U.S. Solicitor General Advises Supreme Court Not to Hear Osage Reservation Case by Shannon Shaw and Benny Polacca in Response to the Brief

Volume 7, Issue 6 • June 2011 The Official Newspaper of the Osage Nation U.S. Solicitor General advises Supreme Court not to hear Osage reservation case By Shannon Shaw and Benny Polacca in response to the brief. “It says that ‘it is unclear general is the government’s representative at the Osage News whether Congress went so far as to disestablish Supreme Court, advising the attorney general on the Osage Reservation.’ The Acting Solicitor Gen- legal matters and deciding whether the govern- The acting U.S. Solicitor General filed an amic- eral, however, stated that the tribal members ment will appeal adverse lower court rulings. us curiae brief May 27 to the U.S. Supreme Court living on fee lands are not entitled to tax immu- If the High Court denies the Nation certiorari advising the justices not to hear the Osage Na- nity, recommending that the [High Court] deny then the 11-year battle is over. tion’s reservation status case. certiorari. The Osage Nation will file its brief in “The Acting Solicitor General notably did not response on June 6.” Osage Gaming Enterprise reacts state that our reservation was disestablished,” “We expect that the [Supreme Court] will act on At the May 31 Gaming Enterprise Board meet- said Osage Nation Principal Chief John Red Eagle the petition by the end of June,” Red Eagle said. ing in Tulsa, the Nation’s gaming officials reacted The Supreme Court called for the to the Solicitor General’s brief filing. opinion of the Solicitor General in Feb- Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino CEO Neil ruary on the Nation’s case. The acting Cornelius described the brief as, “not in support of Solicitor General is Neal Katyal who us,” even though the Supreme Court hasn’t ruled is filling in for Elena Kagan, who now on hearing the Nation’s appeal. He referred to serves on the Supreme Court. Often See U.S. Solicitor General

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Osage Youth help paint downtown Pawhuska mural with NVision Osage News The Osage Language Department hosted NVision May 14, a non-profit group made up of artists from all over Indian Country. NVision came out to help Osage youth paint a mural on the side of the Osage language building in downtown Pawhuska. Photo by Christopher Peak/Osage News See PawhUSka MUral The finished mural painted by Osage youth and Native artists with NVision. The mural is on the side of —Continued on Page 7 the Osage language building in downtown Pawhuska. 2 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org Osage LLC still contemplating Nation to study taking ‘American’ statue project over Wah-Sha-She State Osage LLC issues release Park operations they will be conducting By Benny Polacca feasibility study to Osage News determine if it will The Osage Nation is studying the possibility of operating Wah-Sha- She State Park near Copan after Oklahoma state tourism officials accept $2.5 million for The announced the park is slated to close in August due to budget cuts. American statue project On March 4, the state’s Tourism and Recreation Department announced the closures of seven state parks, which would take effect Osage News Aug. 15. Wah-Sha-She State Park was among the facilities selected for closure. The Osage Limited Liability Com- Officials with the Nation, state and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, pany is conducting a feasibility study which owns the property, will work together to assess the 1,100-acre to determine if it will ultimately ac- park, according to an ON news release. Once the feasibility assess- cept the $2.5 million appropriation ment is complete, it will be presented to Principal Chief John Red for The American bronze statue proj- Eagle for his consideration and possible submission to the ON Con- ect. gress for an appropriations request. In a statement posted to the LLC’s Chris White, executive director for governmental affairs for Chief Web site May 6, LLC CEO Carol Red Eagle’s office, said he visited with the Chief once he heard of the Leese said: “the company is current- park’s closure. ly in the process of going through “I thought it was unfortunate that a quality recreation area might its due diligence and conducting a be lost to the reservation,” White said. “I visited very briefly with feasibility study. Osage LLC board Chief Red Eagle, informing him that we would look into the matter of directors approval also must be obtained before the LLC moves for- and report our findings back to him. I felt the project may fit in with The American portions of the Nation’s long-range Strategic plan.” ward with acceptance of the appro- Located off State Highway 10, Wah-Sha-She State Park is on the priation.” southern shores of Lake Hulah in northeastern Osage County about When finished, The American will 26 miles northeast of Pawhuska. The lake’s name is derived from the be a 21-story bronze statue stand- Osage word for “eagle” and is pronounced Hu-thuh. ing 217 feet tall. That’s 66 feet taller The park and lake provide swimming, boating and fishing opportu- than New York’s Statue of Liberty, which stands 151 feet tall. Plans 109 E. 6th St. • Pawhuska, OK 74056 nities for those who make recreation visits to the area. Fish species (918) 287-5668 have also called for the statue to be including largemouth bass, white bass, crappie, channel catfish and www.osagenews.org bullhead catfish populate Lake Hulah, according to travelok.com. built on land northwest of Tulsa in Deby Snodgrass, executive director of the state’s Tourism and Rec- Osage County. The Second ON Congress ap- Editor reation Department, told the Tulsa World on March 4 “we are facing Shannon Shaw budget cuts of at least 5 percent – on top of a 13 percent cut last year.” proved a $2.5 million appropriation bill (ONCA 11-63) for the proposed She said the department would pursue partnerships with local enti- Reporter ties to keep the seven selected park facilities open. statue project on April 15 and Prin- Benny Polacca Snodgrass applauded the Nation’s efforts to study the possibility cipal Chief John Red Eagle signed Sunnie Clahchischiligi of operating Wah-Sha-She State Park. “State parks will always be ONCA 11-63 into law on April 21. essential for Oklahoma’s quality of life and our goal has been to main- The bill does not mandate the LLC Editorial Assistant tain public access to recreation opportunities. The Osage Nation has a to take the $2.5 million, but allows rich history with this park and we believe this will be a great alterna- the LLC 60 days to decide whether to Chalene Toehay tive to permanent closure,” she said in the news release. accept the appropriation. White said Nation officials including Attorney General Jeff Jones; This update comes a day after the Osage News Executive Branch legal counsel Terry Mason Moore; Properties Direc- May issue of the Osage News went to Editorial Board press which featured a story on the Teresa Lamsam statue appropriation in which the See wah-Sha-She Denny McAuliffe —Continued on Page 6 See oSaGe llc Robert Warrior —Continued on Page 6 Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 3 Osages sweep top three spots during 2011 Indian Taco Championship tive dancers and singers performed Jeff Jones, Osage Congressman Ray- Debra Lookout places and artists sold their merchandise. mond Red Corn, and Minerals Coun- first for a second A smiling Lookout accepted her cil Chairman Dudley Whitehorn. first place prize of $1,500 when the Each Indian taco entry was placed consecutive year; results were announced. Pratt won before a judge in which they were al- Bonnie Pratt and Paula $1,000 and Mashunkashey $500 for lowed a few minutes to sample each their finishes. Lookout jokingly told entry and rate them on a scorecard the crowd, “My brother claims it’s his before the next entry was placed be- Mashunkahey win beans that helps win every year.” fore them. second and third “I really didn’t think I was going to win,” Lookout said after accepting Mary Jane Mashunkashey, one of the judge organizers, said the By Benny Polacca her prize. “I give credit to my family entries were judged on presenta- Osage News and most of all, to God.” Family members of Lookout, in- tion and overall taco. “If y’all want a Three Osages swept this year’s cluding her brother and two daugh- chair they’re right behind you,” she National Indian Taco Championship ters, helped run the food stand to said while the celeb judges stood and held May 21 in downtown Pawhus- sell Indian tacos for the hundreds sampled the entries in silence. No ka, with Debra Lookout winning the of spectators who turned out for the one sat down. top prize for the second consecutive event. Attendees who wanted to help Brave, a first-time judge said he year. judge paid a $5 fee and used their ap- enjoyed the judging experience, but Lookout’s Indian taco placed first, petites to evaluate each Indian taco. was not afraid to critique when need- while Bonnie Pratt took second and The eight entries were judged and ed. He recognized one of the entrant’s Paula Mashunkashey placed third. Photo by Christopher Peak/Osage News the top six entries faced a final round cooking from previous eating occa- Their Native culinary creations were of scrutiny by a local celebrity judge Debra Lookout’s Indian tacos won first sions, saying, “That one was good.” ranked the best out of eight contes- place. She was awarded a check for panel. Osages with celeb judging du- tants who sold their food while Na- $1,500. ties included local Osage artist Joe See indian taco chaMPionShiP Don Brave, Osage Attorney General —Continued on Page 8

Photo by Christopher Peak/Osage News Photo by Christopher Peak/Osage News Bonnie Pratt placed second in the competition. Paula Mashunkashay won third place. 4 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org

