Analyst – clarity and space. Director – Pawhuska Hu- Pawhuska Legislative. Pre- man Resources. Bachelor’s ferred education requirements Degree in Human Resources or are a Bachelor degree (or higher) related business degree, with a preferably in finance or in- ac minimum of three (3) year’s ex- counting, business or informa- perience in Human Resources. tion technology. Comparable Master’s Degree preferred. Regu- knowledge and work experience lar Full Time. Salary: $44.72/hr. will be considered in qualifica- tion requirements. Regular Full Teacher – Pawhuska Head Time. Salary: D.O.E. Start. Degree in Early Child- hood Education, or related child Surveillance Officer – Tulsa development field or Associate Gaming Commission. Must degree in ECE/Child Develop- be at least 21 years of age. Must ment field or a CDA certification possess a high school diploma or and actively working toward an GED. Ability to obtain and keep Associate’s degree. Regular Full a gaming license. Must have re- Time. Salary: $15.52/hr. liable transportation to work Regulatory compliance In- sites. Regular Full Time. Salary: ternal Auditor I – Pawhuska $13.30/hr. Gaming Commission. Bach- PRN, LPN and Home Health The best source for Osage news now! elor’s degree or equivalent re- Aide Osage Home Health. Ap- lated experience: three years www.osagenews.org ply at 128 E. 6th, Pawhuska, OK increasingly responsible work 74056 or call (918) 287-5645 in an accounting/auditing posi- OOsage Newspini • osagenews.orgo n September 2014 19 Clinic –from Page 18 Without Reservations Jr., Kiowa, provided a flag and honor song. An invocation was also given by Kiowa member Lonnie Emhoolah. Other attendees included tribal leaders, representatives of IHS, community leaders and Dr. Rhoades’ friends and family. About Oklahoma City Indian Clinic Oklahoma City Indian Clinic (OK- CIC) was established in 1974 to provide excellent health care and wellness services to urban Indians in central Oklahoma. The clinic staff cares for more than 18,000 patients from more than 220 federally recognized tribes every year. Urban Indians can receive a range of services, including medical, dental, pediatrics, prenatal, pharma- cy, optometry, physical fitness, nutri- tion, family programs and behavioral health services. For more information, please visit www.okcic.com.

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There will also be a Native Ameri- can dance contest as well as a drum competition during the event. Dance categories (age 16 and over) for the competition are: men’s straight, men’s fancy, women’s cloth, women’s buckskin. There will also be a children’s ex- hibition dance at 11 a.m. The top three finishers in each adult dance category will be awarded $300- $100 respectively. In the drum competition, the winner-take-all will receive $1,500. The Indian taco championship is Cartoon © Santo Domingo Pueblo Cartoon Artist, Ricardo Caté also on Facebook at: www.facebook. com/NITCPawhuska.

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