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Volume 12, Issue 8 • August 2016 The Official Newspaper of the Osage Nation Media Mogul Ted Turner to attend Osage Nation celebration of Bluestem Ranch acquisition Osage News Media Mogul Ted Turner will be present at the Osage Nation celebration of the Blue- stem Ranch acquisition on Aug. 24. “We seek to preserve, pro- tect and sustain the land,” Standing Bear said in a news release. The land will officially TARA MADDEN/Osage News change hands on Aug. 24 and Osage Nation Trial Court and Supreme Court, located on the Osage the celebration will be located Campus in Pawhuska. at the Bluestem Ranch near Hominy. Standing Bear said to Turn- er the land would help recon- ON Supreme Court nect the youth of the Osage Nation with their culture and the history of the land where hears oral arguments in their ancestors lived, hunted and thrived. Ethics Act case against According to a news release, the Osage Nation arrived to what is now Osage County minerals council from their former reserva- tions in Missouri and Kan- Shannon Shaw Duty sas in 1871. The final home Osage News of the Osages consisted of an area of 1,470,559 acres. The The Osage Nation Supreme Court heard oral arguments from attorneys representing the five Osage Minerals Coun- Osage held the land together cil members and the Osage Nation on June 7 in Pawhuska. in one parcel until it was di- The Osage Nation brought suit against five members of vided into individual parcels the Osage Minerals Council for failing to turn in signed af- by federal law in 1906. For fidavits of gifts received in 2015. The Osage Nation’s Ethics See Celebration Courtesy Photo Act requires elected officials to turn in the affidavits. —Continued on Page 4 A copy of the invitations that were sent to Osage Nation elected officials. Council members Cynthia Boone, Chairman Everett Waller, Kathryn Red Corn, Joseph Cheshewalla and Steph- anie Erwin refused to turn in the affidavits and were found guilty of violating the Ethics Act by the ON Trial Court on July 30, 2015. Their attorney, David McCullough of Nor- man-based Doerner, Saunders, Daniel & Anderson, L.L.P., appealed to the Supreme Court seeking a declaratory judge- ment on Aug. 19, 2015.

Defendants McCullough said the case should have been dismissed by the Trial Court. He said the ethics act does not apply to the minerals council because they are not a governing body as defined by the ethics act. He said the ethics act violates the 1906 Osage Allotment Act and when the ethics act is assert- ed against the minerals council it also violates the Osage Constitution. He said Article 15 of the Constitution, that sets up the minerals council as an independent agency within the Osage Nation, does not say the council has to adhere to the Na- tion’s laws. He said the OMC members are elected by Osage shareholders and not tribal members like the Congress or Chiefs, so they are not “elected officials” as defined in the ethics act. “I don’t read that [Article 15 in the Constitution] as say- ing that the Congress has the ability to enact laws to enforce against the council,” he said. He spoke about the referendum vote that enacted the TARA MADDEN/Osage News Constitution in 2006 and what the founders of the Constitu- tion intended when referring to the minerals council. Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton leads the procession for his family to Pay for the Drum on Thursday Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Lohah Homer asked of this year’s Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka dances. him questions about the roles of governmental bodies, their functions and if the minerals council performed those. Mc- Cullough and Homer went back and forth on the meanings Osage boxer of independent agency and the wording in the Constitution and ethics act. Ben Cottingham Supreme Court Chief Justice Meredith Drent said she felt they were arguing semantics, definitions and commas. “So this argument about the Osage Minerals Council and working to go how it came to be in the Constitution, I’m not interested in hearing that. What I am interested in hearing is this posi- pro next year tion that somehow the minerals council is outside the scope of what Congress was intending to do with the Ethics Code,” Tara Madden Drent said. “And I’m also not hearing ... references to Article Osage News 10, the Code of Ethics, within the Constitution itself.” McCullough said, “I believe I have answered in that the Ben Cottingham is on the minerals council within the Constitution, within Article 15, cusp of becoming a profession- is recognized as an independent agency and I believe the al boxer. He is 23-5 in his ama- Constitution says its independent and outside the laws of teur career. A split decision the Congress.” came between him and a na- tional championship in May. See TRIAL Courtesy Photo/Earl Gilkey —Continued on Page 4 See Cottingham Ben Cottingham won his second fight by decision at the 2016 National —Continued on Page 4 Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in Salt lake City, Utah.