Chief Red Eagle calls Seventh Special Session starting June 13 By Benny Polacca Osage News Osage Nation Principal Chief John Red Eagle has issued an Execu- tive Proclamation for a Special Session of the ON Congress, which starts at 10 a.m. on June 13. This will be the seventh special session for the Second ON Con- gress, which will consider five items listed on the written proclamation issued by Chief Red Eagle’s office on May 24. • Among the listed Special Session items, the Executive Branch will ask the Congress to consider an amendment to the 2011 budget Photo by Shannon Shaw/Osage News parameters act which sets rules and limitations for the govern- Osage Congressman William “Kugee” Supernaw sits at a Congressional Rules and Eth- ment entities when setting and spending their operation budgets. ics Committee hearing May 10 to discuss an ethics complaint brought against him by The bill (ONCA 11-32 sponsored by Congressman Raymond Red the Osage Gaming Enterprise Board. Corn) was passed during the Hun-Kah Session. The Executive Branch will ask for an amendment to ONCA 11-32 to address “a technical error the Administration has consistently be- Gaming Enterprise Board lieved needs correction. It has to do with line items on indirect costs being moved, thus causing more tribal monies being expended than the Administration feels necessary,” according to Chris White, the files ethics complaint against executive director of governmental affairs for Chief Red Eagle’s office. The budget parameters act was passed following a veto override on Congressman Supernaw March 29. • The Congress will be asked to consider a $75,000 appropriation to Supernaw calls complaint injury to their “professional reputa- the Executive Branch “for the purpose of supporting the Health tion for honesty, veracity, and in- Clinic at Skiatook,” according to the proclamation. ‘frivolous’ and an attempt tegrity in its business dealings, as evidenced by postings to the Osage • A separate appropriation request of $40,000 will be requested by to stop inquiries about the Shareholder’s Blog by Osage Nation the Executive Branch for the purchase of real property. White said members, which demonstrate that the request pertains to land needed for the sanitary sewer lift sta- Nation’s gaming enterprise certain members of the Nation have tion planned for the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino at Ponca City. In 2009, the Nation and Ponca City government officials signed an By Shannon Shaw been misled into believing that the false accusations against [the GEB] agreement for a sewer line to be built which would connect the pro- Osage News have some basis in fact.” posed new casino’s sewer infrastructure to the city’s main line. The Osage Gaming Enterprise The 3-page complaint asks that • A modification to the 2011 fiscal year budget for the Nation’s cri- Board filed an ethics complaint Congress censure Supernaw and sis assistance will be requested, according to the proclamation. against Osage Congressman William said that he is in violation of Article “Kugee” Supernaw April 11, claim- X, Section 3 of the Osage Constitu- • Also, the Executive Branch is requesting a supplemental appro- ing he made libelous statements tion which requires officials and priation for litigation fees pertaining to the federal Reservation about the board and their Executive employees of the Osage Nation to “re- status lawsuit against the Oklahoma Tax Commission. A decision Management staff in his March 30 frain from abusive conduct, personal has yet to be made by the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the nine justices will hear this case. White said the request is for legal email newsletter Notes to the Nation. charges, or verbal affronts upon the fees already owed for defending the case and filing briefs with the The GEB, charged with oversee- character, motives, or intents of oth- Supreme Court. ing the Nation’s gaming operations, er officials or Osage Citizens.” said Supernaw knowingly made The Osage Congressional Rules On Feb 22, the High Court called on the Solicitor General’s office “false and defamatory” statements and Ethics Committee met May 10 to file a brief in the case before deciding whether or not the case will with “reckless disregard for the to discuss the complaint with Con- be heard. Representing the Nation in its case is Patricia Millett of gressman Supernaw. Normally held truth” about the losses at the Skia- Washington D.C.-based firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. in Executive Session, Supernaw took Travel Plaza. In doing so the Millett co-heads the firm’s Supreme Court practice and has argued 28 cases before the Supreme Court, according to the firm’s Web site. GEB and their Executive Manage- See ethicS coMPlaint ment Staff claim they have suffered —Continued on Page 8 Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 5 Dora Williams is the new Osage Princess By Shannon Shaw the Osage people selected their prin- Osage News cess. Williams was one contestant of three and faced off against Wilma Dora Williams had a look of relief when outgoing Osage Princess Van- Redcorn and Charlsie Cunningham. essa Moore handed her a bouquet Williams campaigned on Face- of flowers, signaling to the specta- book, made house visits and phone tors at the Osage Princess Election calls, asking Osage families to vote Dance May 21 that Williams had for her; a campaign tactic that clear- won the title. Shouts of joy and ap- ly worked. plause greeted Williams, who cam- “When I decided that I was going paigned for weeks to become the new to run for Osage Princess my par- Osage Princess. ents were very helpful and support- “I was just really in shock,” Wil- ive,” Williams said. “We first called liams said of winning the title. “It my Grayhorse family and told them was really nerve wracking.” and then we called my Hominy fam- Williams, 17, will represent the ily and told them. They were both Osage Nation at the American In- happy for me and supportive of my dian Exposition in Anadarko this decision.” summer – a tradition that has been All in all, Williams visited about 15 going since 1941. Williams will now Osage families and had more than 40 join the ranks of the Osage Tribal “Likes” on her Facebook page, “Dora Princess Sorority, made up of former Williams for Osage Nation Princess.” Osage princesses that host a popular Williams just finished her junior contest powwow every year. She, along with other tribal prin- year at Pawhuska High School where cesses across the state, will attend she’s in her second year of learning the week-long American Indian Ex- the Osage language. She participates position that culminates with a con- in the school’s Native American Stu- test powwow. The princesses are dent Association and plays the alto honored with banquets, parties and saxophone in the marching band and Photo by Shannon Shaw/Osage News introduced to other tribes and often concert band. Outgoing Osage Princess Vanessa Moore hugs the new Osage Princess Dora Williams form life-long friendships with other Coming from a traditional Osage at the Hominy Indian Village arbor. Williams received the most votes to win the title tribal princesses. family, she has family in all three May 21. “Vanessa [Moore] was telling me districts. Williams has been dancing all about the Indian Expo and I’m re- since the age of four and has been ally excited for that,” Williams said. helping her mother and grandmoth- “I’m looking forward to representing er cook for the In-Lon-Schka dances the tribe.” and other Osage functions for a long Williams will be the official ambas- time. sador of the Nation at many events She is the daughter of John Jr. across the country and at home. The and Marjorie Hamilton Williams. Osage Princess is asked to attend as Her maternal grandparents are Otto many dances as she can to represent and Sandra Murphy Hamilton and the Nation and in the past the Osage her paternal grandparents are John Princess has traveled with the chief to far off locations such as France. Sr. and Frances Ann West Williams. In the past the Osage Princess Dora Josephine Williams will be Director, which is currently Angela crowned at the Wah Zha Zhi Cultur- Toineeta, has selected the Osage al Center July 9 in a ceremony that princesses. But Toineeta has intro- begins at 11 a.m. duced a new tradition that is used by To view photos from the Princess other tribes and nations when select- Election Dance visit the Osage News Photo by Shannon Shaw/Osage News ing their representatives: an elec- Photostream at http://www.flickr. New Osage Princess Dora Williams (turquoise shirt) dances next to outgoing Osage tion. This is the second year where com/photos/osagenews/show/ Princess Vanessa Moore May 21 at the Hominy Indian Village arbor. 6 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org

U.S. Solicitor General Wah-Sha-She –Continued from Page 1 –Continued from Page 2 Gaming Enterprise Board Attor- D.C.) finish up whatever work is tor Bruce Cass; and Roads Depart- right thing to do for the right reasons. ney Elizabeth Homer, who spoke remaining on their end, try to get ment Director RJ Walker were asked We must ensure that the property is via speakerphone to the board. everything to D.C. so they can get to assist with the feasibility study of properly maintained, that its facili- maintaining and utilizing the park. “Basically it is the position of the (trust applications) package ties, and its visitors are protected, the Solicitor General that the Su- together.” White said he hopes to have find- and that proper management will be preme Court should deny (the Na- ings by month’s end for a decision to put in place for the long term should tion’s petition) in this case,” said Oklahoma Tax Commission be made on the park. “We don’t know Homer. “The Supreme Court fol- what our recommendation will be. we make a positive recommendation The case began 11-years-ago lows the recommendation on deni- We want to make sure that it is the to the Chief,” he said. when the Nation sued the Okla- als about 99 percent of the time, homa Tax Commission for taxing which is not good for us and it Osage tribal members on land means that the Supreme Court Osage LLC that the Nation claimed was still, could make an order forthwith – it –Continued from Page 2 won’t be long.” and had always been, Reservation LLC told the Executive Branch it did “I have been following what’s land, also known as the boundar- William Kemble responded that day not want to receive the appropriation been happening with our trust ies of Osage County. Since that stating he “received an email today “at this time.” applications – it is urgent, urgent time the case has been to the 10th from Bob Petre, LLC Chief Financial The LLC did not respond to re- now that the United States act on Circuit Court of Federal Appeals Officer, mentioning that (the LLC) quests for comment before the May this as that decision from the court twice, in which the federal court did not want the receive the transfer is now likely to be imminent,” she denied to hear a rehearing of the edition of the Osage News went to of this money at this time.” said. Nation’s case. press. On May 3, the newspaper The May 6 statement about the Homer, who said she read the The Nation appealed to the Su- contacted Principal Chief John Red statue project feasibility study re- Solicitor General’s opinion, said preme Court in October of last Eagle’s office to inquire whether the mained on the LLC’s Web site when she found it, “very disappointing. year. The Nation makes the argu- LLC has contacted the office about the June issue of the Osage News They basically are saying that ment that because of existing con- the appropriation. ON Treasurer went to press. the Oklahoma Enabling Act is flicts in opinions from circuit and basically an expression, taken to- state courts, the Supreme Court gether with the 1906 Act, was an needs to make a defining rule to expression of an intent to diminish determine whether Native Ameri- or disestablish the reservation . . . can Reservations were intended to I suspect that the court will likely be disestablished by the U.S. Con- accept the government’s recom- gress when allotment-era legisla- mendation and deny cert. (short tion did not specifically say so. for the Nation’s petition for a writ The main argument from the of certiorari).” OTC is that the case does not “The Chief has assigned Wilson bring a strong enough question (Pipestem) to do communications of federal law to be heard by the with the Bureau of Indian Affairs High Court, which is the basis for on our trust applications,” Homer the court to hear cases. said of the ongoing efforts to put The justices were given all the the Tulsa, Skiatook and Ponca supporting court documents in the City OMDE casino locations’ lands case Jan. 26. The documents in- into federal trust status. She had clude two briefs by the Nation, a yet to visit with Pipestem after the brief in support of the Nation from Solicitor General’s office brief was the National Congress of Ameri- filed. can Indians and a brief by the Regarding the trust applica- Oklahoma Tax Commission. tions, Homer said the applications Representing the Nation is Pa- are still being processed in (the tricia Millett of Washington D.C.- U.S. Department of the Interior’s) based firm Akin Gump Strauss Tulsa Field Solicitor’s Office for the Hauer & Feld LLP. Millett co- Ponca City and Tulsa casino lands. heads the firm’s Supreme Court Homer said, “the plan right practice and has argued 28 cases now is to get an email transfer- before the Supreme Court and ring everything . . . we’ll have the briefed more than 50, according to Solicitor’s Office (in Washington, the firm’s Web site. Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 7 AG says Osage Minerals Council subject to Nation’s laws By Shannon Shaw own rules and regulations but “It derives its power from the 180 days of the request in the Osage Osage News follows the laws of Congress. Osage Nation and has its power lim- Nation Trial Court, according to the ited by the Osage Nation. The Osage Open Records Act. The Second Osage Nation Con- • The OMC has the power to de- Nation, its boards, employees, enti- The Osage News contacted OMC gress posed a question to Attorney velop the minerals estate but it’s ties and independent agencies all Chairman Dudley Whitehorn, Coun- General Jeff Jones Jan. 25 that predicated on the chief not ob- operate under the Constitution of cilman Joseph “Sonny” Abbott who asked whether the Osage Mineral’s jecting to the development. The the Osage Nation and, as such, must is chair of the OMC Budget Com- Council was subject to the Nation’s chief can object to development if comply with all laws of the Osage mittee, and OMC attorney David Open Meetings Act and the Open Re- it violates Osage law or regula- cords Act. His reply: yes they are. tion. Nation, to include the open meetings McCullough, asking whether they His official opinion, issued April act and the open records act.” would now provide the records in 29, said that although the OMC is an Jones broke down Article XV, the Jones’s opinion is advisory. To light of the AG’s opinion and did not independent agency it is still an en- OMC section in the Constitution, challenge an open records denial a receive a response by the time this tity under the Osage Nation and its and said: person or entity can file suit within story was published. Constitution. “All independent agencies and entities of the Osage Nation are subject Pawhuska Mural to Osage law relating to open meet- –Continued from Page 1 ings and production of agency re- More than 20 youth participated in painting a cords,” according to the opinion. mural designed by Osage artist Ryan Red Corn. The Osage News issued an Open The mural depicts an Osage straight dancer in Records Request to the OMC Feb. 17 the middle of the Osage orthography that spells asking for a copy of the OMC’s check Wah.Zha.Zhi I.E., which means “Osage lan- registry for the months of October guage.” 2010 through January of this year. The mural has been planned for sometime Check registry’s are public record and will help bring attention downtown to and are normally available to mem- the Nation’s language program, said Rebekah bers of the public upon request. The HorseChief, language instructor and recruiter. OMC, through their attorney David She and other language teachers, including Ve- McCullough of the Oklahoma City- ronica Pipestem, Cameron Pratt and Bill Lynn, based Doerner, Saunders, Daniel were in attendance to watch the youth. & Anderson, L.L.P., sent the Osage “It’s been a really great day and the kids are News a letter of denial. having such a great time,” HorseChief said. The letter said that since the OMC “We’re really thankful to these artists that are was not a “Governmental entity” as apart of NVision for taking the time out of their defined by the Nation’s Open Re- busy schedules to do something positive for our cords Act and since they were an in- youth.” dependent agency, the Open Records NVision is a nationwide Native youth arts and Act did not apply to the Mineral’s leadership project. The artists who volunteer their time with NVision hold workshops in Ur- Council and they would not be pro- ban Theatre, T-Shirt Making, Graffiti and Com- viding the records. munity Murals, Creative Writing, Photography, According to Jones’s opinion, there Documentary Filmmaking and Web Based De- are many checks and balances placed sign, according to the NVision Web site. on the OMC in the Constitution that Founded in the summer of 2006, the mis- places it under the Nation’s laws: sion of NVision is to empower Native youth • The OMC is an independent and young adults through traditional and con- agency created by the Nation temporary methods of art, media, culture and and all power and independence educational platforms. NVision trainers include it enjoys stems from the Nation. Native men and women professionals and artists, ages 25-40, engaged in visual art, graphic • Its independence is limited by and web design, film, photography, music and the Constitution because they dance, according to the NVision Web site. do not have legislative power, NVision holds workshops with the Nation ev- Photo by Shannon Shaw/Osage News which is only reserved to the ery year. For more information on NVision visit Osage youth helped artists with NVision paint a mural on the side of the Osage Congress. It can make its their Web site at http://www.nvisionit.org. Osage language building in downtown Pawhuska May 14. 8 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org

Ethics Complaint –Continued from Page 5 waived his right to the executive ses- been provided to the Congress and that two hearings about the Travel The Rules and Ethics Committee sion for a public hearing. it appears to me that the expense Plaza with the CEO of the Nation’s ruled on May 17 that Supernaw did The Rules and Ethics committee is charged to the Travel Plaza are so gaming enterprise, Neil Cornelius, not commit libel against the GEB. made up of three members, Speaker far out of line in relation to sales were broadcast to the Nation. At one “The facts fall short of an ethics vi- of the Congress Jerri Jean Branstet- that, again in my opinion, some are of those hearings Cornelius became olation,” Branstetter said at the May ter (chair), Congressmen Eddy Red expenses of the casino operation,” he visibly upset with Supernaw’s ques- 17 meeting. “We have afforded Con- tions. Eagle and Archie Mason. said. “This itself would be improper gressman Supernaw the due process Supernaw claims in his March 30 Supernaw issued a statement in but not illegal. We have been talking he is entitled to according to law. No newsletter that the Skiatook Travel which he defended his March 30 about this for some time now and no further action is necessary by this Notes to the Nation on the Skia- substantial changes have occurred, Plaza has lost more than $730,000 in committee or congressional affairs.” took Travel Plaza. He said he didn’t so I said that ‘if this is being done, the past two years and is on track to The GEB had no comment on the “knowingly” make false statements it’s not being done accidentally.’ I go lose another $300,000 for the 2011 committee’s findings by the time the because the information in his news- on to say that ‘if’ this is being done fiscal year. He said that he believes June issue of the Osage News went letter he believed to be true based on it (obviously) would inflate the prof- a forensic audit would reveal the information and reports he’s privy to its at the casino. No individuals are reason for the losses and that he to press. Gaming Board Vice Chair only wanted to draw attention to the as a congressman. mentioned in the newsletter.” Stacey Laskey said that GEB Chair problem because he feels a real re- “I clearly indicate that this is only Supernaw said he provided “anon- Frank Oberly was out of town and sponsibility to safeguard the Osage my opinion of a plausible explana- ymous” documents to support his they had not had a chance to dis- people’s money. He said he did not tion of the continuing losses being in- claims in the newsletter but more cuss the findings as a board yet, but want to say that the losses indicated curred at the Skiatook Travel Plaza. than 20 Osage officials also receive would be available at their May 31 gross mismanagement, incompeten- I have examined the data that has meeting in Tulsa. the same information. He also noted cy or a total disregard for the safety This is not the first ethics com- of the people’s money. “I hope the complaint [is] dis- plaint against Congressman Super- Indian Taco Championship missed as frivolous and an attempt naw. The first came in 2008 when he to stop my inquiries,” he said. “The and three other members of the First –Continued from Page 3 [GEB] is not even an official of the Osage Nation Congress entered a re- Another entry didn’t fare high with mained high as hundreds of people Osage Nation or an Osage citizen stricted area of the Hominy casino to Brave because of the spices used. attended the event, braved the sun who would be covered under an eth- investigate alleged accounting irreg- Lookout said she kept her entry and heat and long lines hoping to ics complaint. The [GEB] is an entity ularities with the Bartlesville casino. ingredients simple for her Indian snack on an Indian taco. Or, even a and has no voting or membership The four Congress members were taco entry. “I make it the way I like dessert taco (topped with strawber- right. It is supposed to be owned by investigated by the Osage Gaming to eat it,” she said of her taco, which ries and whipped cream) like those all Osages.” Commission but no charges were Osage Minerals Councilman Jo- included pinto beans, beef, cheese, served at a stand operated by ON brought against them. lettuce and mild Pace Picante sauce. Congresswoman Shannon Edwards seph “Sonny” Abbott came to Super- After the Rules and Ethics com- Lookout, who is a licensed practi- and Congressman John Free. naw’s defense at the meeting, saying mittee released their findings in fa- cal nurse with the Nation’s Diabe- Mashunkashey said her stand he was there as a private citizen tes Program, also said she uses lean made about 300 pieces of frybread and that he appreciates Supernaw’s vor of Supernaw May 17, he released ground beef in her cooking. before selling out. All she had left Notes to the Nation. this statement: Mashunkashey, who took second, was some left over vegetable and “I’m glad someone on the Congress “The duty of oversight is an implied describes herself as “a faithful par- fruit ingredients. “Well, you could is looking into this and I think he’s power of Congress. We make laws ticipant” in the Indian Taco Cham- make a salad,” she said with a smile. being too kind to this gaming board,” and appropriate money. We have to pionship competition, which is in Also cooking and competing this Abbott said. “He’s being way too kind be able to see that the laws are ad- its seventh year. She also calls the year was Lisa Pahsetopah and her to them.” ministered according to legislative event a family affair in which her sister Ramona Horsechief (Pawnee), Congressman Red Eagle said it’s intent and that the people’s money family returns each year to cook and whose Indian taco entry took first hard for a member of Congress to re- is spent in the best interests of the compete. in the 2009 competition. That year’s frain from becoming overzealous at Osage people. Nearly everything we “Some people go camping with competition judged dessert tacos and times in their comments and it will do in Congress is entrusted to others kids, we go to the Indian Taco Cham- Pahsetopah took first in that category. be up to Congress to determine how to carry out; hopefully in an efficient pionship each year,” she said after The Indian Taco Championship a member of Congress should ethi- her food stand sold out of frybread was sponsored by local entities in- cally handle those situations. manner. When it appears that there less than an hour before the results cluding the Pawhuska Chamber of “Even if we feel they are doing a is reason to question if that is being were announced. Commerce, Osage Million Dollar bad job, can we say that in our po- done, we have the duty to step in to Amid the lower turnout in food Elm Casino, Osage Nation, Pawhus- sitions, in our capacity?” Red Eagle protect the assets of the Nation and stands and contest entries this year, ka Community Foundation and Buf- said. “Someone has taken this offen- cannot be intimidated and fail to ful- the demand for Indian tacos re- falo Nickel Creative. sively.” fill our responsibilities.” Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 9 Principal Chief Fred Lookout’s bust unveiled at Tribal Museum By Shannon Shaw bands, each band had a chief when Osage News the Osage band system ended and Chief Lookout was one of them, along Descendants of Principal Chief with Chief Bacon Rind and others. Fred Lookout, the longest serving Chief Lookout was 12-years-old principal chief in the Nation’s history, crowded into the Osage Tribal when the Osage people made the Museum May 9 to watch the unveil- move from Kansas, a move that is ing of his bust. honored by the Wah Zha Zhi Cultur- Four of his grandchildren were al Center every year with their an- present to watch the unveiling. The nual Cultural Walk. museum’s director, Kathryn Red Lookout’s great-grandson, Osage Corn, thanked the Lookout family Congressman Geoffrey Standing for being there and then thanked the Bear, said that although he did not late Chief Lookout for the museum’s know Chief Lookout, he was raised existence. with many family and friends that “We’re in this building today be- did. He said that Chief Lookout, along cause of [Lookout’s] vision,” Red Corn with the other Osage tribal leaders said. “He and John Joseph Mathews of that era, faced great change dur- had a vision for this museum.” ing their tenures. They witnessed Photo by Shannon Shaw/Osage News Chief Lookout is known to be the World Wars and the evolution from Principal Chief Fred Lookout’s grandson Charles Lookout unveils his bust at the Osage horse, to buggy, to automobile. last hereditary chief of the tribe. But Tribal Museum May 9. as his grandson, Herman “Mogri” “All of these men have left the ex- Lookout explained it he was one of ample that we can survive transi- The bust of Chief Lookout was was displayed at the celebration of many. Since there were many Osage tion,” Standing Bear said. made in 1904 by Frank Lemon and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition along with the bust of Shon-Ke-Ma- Lo. Lookout and Shon-Ke-Ma-Lo were the first two busts made out of a total of 10 busts. Lookout was chosen by Lemon for the exhibit as a project by the Anthropology Department at the Smithsonian Institution’s Na- tional Museum of Natural History. The bust of Lookout is probably the result of face molds obtained during an Osage tribal delegation visit to Washington, D.C., in 1904, according to the National Museum of Natu- ral History. Which is probably the case since Lookout was chief for the tribe for 28 years off and on and before that served on the Osage Tribal Council. Principal Chief Fred Lookout is the tribe’s longest serving chief for a record of 28 years in office. There are endless reports on Chief Look- out’s life in books, newspapers and magazines from around the world, Photo by Shannon Shaw/Osage News even though he shied away from the Principal Chief Fred Lookout’s descendants that attended his bust’s unveiling May 9, from L to R: Cameron Rumsey, Marie Rumsey, press. Always noted to be a kind man Yvonne Lookout, Annie Ballard Quetone, Anita Lookout, Steven Lookout, Michelle Spotted Bear Hyatt, Herman “Mogri” Lookout, (he educated more than 50 orphans), Valarie Easley, Walter Hopper, JR Ricketts, Geoffrey Standing Bear, Liz Ricketts, Timmy Lookout, Anisa Marlow, Lauren Gokey, Cher- ise Lookout, Ricky Eaves, Heaven Marlow, Michael Easley and DeShawn Lookout. Girls in Osage clothes in front row from L to R: See lookoUt BUSt Unveiled Leigha Easley, Isabella Smith and Madison Easley. —Continued on Page 10 10 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org