Inside the Osage News Follow the Osage News Online OMC Attempts to Secede...... 2 Pawhuska InLonSchka...... 9 • Breaking news at osagenews.org Hominy Indian Village to Receive Improvements...... 3 Energy Column...... 15 • facebook.com/osagenews Bluestem Board Updates...... 3 Culture Column ...... 16 • twitter.com/osagenews Campaign Contribution Reports...... 5 Classifieds / Obituaries...... 18 • flickr.com/osagenews 2 August 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org Conflicting views over recent OMC draft resolution and letter to BIA Shannon Shaw Duty Osage News

The question of who does the Osage Mineral Estate belong to is a question that’s been asked repeatedly since 2006. And according to a draft resolution and letter from the Third Osage Minerals Council to the BIA Osage Agency Superinten- dent Robin Phillips, the question is being asked again. The minerals council is asking Phillips for a specific explana- tion of the BIA’s legal reasoning, rationale and authority for the transfer of trust assets to the Osage Nation that include the min- eral estate, trust property (Osage villages) and headrights, spe- cifically those given back to the tribe for educational purposes, and why the BIA recognized the transfer. Osage Minerals Council Chairman Everett Waller said he was not allowed to discuss the draft resolution or letter. Osage Minerals Councilwoman Cynthia Boone said the coun- cil wants to know exactly where their trust property is. “We just want to have an updated list of our property, what are our assets. That’s all we’re asking the bureau for,” Boone said. Councilman Talee RedCorn had a different reason. He said at the last Environmental Impact Statement scoping meeting, the word “Nation” was left off of brochures by the BIA and he wanted to know why. “We as a minerals council are seeking clarification … I asked their attorney present why the word ‘Nation’ was left off the ma- terial and he didn’t give me a straight answer as to why, but made a gesture, at least to me, on whose assets they were trying to protect, the Osage headright holders or the Osage Nation,” RedCorn said. “That’s what prompted our query – what’s going on here with our trust assets. So we sent a letter to our attorney and requested a recommendation.”

Draft resolution and letter Whether the word “Nation” was left off brochures or whether a list of trust property is being requested, that’s not what the The draft OMC resolution. resolution and letter say. The letter talks about the “conveyance” of land, or the transfer of land, to the Osage Nation and whether or not the Osage Min- erals Estate should be under the Osage Nation. It talks about the “violation” of the 1906 Act. It says the Osage Nation has “hindered” the minerals council’s ability to serve headright hold- ers. According to the letter: “The Osage Nation has consistently exercised and/or claimed authority over these trust assets, es- pecially the Osage Mineral Estate, in violation of the 1906 Act. The 1906 Act specifically states that ‘the oil, gas, coal, or other minerals covered by the lands for the selection and division of which provision herein made are hereby reserved to the Osage [T]ribe…’ 34 Stat. 543.” The minerals council references Public Law 95-496, an amend- ment to the 1906 Act passed by the 95th U.S. Congress in 1978. The amendment extends the ownership of the minerals estate to the Osage Tribe “in perpetuity,” meaning forever or perma- nently. The council references a second amendment to the 1906 Act from 1984, Public Law 98-605, passed by the 98th U.S. Con- gress. The act defined mineral estate to mean “any right, title, or interest in any oil, gas, coal, or other mineral held by the United States in trust for the benefit of the Osage Indian Tribe under section 3 of the 1906 Act.” These are all arguments made to suggest the mineral estate doesn’t belong to the Osage Nation. When asked if that was the minerals council’s intent, Boone said they are simply seeking a list of trust assets. Inherent Sovereignty In 2004 the 108th U.S. Congress passed Public Law 108-431, an act to reaffirm the inherent sovereign rights of the Osage Tribe to determine its membership and form of government. This act is what allowed the 31st Osage Tribal Council to form the Osage Nation, its Constitution, and to allow lineal descen- dants of individuals on the 1906 roll to be registered as members regardless of whether or not they owned a headright share. See Mineral Estate —Continued on Page 4

The draft letter to be sent to BIA Osage Agency Superintendent Robin Phillips if the OMC approves it.