Lookout Bust Unveiled –Continued from Page 9 devoted to his family and Osage cul- Henry Pratt, William Fletcher, Fi- ture, he was also noted to have a delis Cole, Ah-Hu-Shin-Kah (Little fierce political intellect he kept hid- Wing), Wa-Xthi-Zhi (Charles Wah- den by never speaking English when Hre-She) and Margaret Goode. doing business for the tribe, even It is not known why Micka chose though he was educated at Carlisle these individuals, all were full Indian Industrial School in Pennsyl- vania, according to newspaper re- bloods, but the busts were displayed ports. at the Panama California Exposi- A Road Man for the Native Ameri- tion in 1915 and 1916 in San Diego. can Church, he was a religious man And, according to OTM officials, that and the peyote church he practiced was the only time the busts were dis- in during his life still stands today played. and is used by his descendants. The museum learned of the busts’ Chief during a time of great pros- existence in 2004 when the grand- perity for the Osage, Lookout was re- daughter of Albert Penn donated his sponsible for the U.S. Congressional bust to the museum. legislation that protects the Osage minerals estate to this day. The busts have an appearance of At the time of his death in 1949, being bronze statues but they are he was 88-years-old and was sur- actually plaster copies of the origi- vived by his wife Julia, three sons, a nals and made of resin, mixed with daughter, eleven grandchildren and bronze powder and painted to em- four great-grandchildren. phasize facial features. The eight other Osage busts made For more information, please con- for the Smithsonian were made by tact the Osage Tribal Museum at Frank Micka in 1912. He visited (918) 287-5441. Pawhuska to acquire plaster face molds for the Smithsonian, accord- To view photos from the Lookout ing to a 2007 Osage News article. Bust Unveiling visit the Osage News The eight individuals he chose were Photostream at http://www.flickr. Albert Penn, Charles McDougan, com/photos/osagenews/show/

Photo by Shannon Shaw/Osage News Principal Chief Fred Lookout’s grandchildren from L to R: Herman “Mogri” Lookout, Yvonne Lookout, Anita Lookout and Charles Lookout. Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 11 Congress subpoenas Executive Branch officials for questions on tax documents By Benny Polacca pointed and confirmed as Treasur- at least one member of Congress on Branstetter to issue the subpoenas Osage News er last year and Foster said he did the compensation issues. for Kemble and Foster to appear not participate in any decisions to Loyed Gill, Congressional legal The Second Osage Nation Con- before the committee. The motion change the forms for reporting Con- counsel, told the Osage News the gress issued two subpoenas for the unanimously passed. Red Corn, who gressional compensation. conference call was held April 26. Nation’s Treasurer and Human Re- is chairman of the committee, said A W-2 form (known as a wage and “The IRS informed us that Mem- sources director to appear before the he sought the meeting after previous tax statement) is typically issued bers of Congress should be receiv- Congressional Affairs Committee inquiries on the tax document issues yearly by employers to employees to ing W-2’s, and not 10-99’s under IRS regarding the Congress members’ went unanswered. report the employee’s annual wag- Revenue Ruling 59-354,” Gill said in compensation and income taxation Red Corn’s request for a subpoena es and taxes withheld from his or an email, adding he was awaiting on April 15. her paycheck. In the case of a form additional responses from the IRS is based on ONCA 07-48, which gives At issue is whether the twelve 1099-MISC, this form is used by regarding other related issues. Congress the authority to issue sub- elected members of the Legislative non-employees, such as independent The April 15 Congressional Af- poenas. It was passed by the First ON Branch are receiving the proper doc- contractors or attorneys when re- fairs Committee meeting occurred Congress. Branstetter said this is the uments for filing tax forms each year porting income not withheld by the one week later after Second Speak- first time the Second ON Congress with the Internal Revenue Service. companies employing their services, er Raymond Red Corn motioned for has used the subpoena authority. Speaker Jerri Jean Branstetter is- according to investopedia.com. sued the subpoenas to hear testimo- Edwards asked why Congress ny from Treasurer William Kemble members were receiving different and Human Resources Director Bill documents, especially if the same Foster on April 7. Both Executive documents were not issued to the Applications available for the 2011 ON Branch officials appeared before the Principal Chief and Assistant Prin- committee one week later. cipal Chief, which are both elected Community Challenge Grant program Congresswoman Shannon Ed- positions as well. applications must be submitted by wards, who was elected as part of the “I agree that all the elected offi- By Benny Polacca local community governments, com- first ON Congress in 2006, explained cials should be treated and paid the Osage News munity foundations, or recognized/ the compensation and tax inquiries same,” said Kemble. He also said it The Osage Nation is accepting ap- established community organiza- began when she and other Congress was “very uncommon” for the Con- plications for its 2011 Community tions. members started receiving questions gress members to be receiving the Challenge Grant program through This year’s grant program funding from tax preparer officials about the two different tax documents. June 30. The grant program targets was established by the ON Congress, documents being used to report their “For those fiscal years that I wasn’t local entities interested in develop- which passed a $150,000 appropria- income for tax purposes through the here, since it is the responsibility of ing facilities within the Nation’s tion bill (ONCA 11-48 sponsored by years. the Treasurer, I can’t answer on be- boundaries to promote a healthy life- Congressman Anthony Shackelford) “The first year, what I recall, is I half of my predecessor. I’m surprised style among Osage youth. on April 7 during the Hun-Kah Ses- received a 1099 (from the Nation) to hear that W-2s and 1099’s were The grant is for a maximum of sion. and that’s the only thing I got, which issued, I don’t know the rationale $25,000 per community, organiza- Last year, the Nation paid out would indicate that I was a personal for that, I can’t really answer on his tion or foundation for the purposes $53,000 for the 2010 Community contractor under IRS guidelines,” behalf,” said Kemble who replaced of supporting “an active lifestyle Challenge Grant program, according Edwards said of 2006 and 2007 tax former Treasurer John Jech after to the ON Office of Strategic Plan- reporting years. In 2008, Edwards Principal Chief John Red Eagle ap- among reservation youth, aid in ning and Grants Management. The said she received a W-2 from the Na- pointed Kemble last fall. Chief Red the prevention of diabetes, or other office will receive and evaluate all tion instead of a 1099 and in another Eagle was elected in July 2010. diseases and to support the growth submitted community grant applica- tax reporting year, she received both. The meeting discussion also raised of our communities,” according to a tions. “And this is where my tax person questions of whether ON Congress press release from the Nation. News of continuing the commu- started asking me ‘what’s changed members are considered employees To be eligible for this grant, ap- nity grant program comes less than now that all of a sudden you’re re- of the Nation as well as whether Con- plicants must be located within the a year after a health study recom- ceiving two kinds of tax documents gress members are also considered physical boundaries of the Osage mended that Osages can expand instead of one?’” Edwards said. “tribal council” members, according Nation, which includes the commu- their life spans by making healthier Kemble and Foster said they did to IRS regulations. At the meeting’s nities of Pawhuska, Wynona, Barn- not know how the changes in the tax end, Kemble agreed to a telephone sdall, Avant, Skiatook, Prue, Osage, See aPPlicationS availaBle documents started. Kemble was ap- conference with an IRS official and Fairfax, McCord and Shidler. The —Continued on Page 12 12 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org

Applications Available Osage Bedtime Story –Continued from Page 11 lifestyle changes. The study notes Little Skip Rock Discovers Honey the rate of diabetes among Osages is higher than the average population Once upon a time, somewhere near the Smokey Hill rate. Released in July 2010, the health Range and the Smokey Hill River Valley, was a little survey study titled: “Health of the band of Osages . The Leader of this band was Old Rim Rock. Nation: Reservation at Risk” ques- Early one summer morning, Old Rim Rock wanted to hold a meeting with the children and asked his best tioned Osages applying for the health benefit card program. Those little messenger Little Skip Rock to notify the Children . At the meeting, Old Rim Rock told the who participated filled out a ques- children they were going on a long journey to the valley of the Honey Bees which was a long journey to the tionnaire on their health. The study was conducted by Paradox Consult- east of the camp. Old Rim Rock wanted the children to go and collect some Honey and Honey Combs from ing LLC, which was founded by Dr. the Honey Bees trees nests. Old Rim Rock told the children what to take: cedar branch bundles, sage grass Joe Conner (Osage) and Dr. Carol bundles, Osage orange branch bundles, Red Elm branch bundles, a fire starter and an axe . Nice Conner. According to the study findings, Water and snacks were brought along as well. Old Rim Rock advised that when they find a Honey Tree, and 20.7 percent of Osages living on the then start a fire, then light the wood and grass bundles which cause a thick smoke that make the reservation (who completed the sur- Honey Bees sleepy and tired. When the Bees are sleepy and tired, they do not feel like biting or stinging chil- vey) reported being diagnosed with diabetes. In Oklahoma, 13.05 per- dren that are taking way the Honey and Honey Combs that the Bees worked so hard to make. cent of non-reservation Osage resi- The Children who were sent out to the valley of the Honey Bees were: Red Rock, Smooth dents reported being diagnosed with Rock, Flint Rock, Deep Rock, Sand Rock, River Rock, Slippery Rock, Table Rock, Yellow Rock and Little Skip diabetes while the rate was 9.64 percent for those Osages living outside Rock. They set out to the valley of the Honey Bees. Hot and tired when the children reached the valley, they Oklahoma. The average U.S. rate for stopped and took a little nap by a cedar grove. After resting a bit, Little Skip Rock heard a Honey Bee Buzz those diagnosed with diabetes is 8.3 bzzz bzzz by his ear bzzz bzzz and the little Bee went into a hole in an old hickory tree. Little Skip Rock yelled percent and 11 percent for the general Oklahoma population. for the others to come over and start a fire because he had found the Honey Hole a few steps from the Honey On obesity, 70 percent of Osage Hole the children could hear a lot of bees buzzing bzzz bzzz in the tree bzzz bzzz. Little Flint Rock got scared adults living on the reservation are and ran a little ways away, because he had been bitten by Honey Bees before and he did not want to get bit overweight with 34.6 percent of reservation Osages being obese, the sur- again. The children started the fire then laid sage grass bundles, red elm stick bundles, Osage vey found. Orange stick bundles and cedar stick bundles on the edge of the fire not to burn but to smolder, to cause the In 2010, the Nation awarded community challenge grant funding to thick smoke that make the Honey Bees sleepy and tired. The children picked up the smoldering four entities. The city of Pawhuska bundles and stuck them into the Honey Bee nest. The buzz bzzz of the Honey Bees went from a loud BZZZ received $25,000 for its aquatic to a little bitty bzzz the Honey Bees started to get very sleepy and tired from the thick smoke. Then Red splash pad project; The “Make It Happen in Pawhuska” committee re- Rock took the axe and chopped the Honey Hole big enough for little Skip Rock to reach into, but first, little ceived $10,500 for building the skate Skip Rock covered his hand, arm and shoulder with Elk hide for protection if a Bee woke up too soon. Little park northeast of Lynn Avenue and Skip Rock reached into the Honey Hole and pulled out honey and honey comb and put it into Honey Bags Main Street; Hominy’s Dug-Out Club received $1,500 toward improving . the ball park facilities; and the Fair- The other children kept a steady stream of smoke on the tree, even little Flint Rock came back and helped fax Pool Improvement Committee re- When the bags were full the children decided to go back to home camp, but before leaving the children said ceived $16,000 for public swimming pool repairs and improvements. thank you to the old Hickory tree and to all the little Honey Bees that shared some of their honey. All completed applications must The children then took off and ran back to Old Rim Rocks camp. At the edge of the camp, all the children be received by 4:30 p.m. in the Office that had been on the Honey Hunt stood and started to Buzz like Bees Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz then everybody at of Strategic Planning and Grants Management on June 30. There are the camp knew they had brought some Honey back. The children did the buzz BZZZ BZZZ so well that some of no exceptions. the smaller children took off running thinking the Bees were coming. Old Rim Rock collected the Honey from For more information and to re- the children and said to all the children that they had done a good job and the Honey was the best he had ever quest a community grant applica- tion packet, contact Lynette Miles at eaten. All of you did good (918) 287-5383 or Otto Hamilton at (918) 287-5584 at the OSPG. Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 13 Language Department honors students of inaugural ‘Lunch with Language’ course Osage News The Osage Nation Language De- partment recognized participants who attended the inaugural “Lunch with Language” course this spring during the final class meeting on May 11. The Lunch with Language course targets students, especially government employees, who may not be able to attend weeknight language courses when they are typically held during fall and spring sessions. This past session’s courses were held Wednesdays during the noon lunch hour. Language instructor and student recruiter Rebekah Horsechief teach- es the Lunch with Language course at the department’s main office in Pawhuska. She said the course intro- Photo by Benny Polacca/ Osage News duces students to the Osage orthog- Students of the inaugural Lunch with Language class offered by the Osage Nation Language Department and local Osages and raphy and they learn basic sentences government officials pose for a photo on May 11. Pictured (l to r starting with top row) are: Dawn Haney (ON Communications), in the Osage language. Brad Stumph (Environmental and Natural Resources), Congressman Daniel Boone, Attorney General Jeff Jones, and James Munkres The inaugural session’s students (Historic Preservation). Bottom row: Daisy Spicer (ON Prevention Programs); Jann Rose (ENR), Rebekah HorseChief (Lunch with were presented with certificates of Language instructor), Deidre Bigheart (ON Executive Branch), Walkeen Wahwassuck (ON Mail Room), Connie Bishop, Cliff Bishop. completion for the class. It reads: “Thank you for your commitment of Horsechief also offers a “Spotlight language topic. For example, one took and Edmond as well as through time and effort to help preserve our on Language” audio clip on the Na- word recently featured on “Spotlight other outreach programs. Contact Osage language.” tion’s main Web page at www.osag- on Language” is “In-Lon-Schka” or the Language Department for more Horsechief said the next session etribe.com. The audio clips, typically “dances.” information at (918) 287-5505 or see of “Lunch with Language” is slated updated weekly, feature a sentence The Language Department of- to begin in July during the Indepen- or word in the Osage language and fers classes at its classroom sites in its Web site at www.osagetribe.com/ dence Day holiday week. any pertinent history behind the Pawhuska, Hominy, Fairfax, Skia- language.

June 27 is the deadline for all Letters to the Editor Submissions submissions for the July issue of the If you’d like to submit a letter to the editor, mail it to the Osage News, Attn.: Shannon Shaw, 109 E. 6th Street, Pawhuska, OK 74056 or email sshaw@osagenews.org. Letters must be respectful and informative to the reader, and may be edited for grammar, clarity and Mark it on your calendars! space. 14 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org Memorial Day on the Osage Osage Post 198 Auxiliary salutes Osage Veterans with 21-gun salute in Pawhuska All photos by Christopher Peak / Osage News Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 15 16 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org Osages participate in Carden Bottoms excavation in western Arkansas All expenses were paid for those Osages who wanted to participate in excavation By Sunnie Clahchischiligi Osage News It was the late 19th Century when tenant farmers in the Carden Bot- toms of Northwest Arkansas dropped their shovels for thin metal probes. The Arkansas River began to erode, people were hungry and farmers were desperate. The riverbanks moved and cut their way into the graves of ancient Native people, exposing remains and what would later be the lives of the ancient Osage, Quapaw and Caddo people. The farmers were encouraged by commercial artifact dealers to dig near the riverbanks for pottery vessels that freed them from poverty. Today, Archeologists like George Sabo, professor of archeology at the University of Arkansas, occupy the Carden Bottoms in search of some- Trona Wells, Osage, learns how to operate the electronic surveying equipment used to find underground features at the first week thing more valuable than the com- of the April excavation. The University of Arkansas in collaboration with the Osage Nation, Quapaw Nation and Caddo Nation, in- mercial artifacts found decades ago. vited tribal members to take part in the project. For about a year now, Sabo and about 20 volunteers and archeolo- mentation by early archeologists, American Indian in Washington, in the 1950s but looters made their gists are searching for information. Sabo and his team were able to learn D.C., has another 300. way into burial sites before archeolo- Information they hope will lead them about the three tribes that were con- In the 1930s the University of Ar- gists could. to a better understanding of the peo- nected to the Carden Bottoms. kansas conducted it’s first excavation In the 1970s and 1980s archeolo- ple that once occupied the Carden Sabo said in the 1920s the exhum- project near Little Rock, Ark., where gists began examining the hundreds Bottoms. ing of ancient burial sites reached its they found pots that eventually led of pots and the focus on the Carden “[While digging up housing forma- height and commercial artifact deal- to the type of research Sabo and his Bottoms withered. tions] we can identify the ancestors ers sold the potteries to private col- team found a deep interest in. But Sabo and his crew knew there of the modern Osage, Quapaw and lectors. “Vessels from all three of those ar- was something there. Caddo,” Sabo said. “At the site at Sabo wanted to look further into Others made their way into mu- eas were found in single graves, so this point we have certain answers the rock art found in Petite Jean seums nation wide. The University that peaked archeologist’s curiosity but we’re pretty hopeful that we’ll Mountain. of Arkansas currently has the larg- to figure out what kind of cultural be able to shed some light on the re- “We were trying to understand est collection with about 600 vessels, interaction would result in people lationship of the people living down how the rock art related to other here with the modern descended half of them are from the area and barring their dead, with pottery from communities.” housed at the Gilcrease Museum these different traditions,” Sabo said. See carden BottoMS excavation From years of research and docu- in Tulsa. The National Museum of Additional sites were later found —Continued on Page 18 Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 17

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Archeologists and volunteers shovel out a house feature found in the Carden Bottoms of Arkan- sas. The open area was said to be the center of the housing structure that once stood there.

Trini Haddon, Osage, siffs dirt through screens used to find shards during a week-long excavation in the Carden Bottoms of Arkansas in early April. 18 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org

Carden Bottoms Excavation –Continued from Page 16 archeological materials in their re- gion,” he said. “We were able to con- firm a direct link between the rock art production and the decorations on a lot of the pottery that comes from the Carden Bottoms area.” And later a directed link to the Osage, Quapaw and Caddo people was found. The designs on the pottery proved a direct link to all three tribes. Sabo said the rock art showed that the people living in the Carden Bot- toms area who produced the pottery were interacting with neighbors who conducted rituals in the mountains that led to the rock art. Over a year and half ago Sabo and his team designed another project where he and his team returned to the Carden Bottoms for something a little bit different. “We decided to do it using electronic remote sensing equipment to identify residential areas of places people went to try to find house features and association trash deposits so we could excavate those,” he said. An archeologist holds a large piece of shard found while digging up a house feature in the Carden Bottoms of Arkansas. “And get more information about the people responsible for the burials and all of the pots and the rock art Hunter said the three-year proj- herself into when she signed up, but all in the academic world,” she said. and look at what kind of house archi- ect had three phases; museum work she was glad she did. “This is really important on a larger tecture they had – try to identify who where participants look at the pot- “To me its just interesting to know scale, it allows that Native Voice, was living in the houses.” tery in museums, the fieldwork and how people lived thousands of years we’re going to be apart of interpret- Sabo and his team also decided finally the analysis phase. ago . . . ” she said. “Even if it turns ing the past, it’s not just the scientist to get people from all three tribes For the last two years the office of out not to be Osage people who lived looking at the past.” involved. He said they invited the historical preservation has invited here I’m still glad to be out here and She said it’s important for the Osage, Quapaw and Caddo people to members of the Osage Nation to take to be a part of this. It was a great Osage people to know their history take part in the excavations. part in the excavation, all expenses experience.” and the origins and to some day pass It was an effort Osage Nation His- paid. The two excavations in April led that on to younger generations. torical Preservation Office Director So far a handful of members have to yet another finding of a housing “I hope that we continue to work Dr. Andrea Hunter said was more made use of the opportunity. structure of the people that once oc- on projects like this,” she said. “To than fitting. In the week of April 4-8, Osages cupied the Carden Bottoms. get Osage anthropologists and ar- She said the office of the historic Trini Haddon, her sister Trona Wells Hunter said inviting Osage partic- cheologists staffing this whole office preservation has always reached out and Martin Miles took part in one of ipants into the project has advanced so that it’s all Osages that are in to local universities for archeological the weeklong excavations. the study of anthropology and arche- here to preserve our past.” projects. The three took part in the digging, ology. To read more about the April 4-8 “It’s a really exciting project, we surveying and the documenting of She said it’s important to include Carden Bottoms excavation visit jumped on immediately and said we the excavation. Native people in the process of find- osagenews.org and read the daily wanted to be a part of that,” Hunter Haddon said in the beginning she ing the history of their people. blogs from Osage News reporter Sun- said. “It’s really pretty exciting.” wasn’t sure what she was getting “It’s important that it exists at nie Clahchischiligi. Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 19

An aerial view of the housing structure dug in an April excavation dig in the Carden Bottoms of Arkansas.

Trini Haddon, Osage, sifts through buckets of dirt searching for shards during an excavation in the Carden Bottoms of Arkansas.

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Larry Porter, Assistant Station Archeologist at Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, brushes off a post of the housing structure during the a April excavation in the Carden Bottoms of Arkansas.