604 Kihekah • Pawhuska, OK 74056 (918) 287-5668 Rosemary Wood joins www.osagenews.org Editor Osage News as columnist Shannon Shaw Duty Senior Reporter on Osage energy matters Benny Polacca Osage News tor Shannon Shaw Duty. “She can provide a historical context Features Reporter / Graphic Design Former two-term Osage that few can and some of her Tara Madden Tribal Councilwoman Rose- column ideas she has already mary Wood is joining the Editorial Assistant / Photographer expressed to me are a breath Osage News as a columnist on Chalene Toehay-Tartsah Osage energy matters. of fresh air.” “We have sorely needed Wood has served the Osage Rosemary Wood Osage News Editorial someone to give our readers a in various capacities over the Board Members unique perspective of the oil years. She has been a grant Osage Tribal Council from Jerri Jean Branstetter and gas industry and I believe writer for the Osage Na- 1994-2002. Lu King that person to be Rosemary tion and most notably served See Columnist Teresa Trumbly Lamsam Wood,” said Osage News Edi- two four-year terms on the —Continued on Page 15 Osage News • osagenews.org August 2016 3

ON Congress opposes proposed Hominy Indian Village to federal rule change increasing receive needed improvements number of eagle kills Shannon Shaw Duty Benny Polacca Osage News Osage News Principal Chief Geoffrey Citing the sacred sta- Standing Bear laid out his tus eagles hold in the plans for the Hominy Indian Osage culture, the Fifth Village on June 30. He was Osage Nation Congress unanimously passed a speaking to more than 30 el- resolution opposing a ders at the Title VI building in proposed federal regula- Pawhuska. tion to increase the num- He discussed the improve- ber of eagles that may be ments being made to the his- killed without penalty. The resolution (ONCR toric Hominy Roundhouse, the 16-31 sponsored by Con- community building, the vil- gressman Otto Hamil- lage square and possibly the ton) passed on July 20 during the second Special Session. arbor. He also discussed the Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear signed the resolu- new fitness center to be built BENNY POLACCA/Osage News tion the next day. According to ONCR 16-31: “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife in the Industrial Park. Osage dancers walk past the old Hominy Roundhouse. Service has proposed revisions to the regulations governing Bruce Cass, director of the the issuance of eagle take permits, which would allow the Tribal Land and Development ping up the environmental and to expand the Tulsa Osage number of eagles to be injured and/ or killed to be increased Acquisition department, said assessment. Casino, he said. from a maximum of 1,103 for up to five years to 4,200 per an architect has been secured Village Public Square year, a nearly fourfold increase.” “We have a very robust bid- The public comment period on this proposed regulation for the roundhouse and they’re Standing Bear said Cass ding system and procurement “about 90 percent complete and his Chief of Staff, Ja- change ended at the beginning of July, but the Osage Na- we follow,” he said. “We are tion Energy Services, LLC, board also submitted comments with the design drawings.” son Zaun, have met with the very careful there is no favor- in opposition before the comment deadline, said Congress- Construction will be the next Hominy Five-Man Board and woman Maria Whitehorn. process and the Nation will bid community members on at itism (with construction con- Congresswoman Alice Buffalohead said the resolution least 10 different occasions to tracts).” “sends a stronger message that two bodies of the (ON) gov- out the work. ernment agree on this.” Standing Bear said there discuss improvements to the The Nation is using Osage- Hominy Indian Village public According to the Federal Register, the U.S. Fish and was money left in the capi- owned, Tulsa-based company Wildlife Service proposed the changes on May 6, which then tal improvement fund in the square. triggered a two-month public comment period on the pro- Stonebridge Group, LLC, for amount of $410,000 and he Cass said improvements posed changes. will be made to the community the projects. Standing Bear The Federal Register on the proposed revisions states: and his staff were working building and a new drainage said it’s very important who “(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) estimate(s) there are about with Congress. system will be constructed. 