A volunteer digs a unit that indicated a trash pit near the hosing structure in an April excavation dig in the Carden Bottoms of Arkansas. Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 21 Osage Sports Osage pole-vaulter sets his sights on USA Trials for Pan Am Games liked it,” Lookout said. “When you’re Dillon Lookout is out there it’s just you and no one else. It [tests] what you can do and breaking records your ability.” Lookout grew up in Pawhuska and and giving back attended Pawhuska High School but later moved to Jenks with his grand- along the way parents for better opportunities. It was in Jenks two years ago By Sunnie Clahchischiligi when he started to eat, sleep and Osage News breath pole vaulting. But before that he liked to wrestle. Dillon Lookout was in trouble. When he arrived in Jenks he He was the last one to jump in signed up for wrestling but the pro- the 6A state championship boys pole gram was full, so the track coach vault finals and didn’t even have to took him under his wing. make the leap, but he wanted to. He pole vaulted in the 7th and 8th He missed the first two jumps and grades but didn’t take it seriously on the third he tucked his pole under until he was a freshman. his right arm, charged and threw his “I wasn’t very great,” Lookout said. body over the pole. Then Dillon remembered how “On his third jump if he would great his dad was and decided he have missed it he would have gone wanted to be just like him, and may- home,” said Lookout’s grandfather be even better. Sammy Lookout was Mike Jones. “He (Lookout) took a a pole vault state champion in 1988. deep breath and said a prayer.” Lookout started training with Joe He cleared the jump with a mark Dial, the head track and field coach of 16-0 feet, winning his first state at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa championship title. who won the bronze medal at the Photo by Sunnie Clahchischiligi/Osage News But, the moment he stepped onto 1989 World Indoor Championships Dillon Lookout, Osage, charges to the pit during the 6A Oklahoma regional track and the winner’s podium it was just that, in Budapest. a moment. field meet in Owasso. Lookout later went onto win the 6A state championship title and “It happened my freshman year, I breaking the school record of 16-5 feet with a jump of 16-6. A heartbeat later he was already started going to ORU, met with the thinking about his next goal – a na- coach Joe Dial,” Lookout said. “I was sophomore year he popped off the Jones said he and Dillon’s grand- tional title. talking to him about American re- The 18-year-old Jenks High School cords, world records, and I saw him pole and was injured. He wanted to mother Star Jones, lost count of the incoming senior started vaulting jump on his videos and I was like, ‘I take a break but was encouraged not various things Dillon has done to when he was in the seventh grade. want to be like that.’” to. make himself better. “The breakthrough I made, is what Lookout, Osage, had relatives who Lookout’s freshmen year he trav- Every Wednesday evening Dillon vaulted but it was his father Sammy eled with a track and field club called makes the sport amazing,” he said. could be found training with Dial, Lookout who made a lasting impres- Personal Best Athletics out of Tulsa. “My dream goal ever since then was sion on him as a pole-vaulter. He got better with every jump but to be a gold medalist.” See lookoUt BreakinG recordS “My dad introduced me to it, I it wasn’t enough for a state title. His Lookout hasn’t forgotten that goal. —Continued on Page 23 22 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org Osages do well in State Track meets across the state Jenks High School students Dillon Lookout and McKenzie Labadie win gold

By Sunnie Clahchischiligi Osage News The days spent in uncomfort- able winds and under the scorching sun are officially over as the Okla- homa high school state track meets wrapped up last weekend. A handful of Osage athletes throughout the state represented their roots well from class 6A to 1A. Some made personal bests and others won gold. In the big school class 6A, Jenks’ Dillon Lookout and Mckenzie Laba- die took home gold medals. Lookout, a junior, placed first in 6A boys pole vault with a 16-0 mark, out jumping Yukon senior Tanner Ramsey by one whole foot. Going into the state meet Lookout was a favorite, ranked No.1 with a personal best mark of 16-6, which broke the Jenks school record. The previous school record was 16-5. Labadie, a senior, placed first in the 6A girls 300-meter hurdles with a time of 45.52. She also placed fifth in the 100-meter hurdles clocking in Photos by Sunnie Clahchischiligi/Osage News at 15.84. The 5A and 6A meet was held in Woodland senior Kylie Johnson (front) Ardmore on May 13-14. and teammate McKayla Mashburn (back) The class 3A Pawhuska Huskies make their way to the finish line in the fi- had high representation but fell nals of the 1A girls 800-meter run at the short of any state titles won by any 1A Oklahoma high school state track known Osage athletes. and field meet in Oklahoma City on May Hope Kennedy and sister Faith 7. Johnson placed fourth and Mashburn Kennedy qualified for the state meet placed seventh. in pole vault and track events. Jayde Cher Satepauhoodle-Miles, a junior at Drummond qualified in the girl’s Hominy High School, attempts a jump in high jump event and Jamison Cass the high jump event at the 2A Oklahoma qualified in the 3A boy’s high jump. state high school track and field meet in In the 2A meet Hominy High Oklahoma City. Satepauhoodle placed School junior Dakota Trumbly won 12th and was one of a small group of See State track MeetS Osage athletes throughout the state to —Continued on Page 25 qualify for the state meet. Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 23

Lookout Breaking Records –Continued from Page 21 he spent summers in the scorching for the fact that I get to help people heat practicing three times a day and see them do better, it really and when he’s not out pole vaulting he’s doing pull-ups on the back of his makes me feel really good, I just love bedroom door. to help people, I like to teach it to Jones said pole vault became Dil- other kids so they can carry that on.” lon’s way of life and like other star professional athletes; it’s who he is. Dillon is the son of Suzanne Look- “If you were to ask who Dillon is out and Sammy Lookout. He has or what he is – he’s a pole vaulter. three younger sisters and a younger That’s just what he is and we finally figured that out. Mickey Mantle’s a brother who he encourages everyday. baseball player, Dillon Lookout’s a He said his motivation and deter- pole vaulter,” Jones said. “He never mination are all thanks to family in said, ‘you know, I wanted to do this Jenks and Pawhuska. or that when I grow up,’ he’s a pole vaulter, it’s like asking a horse why He said it’s because of them and it’s a horse.” his mental strength that he’s able to Lookout said the way he is with be successful. his sport shows everything he is as a person. “That was my determination and He said vaulting has always been motivation to be the best,” he said. in his blood; it’s just taken him some “If you want to be the best, you got to time to see that. “It shows how my characteristics work like them.” are in my life,” he said. “You have to Early this year Lookout broke be mentally strong, if you have the the Jenks school record of 16-5 and mental game you can do whatever you want.” jumped 16-6. He was nationally Dillon’s high school track coach ranked, tied for 9th place in high Tom Stockton has coached him for school boy’s pole vault. For the last the last two years. He said when Lookout started, two years he’s participated in the he jumped a 14-0 and can now clear Juniors Nationals Outdoors, Indoors 16-5. He said he did it all by simply New Balance and Summer New Bal- wanting to. “His desire is to be the best . . . he ance Outdoor Nationals and will Photo by Sunnie Clahchischiligi/Osage News is very driven,” Stockton said. “He take part in the USA Trials for Pan Dillon Lookout, Osage, a junior at Jenks High School won the 6A boys pole vault state never settles for anything less.” Am Games this summer. championship title in May. Lookout also broke his school’s record of 16-5 feet, clearing His sophomore year Dillon didn’t 16-6 in the middle of the season. He was ranked No.1 in Oklahoma boys pole vault and win state like he planned but he did But there’s still a lot more he tied for No. 9 in the country. get better. He cleared 16-0 and was a wants to do and he was immediately national contender. reminded of that when he stood on He started winning at all the meets he traveled to with the track the podium of the state champion- Letters to the Editor Submissions and field club but found more plea- ships in May. If you’d like to submit a letter to the editor, mail it to sure in coaching others. “I understand it’s a state meet but His desire to help others became a the Osage News, Attn.: Shannon Shaw, 109 E. 6th Street, well-known characteristic. I want more, I want to be national Pawhuska, OK 74056 or email [email protected]. Let- He said helping others made his champion and world champion, I ters must be respectful and informative to the reader, and success that much sweeter. want this more than this,” Lookout “I like to see people succeed and may be edited for grammar, clarity and space. be better in how they want to be,” he said, motioning to the state meet. “I said. “When I coach I love coaching want to be remembered.” 24 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org

Osages participate in Oklahoma Indian All-State Basketball By Sunnie Clahchischiligi Indian athletes around the state Osage News who often times are overlooked Kylie Johnson, Matthew Free because they come from small and Ben Goodeagle will be repre- schools in small rural communi- senting the Osage Nation in an- ties,” Joe Conner said. “We try to other big way in June. get some attention for these play- The three have been selected to ers so we’ve managed to do that.” the Annual Oklahoma Indian All- Conner said many of the ath- State Basketball Teams. letes who play in the games have Johnson, a graduated senior at been recruited to play for Division Woodland High School, was se- I and II colleges around the coun- lected to the girl’s first team while try. Free and Goodeagle were selected The event lasts a day and a for the boy’s first-team. half. Students register on June The three out of 48 boys and 18 and play on June 18 at 6 p.m., girls chosen (24 girls and 24 boys) were selected out of over 100 nom- starting with the girl’s game. inees throughout Oklahoma and The athletes practice as a team a few surrounding states. the day they check in and attend Free, a graduate of Pawhuska an evening banquet with their High School and four-year state parents. golf qualifier said he was taken Conner said past participants by surprise to hear of his being are often brought back as speak- selected. ers. Some past Osage partici- “It’s pretty neat to get picked pants were Fred Beartrack and for the first teams,” he said. “It’s his brother Matt Beartrack from kind of cool to be one of the only Fairfax. ones to be Osage playing in it.” “Many of those kids have gone Johnson meddled in the 1A onto college whether or not they Oklahoma state track and field meet last month and Goodeagle played ball,” he said. was a part of the Woodland 2010 Conner himself was a bas- state football team. ketball player who found little Osage Dr. Joe Conner and his opportunity to play basketball wife Dr. Carol Conner found the after high school, which is what teams in 1996 through their Con- sparked the idea for the games. ner’s organizational and commu- He said there are also some nity psychology research firm. academic all-state players on the Two basketball games take team who have had a 3.5 or high- place at Oklahoma Wesleyan er GPA. University in Bartlesville where Conner said he was happy to over 800 of Oklahoma high school see that a couple of Osage ath- athletes have taken part in the letes made the list, being Osage games. Joe Conner said the games al- himself. low for students to be encouraged “It’s always good to see some to further their education and to Osages make it and it’s not every gain exposure by college recruit- year but we’ve had quite a few ers. Osages play in all state over the “Our focus, No. 1, is to recognize years,” Conner said. Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 25