143,000 bald eagles in the United States (including Alaska), “The architect said the the Nation selects because They are currently procur- and that populations continue to increase. Given their con- building is 100 years old or he does not want to be in a tinued population growth above the 2009 baseline, there is ing an architect. Community more and has a lot of termite financial mess that was the considerable capacity to sustain the take of bald eagles. Un- members have expressed damage,” he said. “They’re construction of Ponca and der our proposed management approach, the annual take their main priority is the limit would be 4,200 bald eagles nationwide. This compares going to take it out board by community building, he said. Skiatook casinos. The Nation to a take limit of 1,103 established in 2009.” board and then, fix the drain- An architect will be secured used the Austin, Texas-based Standing Bear said the resolution is a Congressional age and rebuild it.” voice of formal opposition to the federal rule change pro- this month. Square One Consultants, Inc., He said the process would posed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to increase the Standing Bear said $4 mil- be painstaking, numbering for those projects in 2012. number of eagles, which may be injured or killed without lion has been appropriated penalty under the Eagle Take Permit program. each board to make sure the “Congress appropriated $51 in total to make the improve- According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Bald building is rebuilt precisely. million and only after they and Golden Eagle Protection Act (enacted in 1940, and ments to the community build- [the casinos] were built did we amended several times since then) prohibits anyone, with- ing, the drainage construction Wellness Center out a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior, from and the arbor. However, he discover we actually spent $83 Standing Bear said with an “taking” bald eagles, including their parts, nests, or eggs. said the community is still million,” he said. The Act provides criminal penalties for persons who “take, $800,000 HUD Indian Com- weighing the option of wheth- possess, sell, purchase, barter, offer to sell, purchase or bar- He said Cass will be over- munity Block Grant, and a er to fix the existing arbor or ter, transport, export or import, at any time or any manner, seeing the expenditures for the $250,000 match from the Na- build a new one, like Gray- any bald eagle ... [or any golden eagle], alive or dead, or Hominy projects and Stone- any part, nest, or egg thereof.” The Act defines “take” as tion, a new wellness center is horse and Pawhuska have “pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, being built in the Hominy In- done. bridge will be making the rec- collect, molest or disturb.” dustrial Park. Because the Nation did not ommendations, “making sure The Fish and Wildlife Service website states: “A vio- Currently, they’ve been have $4 million in the Trea- we produce quality buildings.” lation of the (Bald and Golden Eagle Protection) Act making due by housing the sury, and the Hominy Indian can result in a fine of $100,000 ($200,000 for orga- To learn more about the fitness center in a garage Village demonstrated they nizations), imprisonment for one year, or both, for a Stonebridge Group visit their first offense. Penalties increase substantially for ad- in the industrial park, Cass had the bigger need, $4 mil- ditional offenses, and a second violation of this Act is said. They are in the process lion was separated out of website at: http://www. a felony.” of procuring an architect for money that would later go to stonebridgegroup.net/index. the project and they are wrap- purchase the Bluestem Ranch cfm?id=1 Self-governance compact resolution withdrawn over minerals concerns Benny Polacca sion, Principal Chief Geoffrey acquire increased control over als Council program, services, advancing all legislative items Osage News Standing Bear described a the management of federal activities alone’ and I think if through the process for final compact as a “government-to- programs that impact their that was added to this legisla- votes that day, but Congress- An Osage Nation Congres- government relationship be- members, resources and gov- tion, it might bring some type man Ron Shaw expressed sional resolution to approve tween the Osage government ernments. These agreements of comfort to the constituents concern ONCR 16-34 was not the execution of a self-gover- and the federal government. are referred to as ‘638 com- that I serve.” ready for a vote. nance compact between the Osage Nation has been a self- pacts and contracts.’” Whitehorn also