State Track Meets Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center builds –Continued from Page 22 his first state title in the 2A boys pole vault event marking community arbor for Osage citizens 12-6. Osage heritage and want to be closer event were elected and appointed Arbor blessed by to the Osage community, for exam- government officials including: As- The junior was ranked No.1 Principal Chief Red Eagle ple. sistant Principal Chief Scott Big- and a favorite having marked a “We want it to be open to anybody Horse; Minerals Council members personal best of 12-6 earlier in Osage News who wants to use it who doesn’t have Cynthia Boone, Melvin Core, Myron a place to go,” BigHorse said before Red Eagle and Curtis Bear; ON Con- the season. The Osage Nation’s Wah-Zha-Zhi the meal. “We all know this arbor, gress members Alice Goodfox, John Other Osage athletes from Cultural Center staff has built an ar- we understand it, this is what we Free, Daniel Boone, Mark Simms, bor behind their building in Pawhus- know.” BigHorse said the Cultural Hominy who qualified for the Eddy Red Eagle and Speaker Jerri ka which is open to all Osages Center would also supply dishes and state meet were siblings Cher Jean Branstetter. Executive Branch interested in hosting cultural activi- utensils for those Osages hosting staff members also attending were Satepauhoodle-Miles and Tal- ties and traditional meal gatherings. meals at the arbor. Raymond Lasley, Faren Anderson, on Satepauhoodle-Miles. To commemorate the new wooden Principal Chief John Red Eagle Everett Waller and Chris White In the small schools class 1A, arbor, built north of the cultural cen- blessed the arbor with prayer and ter, the center hosted a traditional fanned the structure with cedar The Cultural Center is located at the Woodland High School girls meal on May 26 for several elected smoke before the meal was served. 1449 W. Main St. and its Web site is track team proved to have the government officials and employees. His brother, Congressman Eddy Red at www.osagetribe.com/cultural/. most success. Cultural Center director Vann Eagle, blessed the food, which in- For more information about the BigHorse said the arbor would ben- Cultural Center, arbor, cultural College-bound middle dis- cluded meat gravy, boiled potatoes, efit those Osages who are young and green salad, frybread and cake. classes and facility usage, call (918) tance runner Kylie Johnson those who recently discovered their Also in attendance at the May 26 287-5538. had a fourth-place finish in the 1A girl’s 800-meter run with a time of 2:26.24 and placed second with the silver medal in the 1A girl’s 300-meter hurdles clocking in a time of 47.06. Johnson’s teammate McKay- la Mashburn placed fifth in the 1A girl’s 400-meter dash with a time of 1:03.18. The two, along with team- mates Kady Schamhorst and Emily Edens, wrangled in two more medals. As a team the four placed third in the 4x800 meter relay and fifth in the 4x400 meter relay. The 1A and 2A state meet was converged and held in Tul- sa on May 6-7. The 3A and 4A was held in Oklahoma City on Photo by Chalene Toehay/Osage News the same weekend. Pictured from L to R: Harrison Hudgens (WCC staff), Cherokee Cheshewalla (WCC staff), Addie Thomas (WCC staff), Rosie Malone, Liz Lane and WCC Director Vann BigHorse. 26 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org News In Brief four units of Affordable Housing in Pawhuska, according to a prepared release. The Osage Housing Authority is one of the largest developers of affordable housing in Osage County with a 30-unit apartment complex, two four-plexes, and several single family homes. These four units will be available to rent to income qualified individuals or families regard- less of ethnic background, according to the release. Liz Ricketts, Executive Direc- tor for the Housing Authority, has brought in more than $3 million in federal funds to construct affordable Christopher Peak housing in Pawhuska since 2004. The Housing Authority is also certi- Christopher Peak joins Osage fied through the Department of Trea- News staff as summer intern sury as a Community Development Christopher Peak, Osage, is in- Financial Institution with the abil- terning at the Osage News for the ity to access additional federal funds summer of 2011. for economic development in Osage He was born and raised in Santa County, according to the release. Monica, Calif. He is a rising junior at Yale University, where he is ma- Nation offering assistance joring in Art, with a concentration in to tribal members affected photography, and English. Peak is currently the photography by tornadoes in Joplin editor at the Yale Daily News, the and OKC area oldest college daily newspaper, as The Osage Nation is offering as- well as the YDN Magazine. He has sistance to Osage tribal members af- also contributed to Sphere Maga- fected by the tornadoes that recently zine, a multicultural investigation hit the Joplin, Mo., and Oklahoma of the issues that affect students; City areas. Broad Recognition, Yale’s feminist Those in need of assistance are magazine; and Q Magazine, Yale’s encouraged to call the Osage Nation LGBT publication. Counseling Center’s crisis line at In 2009, Peak’s artwork was se- 866-897-4747. lected for a traveling exhibit of the Tribal officials have checked on best work submitted as part of AP the welfare of Osage Nation mem- Osage produces award-winning short film Studio Art classes. bers who live in the affected areas. To contact Christopher Peak email They have not found any specific The film, Unconquered: Allan Houser and the Legacy of One Apache Fam- him at [email protected]. needs at this time, and emergency ily, recently won the award for Best Short Film at the 7th annual Cowichan officials have indicated that immedi- International Aboriginal Film Festival, held April 13-17, 2011 in Duncan Osage Housing Authority ate needs are being met, according to British Colombia. Unconquered, a Six 14 Production was directed by Bryan receives $500,000 to construct a prepared release. Beasley and Associate Produced by Tara Damron. Tara is an Osage tribal duplexes in Pawhuska “Our thoughts and prayers go out member from the Grayhorse District. The film festival theme was Sacred to those affected by these horrific Spaces and the films selected looked at the spirit within. The Oklahoma Housing Finance events,” said Osage Nation Principal Unconquered (32 min.) takes us through the personal journey of the great Agency’s Board of Directors voted to award $500,000 to the Osage Hous- See newS in BrieF See award-winninG Short FilM ing Authority for the construction of —Continued on Page 29 —Continued on Page 31 Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 27 Births and Celebrations

Central Middle School in Bartlesville Lillyan, we love you and are so proud raised $100 for the Japanese Earth- of you! GO BUCKS!! quake and Tsunami relief fund. She sent the check to the Alaska Medical Missions in Anchorage, AK to aid in their relief efforts.

Kelsey Zaun Congratulations! Kelsey Zaun, a 9th grader from Travis Clark Bartlesville Mid-High School, won Outstanding Capstone for the Social 1st Place in the Bartlesville District Sciences department. He will be con- Science Fair (Biological Sciences – Allison Summer Sprague tinuing his education at the Univer- Junior Division) on February 19, sity of St. Thomas School of Law in 2011 for her project on Peripheral Congratulations! Minneapolis this Fall, where he has Vision. She was invited to enter into Allison Summer Sprague is a May earned an academic tuition schol- the Oklahoma State Science Fair Lillyan Hopper graduate of Oklahoma State Univer- arship. We would like to thank the held at East Central University in sity, receiving a bachelor’s degree in Osage Education department, Con- Ada from March 24-26. At the state Congratulations! construction management with a 4.0 gress, and Executives for their sup- competition she received the Award average. porting Higher Education for Osage for Excellence in Vision Science and Lillyan Hopper -Shi-mi Hon-ga She is the daughter of Angela students. They helped him to reach Optometry from the Oklahoma Asso- (Osage/Otoe/Chickasaw/Sioux) was Johnson Miskovsky and husband his goal of graduating with a degree ciation of Optometric Physicians – a awarded Principal’s Student of the Ray, of Oklahoma City, and Dave and enabled him to focus on his stud- check for $200 and a certificate. Year for Horace Mann Elementary Sprague and wife Tina, of Miami. ies and maintain his GPA. Nicole Zaun, a 6th grader from in Hominy, OK on May 17, 2011. Grandparents are Roberta and She was presented a plaque with Grady Johnson, and Hugh and Aleta Congratulations to her name engraved on it. Also en- Sprague, all of Oklahoma City. graved on the plaque was Brotherly, Britni Marie Wilcox! Allison is the great-granddaughter Upstanding, Courteous, Kind, Stu- On April 30, Britni Marie Wilcox of the late Tom and Josephine Nara- dious; traits for which she showed graduated from Northern Oklahoma njo Gilmore, granddaughter of Nan- throughout the school year and the nie Naranjo, Osage allottee of the See BirthS & celeBrationS reason she was honored with this Claremore Band. —Continued on Page 28 award. Lillyan is the daughter of Grateful to the Osage for their Jim and Jonna Hopper of Hominy, scholarship support, Allison’s proud OK. Her paternal grandparents are and loving family wish her much the late John Henry Hopper and success. Terri Kater of Pawhuska, OK. Pater- nal great-grandparents are Jim and Oney Kay Timmis of Udall, KS. Ma- Congratulations! ternal grandparents are Merlin Lyda Travis Clark graduated from Rog- of Coalgate, OK and Phyllis Lyda of ers State University May 7th. He Lawrence, KS. She has one baby sis- earned a BA in Political Science with ter, Lela June. Lillyan has numerous a minor in Biology. He graduated aunts, uncles and cousins who are Magna Cum Laude with a GPA of Nicole Zaun very proud as well. Congratulations 3.93. He also received the award for Britni Marie Wilcox 28 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org

Births and Celebrations –Continued from Page 27 College’s Registered Nursing Pro- versity of South Dakota where he Bears. In track she has earned sev- in Lawrence, Kans. Maggie is the gram Magna Cum Laude (with high volunteered his time for a cultural eral individual 1st place medals in daughter of Andrew Gray, Jr., Assis- distinction). She received an associ- immersion project at the Pine Ridge the 1600m, 2nd and 3rd place med- tant Professor at the Pawnee Nation ate’s degree in Applied Science and is Indian Reservation. During this als in the 800m during her 6th grade College. Her mother is Jennifer Gray now eligible to sit for the RN-NCLEX time, he worked with young Lakota and 7th grade years at Wyandotte of Bartlesville. Maggie’s goal is to re- exam. children and learned about their cul- Middle School, a 4H participant and ceive her Bachelors Degree and work Britni also received her Northern ture. placing in horse shows, dog shows, in the field of Broadcasting. Good Oklahoma College’s Nursing Pin and In 2007, Cameron graduated with science fair exhibits and crafts. luck, Maggie! her nursing cap during a special cer- a Bachelor of Science Degree from Her parents are Tracy and Rebec- emony held the same afternoon. The the University of Central Oklahoma ca Wright, one sister, Sara and one afternoon ended with the recital of in Edmond. He will start a three- brother, JT, all of Wyandotte; grand- the Florence Nightingale Pledge and year residency in Family Medicine parents Bill Bigheart and the late a candlelight ceremony. In addition at the University of Missouri in Co- Nickey Bigheart of Miami; great- to receiving her cap and pin, Britni lumbia, Mo. grandparents the late Ed and Juan- received the Spirit of Nursing Award Cameron is married to Melanie ita Bigheart of Pawhuska; Rachel that is presented to two students McCartney Rumsey and they have is the niece of Amanda Bigheart- nominated by faculty and peers. one daughter, Meg Rumsey. He is Smelser of Oklahoma City and Juan- Britni is the daughter of Greg Wil- the son of Brian and Marie Rumsey ita Bigheart of Ventura, Calif. She is cox and Cherie Lookout Leach. She and the grandson of Mongrain and the great niece of Ed and Janet Big- is the granddaughter of Mongrain Judi Lookout and Dean and Bobbye heart of Edmond and Janie Larsen- and Judi Lookout and Wayne and Carter, all of Pawhuska. Janet Wilcox. Bigheart of Glenwood Springs, Colo., and numerous relatives. We are all very proud of her and her academic achievements as well as the leadership roles she takes on at home, at church and at school. Congratulations sister we are very proud of you!

Jett Logan Eder

Congratulations! Jett Logan Eder, son of Joel and Toni Eder, and grandson of Oney Kaay and Jim Timmis, graduated summa cum laude from Oklahoma State University, May 7, from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources with a Bachelors Rachel Marie Wright of Animal Science: Pre-Veterinary Option. Cameron Rumsey Congratulations Oklahoma State’s tradition of ex- Rachel Marie Wright! cellence within Animal Science and Congratulations On May 17, Rachel Marie Wright its livestock judging programs drew Cameron Rumsey! was given the Science Achievement Jett to build upon this legacy. He has On May 7, Cameron Rumsey Award for the “Top Science Student been on the President’s Honor Roll graduated from the Sanford School of Wyandotte Middle School.” She is Margaret Katherine (Maggie) Gray all semesters, and the recipient of of Medicine at University of South a member of the NJHS and an honor numerous departmental and college Dakota. He completed his first two student and maintains a 3.8 GPA. Congratulations! scholarships. As a judger, Jett ex- years of medical school at the Uni- On May 6th 2011 Margaret Kath- celled as the Second High Individual versity of North Dakota where he Her activities include: 2nd chair erine (Maggie) Gray was awarded at both the Dixie National and the also participated in an Indians Into trumpet in the Wyandotte Middle Medicine Program. Cameron com- School band, she plays basketball her Associate of Arts degree at See BirthS and celeBrationS pleted his final two years at the Uni- and runs track for the Wyandotte Haskell Indian Nations University —Continued on Page 29 Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 29

Births and Celebrations News in Brief –Continued from Page 28 –Continued from Page 26 San Antonio Stock Show, and as- sisted with the 2010 Oklahoma State Chief John Red Eagle. “We felt Livestock Judging Camp. His team it was our duty as a Nation to went on to win the National Cham- provide assistance for our tribal pionship, and he was selected as a members residing in both the member of the 2010 National All- Oklahoma City and Joplin areas American Team. Jett also competed who may need help in these try- on the record setting 2011 National ing times.” Champion Meat Animal and Carcass The ONCC specifically pro- Evaluation team. vides counseling services. How- This summer, Jett will be travel- ever, if additional needs are ing with his Oklahoma Agricultural identified, counselors can assist Leadership Encounter team to Bra- in putting members in touch zil and will begin veterinary school with the appropriate Osage Na- at Kansas Sate College of Veterinary tion offices. Medicine in August. Jett would like to offer a most sincere thank you to Osage Nation Health Ben- the Osage Nation for its commitment to the education of its youth. Due to efit Card Program Makenzie Gray Attention: Tribal Elders the generosity shown, it has given who have reached age 65 by him not only the tools to succeed in Birthday! Makenzie will be turning 12/31/2010: We are honored to Margo Gray-Proctor and out of the classroom, but also the 6-years-old on June 22. provide an additional level of opportunity to give back a life of ser- benefit for our elders: Minority Small Business Champi- vice as a future veterinarian. Makenzie is the daughter of Ar- • Effective immediately your on of the Year at the Small Busi- landra and Matthew Gray of Skia- available balance will in- Happy birthday! ness Awards held at the Hyatt took. Her grandparents are Ann crease an additional $500 Dalton Kyle Howard, father of Regency Hotel on Tuesday, May Remington (Reme) Howard and hus- and Joe Freeman of Hominy. She is • Your total available reim- band of Courtney Howard, was born bursement balance will now 17. The Minority Small Business on June 19, 1991 in Oklahoma City. the great-granddaughter of Virginia be $1,000 Champion is awarded to a person Relatives that would like to wish (Harding) Maker and the late Lloyd • If you previously spent more Dalton a happy birthday are his who demonstrates extraordinary G. Maker. She is also the great- than the original $500 bal- parents, Jeff and Lori Taylor, and ance you may re-submit voluntary efforts beyond busi- maternal grandparents, Michael De- granddaughter of the late Marcell these claims for reimburse- Noya and Connie Dunagan. ness/professional responsibilities, (West) Freeman and Raymond Hill. ment Dalton shares the passion and efforts to improve conditions in love for fast cars with his Dad and Makenzie’s paternal great-grandpar- • OR you may use your debit Grandpa. card for any claim that can the minority small business com- ents are the late Margaret (Luttrell) be substantiated munity and not for personal gain, Happy birthday and Andrew “Buddy” Gray. Happy volunteers professional services Makenzie Gray For any questions regarding Birthday Makenzie! Love Mom, Dad, The family of Makenzie Gray this announcement or any other to the business community in a would like to wish her a Happy and Joseph. matter related to the ONHRP, legal, legislative, managerial, or please call (800) 825-3540. financial capacity, and can show Margo Gray-Proctor demonstrated accomplishments Letters to the Editor Submissions named Minority Small in advising minority small busi- If you’d like to submit a letter to the editor, mail it to the Osage Business Champion by ness groups of opportunities News, Attn.: Shannon Shaw, 109 E. 6th Street, Pawhuska, OK 74056 Tulsa Metro Chamber or email [email protected]. Letters must be respectful and in- within the overall business com- The Tulsa Metro Chamber formative to the reader, and may be edited for grammar, clarity and named Margo Gray-Proctor the munity. space. 30 June 2011 Osage News • osagenews.org Obituaries Florence Valentine National Book Committee as Deputy day, April 16 at St. John’s Regional Chesewalla Cobb Director and then as Director. She Medical Center after a battle with also worked with the Association of cancer. Florence Valentine Cheshewalla American Publishers and wrote re- Cobb passed away on May 8 at her Born March 31, 1927 in Pawhuska, views of children’s books for the New daughter’s home. She was 91 years he was the son of the late Clarence old. York Times and Herald Tribune. She K. Barkley and Lenora C. Harold She was born February 14, 1920 gave in-service courses for teachers Barkley. He attended Joplin schools in Pawhuska to Herbert Evart and in New York on curriculum use of and graduated from Wentworth Mil- children’s books. When the National Anna Townsend Cheshewalla. itary Academy. He then joined the Book Committee discontinued, she She was a member of the Immacu- U.S. Army and served during World went to work for the Library of Con- late Conception Catholic Church in War II. He owned and operated Bar- Pawhuska. She was very proud of gress Center for the Book. She has kley Amusement Co. in the four- her Indian heritage. She was a roll several books to her credit and was state area for 15 years, then served member of the Osage Nation. Valen- instrumental in starting the Head tine was of the Cherokee and Modoc Start program and organizing one of as General Manager for Sundancer Indian heritage also. the White House Conferences on Li- Homes in Noel for seven years. Fol- She married Doyle Cobb in May of braries. She was a lifelong member lowing retirement, he owned and op- 1941 in Wynona. Doyle and Valen- of the American Library Association. erated Southwest Billiard Supply in tine were married for 64 years. Virginia’s father was Osage and Joplin. She is survived by her daughter active in tribal affairs, and as a On January 20, 1946 he married Anna Larie and her husband Marvin member of the tribe herself, she has Norma Jean Evans Barkley in Co- Robert Kizer of Tulsa, one brother, Virginia Winslow Hopper Mathews kept up contact with its affairs. lumbus, Kan. She preceded him in Joseph Kille Cheshewalla and wife A memorial service will be held in death June 24, 1977. He married Bonnie of Greely, Co., one sister in her honor at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 22, Patsy Sue Cathey Driver on Novem- law, Judy Cobb Garrigus and her Haven, Belleville, passed away at 2011, at West Kishacoquillas Pres- husband Jim of Ponca City. She has 1:35 a.m. on Saturday, May 7, 2011. ber 10, 1980 at Miami, Okla. She byterian Church, with Pastor Sam- many nieces and nephews that she Virginia was born on March 9, preceded him in death October 13, uel G. Strohm officiating. adores. 1925, in New York City, N.Y., to the 2009. Burial will take place at Mach- Valentine was preceded in death late John Joseph Mathews and Vir- Survivors include two sons, James pelah Cemetery. by her husband Doyle, in March of ginia Winslow (Hopper) Mathews. C. Barkley II and wife Tina of Jo- Should friends desire, memori- 2005, her parents, Herbert and Anna She was preceded in death by her als may be made to: Hospice: The plin, Jack Allen Barkley and wife Cheshewalla, three brothers, Jim, lifetime companion, Virginia Huie. Bridge, 400 Highland Ave., Lewis- Donna of Sherman, Tex.; daughter Virgil and Jack Cheshewalla, one Virginia is survived by a brother, town, PA 17044. Hedy Barkley of Tulsa, Okla.; Julia sister Colleen Cheshewalla Moon, John H. Mathews, and wife Gail, Arrangements are under the care Marie Provance, loved like a sister, two stepsisters, Jo Ann Cheshewalla, of Allensville, three nieces, Sara of Henderson Funeral Home, Inc., of Pawhuska, Okla.; nine grandchil- Florence Joyce Cheshewalla Blalock, Dydak, Laura Edwards and Chris 3813 W. Main St., Belleville, PA dren; and seven great grandchildren. two nieces, Hazel Moon and Susan Mathews, as well as 13 great-nieces 17004. Graveside services were held at Moon, and one nephew, Bill Moon. and nephews. Mount Hope Cemetery Open Air Pa- Rosary was on May 11 at the Mc She grew up in New Jersey and at- Cartney Johnson Funeral Home in tended private preparatory schools, James C. Barkley villion with Rev. Bob Simon officiat- Pawhuska. Mass was held on May 12 then took courses at Goucher Col- James C. Barkley, age 84 of Jop- ing and family members serving as at the Immaculate Conception Cath- lege, the University of Geneva and lin, passed away at 6:35 p.m. Satur- pallbearers. olic Church in Pawhuska. Father Columbia University. Her expertise Chris Daigle officiated. Interment was in the field of communications, was at the Pawhuska Cemetery. promotion, public affairs, public re- In lieu of flowers, memorials may lations and program management. Letters to the Editor Submissions be made to Tranquility Hospice, 1815 She began in product promotion and East 15th Street, Tulsa, OK 74104. If you’d like to submit a letter to the editor, mail it to market development specializing in the Osage News, Attn.: Shannon Shaw, 109 E. 6th Street, children’s books for Brentano’s from Pawhuska, OK 74056 or email [email protected]. Let- Virginia Winslow 1944 to 1949 and then with Long- ters must be respectful and informative to the reader, and Hopper Mathews mans Green Publisher from 1950 to BELLEVILLE–Virginia Winslow 1957. may be edited for grammar, clarity and space. Hopper Mathews, 86, of Valley View In 1957, she began work with the Osage News • osagenews.org June 2011 31 Opinion Without Reservations Letters to the Editor Thank You Osage LLC object before our own children, elders and veterans? After reading the article in the Osage News regarding the statue It has become clear that the only that Congress has appropriated $2.5 thing the current members of the million for, I felt that I could no lon- Osage Nation Congress have any ger be silent. After listening to Con- concern for is themselves. I applaud gress when they are in session and the Osage LLC for turning down the hearing them say they do not have appropriated funds. I don’t believe enough money for their elders, veterans or anyone else that is a mem- that any member of congress holds ber of the tribe or an employee of the the interest of their own people to tribe, I find it appalling that they are heart. Once they are elected they so excited over spending that amount push their own agendas and ideas of money on a statue. and expect us to be supportive. I believe this really shows the true heart of the Congress men and wom- I honestly hope that one day they en. It shows a vanity that is beyond will realize that the people should belief. I believe everyone should be come first and not their own selfish proud of their heritage, no matter wants. Unfortunately, I feel that I what their heritage is. But, to be- have to be an anonymous in order little the people of their own Nation, telling them that they do not have to protect myself from the repercus- enough money for any of their pro- sions of having my own opinions, for grams and then to appropriate $2.5 fear of the constantly churning ru- million for a statue? mor mill and fear of job loss. I believe Instead of investing that much we have allowed a very sad situation money into an intangible object, why not spend it on their own people first? to become the “norm” when we are What kind of lesson are we teaching afraid of voicing an opposite opinion. our youth when we put an inanimate –Anonymous

Award-winning Short Film Cartoon © Santo Domingo Pueblo Cartoon Artist, Ricardo Caté –Continued from Page 26 Native American artist Allen Houser. With the strength of spirit he pos- sessed he took the struggles and beauty of his Apache people and brought June 27 is the deadline for all them to life through art. The film is narrated by Val Kilmer. More information on the film can be found at www.HouserLegacy.com The Unconquered submissions for the July issue of the DVD is available for purchase at the Oklahoma History Center Gift Shop by calling (405) 522-5214. We gratefully acknowledge the numerous volunteers that donated their time in making Unconquered a successful production. Future productions are being discussed but again volunteers are a necessary part. One future project that might be of interest to local volunteers is the series on the forgot- Mark it on your calendars! ten full bloods.