referenced Congresswoman Shannon Nation and the U.S. Depart- governance tribe since 2006.” Contracts and compacts are a 2014 bill (ONCA 13-62) she Edwards also said she did not ment of Interior failed to gar- Standing Bear added the very similar. Self-Determina- sponsored and was passed believe the resolution is ready ner support for a vote during Nation is the only recognized tion contracts are authorized by the Third ON Congress. due to drafting errors, refer- the July special session. self-governance tribe in the under the 1975 Indian Self According to that bill, “any As a result Congressman U.S. without a formal com- Determination and Education compacts pertaining to the ences to documents the Con- RJ Walker withdrew the reso- pact agreement, according to Assistance Act. Self-Gover- Osage Minerals Estate shall gress did not have and also lution (ONCR 16-34) during the self-governance office. “We nance compacts are made pos- be affirmed by resolution of noted any changes to the com- the special session held July are adding real estate services sible by 1994 amendments to the Osage Minerals Council.” pact document are done on the 19. Walker did so after sev- to our BIA negotiations with the (original 1975 Act). Whitehorn said the intent of federal side, not by the Nation. eral Congressional and Osage or without a compact. With a During a July 18 Congres- ONCA 13-62 was to stop com- She also pointed out the Con- Minerals Council members compact, Osage Nation will sional Governmental Opera- pacts affecting the Minerals gress was told there is no time expressed concern with the be able to take full advantage tions Committee discussion, Estate before they were exe- rush on passing the compact proposed resolution, com- of the other program money Congresswoman Maria White- cuted and said she will oppose resolution during the special pact language and questioned available in other parts of the horn described the proposed ONCR 16-34 “until we have a session. whether the Minerals Estate Department of Interior, such compact as an “umbrella,” one resolution that the Minerals Congresswoman Alice Buf- would be impacted. as water rights, fish and wild- where any Osage Agency BIA Council says we are OK” with falohead said she wants to get According to ONCR 16-34, life funding.” operations could be compacted the compact.” more input from the Minerals the resolution seeks “to ap- A self-governance compact at anytime after the compact is The meeting ended with no Council regarding a potential prove and authorize the ex- between tribes and the U.S. executed. action taken on ONCR 16-34, compact. “I’m not against ev- ecution of a self-governance is available thanks to passage Osage Minerals Council- but the resolution was dis- erything in it at all, I think Compact between the Osage of Public Law 93-638, which is woman Cynthia Boone said at charged from the committee Nation and the United States the Indian Self-Determination the meeting she wanted to ex- and sent to the floor for a vote the appropriate time for us to of America through the De- and Education Assistance Act. press concerns on behalf of her after eight Congress members listen to (more resolution dis- partment of Interior, Bureau The DOI website states: constituents after viewing a signed a discharge request cussion) is in the fall when we of Indian Affairs for the de- “In the early 1970s, Congress copy of the proposed compact. form for the resolution. have more time and we can livery of programs, services, passed (Public Law 93-638) She said “there is no clause in The second special session have more people – that it is functions and activities.” that allowed Indian tribes this particular legislation that ended on Day Two after the going to affect – come to the At the start of the ses- and tribal organizations to says basically ‘leave the Miner- Congress members discussed table to provide their input.” 4 August 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org Celebration –from Page 1 years Turner, founder of CNN and Turner Broadcasting, has owned 43,000 acres of former Osage land. Attending the Bluestem Ranch acquisition will be Prin- cipal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Osage Nation dignitar- ies, tribal members, Chiefs and representatives of other feder- ally recognized tribes, state and federal government officials.

Directions from Tulsa Go north on Highway 75 to Highway 20. Take Highway 20 West through Skiatook and Hominy to County Road 5675/ Thompson Rd. (37.2 miles). Go north on County Road 5675 for 3.4 miles and the location will be on the left.

Directions from Pawhuska Go west on Highway 60 from Pawhuska approximately 14 miles. Turn left onto County and becomes Bill Morris Rd. proximately .8 miles to County Road 5701/4551 and go south Continue on Bill Morris Rd. Road 5675. Turn right onto Courtesy Photo/Earl Gilkey for 7.1 miles. Turn left onto for 3.5 miles to County Road County Road 5675 and contin- Cottingham after his super heavyweight fight against Moses Rivera in County Road 5705 and go east 5451. Turn left onto County ue south for 3.2 miles and the Olathe, Kans. for 2.5 miles. The road curves Road 5451 and go south for ap- location will be on the right. Cottingham –from Page 1 would it affect the property establish a Constitutional “Ben is an awesome fighter with a big heart, we have been Trial value of the interest the share- government and the Osage Na- working on technique and footwork a lot and have hopes he will –from Page 1 holders receive? Jones said no. tional Council was formed, the go pro by this time next year,” said Earl Gilkey, his boxing coach Drent said the minerals She asked if the council mem- division between the minerals and trainer of 12 years. council was not outside the bers had to swear an oath to council and the governing body Cottingham, 26, attended the Kansas-Oklahoma Regional uphold the Constitution? He Constitution. She said Article split the Nation apart. The Na- Golden Gloves tournament in Wichita, Kans., in March. He won 10, Code of Ethics, talks about said yes. tional Council was abolished the 201-pound open title and advanced to the 2016 National elected or appointed tribal of- Jones said by applying the and the government went back Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in Salt Lake City, ficials of the Nation. She said ethics code to the minerals to the Osage Tribal Council. Utah, where more than 300 of the country’s best amateur boxers she was interested in specific council the Congress was do- She said it took more than a language he could point to in ing its Constitutional duty in competed. The tournament was from May 16-21 and Cotting- decade for the tribe to come the 1906 Act and its 27 amend- protecting the minerals coun- ham fought in the heavyweight division. back together again and form ments that specifically says cil, because it protects against Cottingham won his first fight by third decision against a the Osage Nation. the minerals council does not corruption and ensures OMC fighter from Buffalo, N.Y. He won his second fight by decision have to adhere to the Osage officials are held accountable “I have a hard time with the against a fighter from Toledo, Ohio. He lost his third and final Nation or its Constitution. to their shareholders. idea that the minerals coun- fight in the tournament, ending his time at the tournament. “We have consistently been Supreme Court Justice cil is in Never Never Land. “He did well. They were more experienced but it was a close subject to individuals who Drew Pierce asked, “How could Because the whole point of fight with the decision of 3-2. He was only two fights away from the Osage government was to did not take the interests of the Nation carry out its duties being a National Champion,” Gilkey said. without imposing some ethical have a system where all parts our shareholders seriously, to Cottingham has trained for years to get to where he is today. requirements on members of hold each other together and ignore that fact would be to His record books are kept in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the USA ignore our history, it is well the minerals council?” we’re unified in upholding our Boxing headquarters. documented,” Drent said. “Peo- Drent said, “Independent government, upholding our He had his eye on the 2012 Olympic games in London but he ple who thought it was better does not mean ungoverned.” culture … all of those kinds didn’t make the U.S. boxing team. Undiscouraged, he worked to be wined and dined by [oil] of things. And when you set harder. His new goal is to be come a professional heavyweight producers than to get the max- Rebuttal up a system where you accept boxer. To prepare for upcoming fights Cottingham said he imum benefit of our mineral McCullough maintained the an argument that this entity doesn’t go on a special diet because he loves food and loves to eat. estate. So if your answers have referendum vote in 2006 was is so far outside of the Osage He said he works hard during training to make sure he stays in anything to do with, ‘well, they not meant to put the miner- Nation that the Osage Nation can just govern themselves,’ als council under the Nation’s cannot even impose the most shape. He jumps rope and steadily works on the speed bag. He that is not good enough.” laws. basic ethical constraints,” she said running is essential to his training. McCullough said he agreed Homer interjected. said. “I really have a hard time Cottingham is not sponsored by an outside source. He pays the Constitution was set up to “I was listening and be- with this idea that the poten- most of his own expenses and Gilkey contributes when they at- protect the mineral estate and ginning to have a reaction to tial for an Osage Nation entity tend tournaments in and out of state, he said. They are currently shareholders, but regardless of your use of pronouns. ‘Ours,’ working on fundraising ideas to help with travel and lodging history, the shareholders are to go rogue, for people to take ‘Theirs.’ The purpose of the bribes and what have you, and expenses. afraid the non-shareholders [2004] Reaffirmation Act, the engage in other corruptions Cottingham’s last fight was June 25-30 in Olathe, Kans. A will take their trust shares, or intention was to unite the that there would be nothing scheduled fight, Cottingham weighed in at 208, which was sev- headrights, away. “The issue Osage Nation and your argu- the Osage Nation could do en pounds over the heavyweight limit and put him in the super before the court, does the Con- ment that somehow the miner- about it.” heavyweight division. He won a three round unanimous decision gress have the ability to insert als council has some other kind against boxer Moses Rivera who weighed in at 278. laws that affect the minerals of untouchable status because Check back with the Osage council?” it is the minerals council, is News when the Supreme Court “I love boxing and working out and getting to hit people for not consistent with the ideal makes its ruling. A recording sport,” Cottingham said. Plaintiff of unifying the Osage govern- of the oral arguments can be Cottingham is Osage and Seneca-Cayuga. He is one of eight children to Charles Cottingham and Patricia Turley. Representing the Osage Na- ment into a single functioning found on the Nation’s website tion was Assistant Attorney government,” Homer said. at: https://www.osagenation- He hopes to attend Haskell Indian Nations University in the General Jeff Jones. She said in the early 1990s nsn.gov/who-we-are/judicial- future like his older brother Chris Turley. “I think the crux of the mat- when the Osages tried to branch/supreme-court. ter is defining independent agency. The Osage Minerals ernment, then we don’t have Council is recognized by the Mineral any independent sovereignty, Osage Nation government as that means we wouldn’t have an independent agency, that’s Estate gaming,” Standing Bear said. the two words I’ve been strug- –from Page 2 He said the minerals council gling with ever since I’ve been Principal Chief Geoffrey has not consulted him on the here. Following that is ‘within Standing Bear, who was also subject of trust assets, even the Osage Nation.’ So what- though there is a provision in an assistant principal chief ever it is, it’s still within the the Constitution for his role under the old form of govern- Osage Nation,” Jones said. with the minerals council. “Which tells me it has to follow ment, the Osage Tribal Coun- “When I met U.S. Supreme Osage Nation law, and that cil, said when the tribe held Court Justice Sonia Sotomay- law is passed by Congress.” the 2006 referendum vote and or, when she met with tribal He said he wasn’t saying the the Constitution became law, leaders about a year-and-a- Congress was over the miner- the mineral estate was in- als council but that’s where it half-ago in Oklahoma City, cluded. There was no transfer starts because they are respon- she said to us the big danger to sible for all laws governing because the Osage Tribe and Indian tribes is that there are natural resources according to the Osage Nation are the same people in the federal govern- the Constitution. entity. He said the BIA recog- ment who believe sovereignty “I believe the appellant nizes the Osage Nation as a comes from the U.S. Congress would have you believe it’s the federally recognized tribe and instead of treaties. She said old tribal council, but it’s not,” has done so since 2006. that is an extremely dangerous he said. He said he doesn’t be- “The tribe’s foundation is not view for all tribes,” he said. “As lieve that making the minerals just the 1906 Act, it’s the trea- a headright owner, I want to council follow the ethics law is ties with the Great and Little know how much of our money diminishing the council or the minerals estate in any way. Osage with the United States. they’re spending [the minerals Homer asked if a member If you say that the Osage gov- council] to get these kinds of from the minerals council were ernment is nothing more than opinions. I think that’s the big to be removed by the Congress, a creation of the federal gov- question.” Osage News • osagenews.org August 2016 5

Individuals and businesses Election Board donate to 2016 Osage reduces fine for Congressional candidates late campaign Benny Polacca • Individual monetary • Nancy Keil: $1,000 reporting statement donations: $350 Osage News • Ellis & Glenna Benny Polacca • Anonymous monetary Thomas: $500 All 15 candidates who ran donations: $100 Osage News for seats on the Fifth Osage • Coldiron family: $300 Nation Congress submit- • Total donations: $10,385 • Mike Davis: $200 The Osage Nation Election Board reduced a $500 fine ted two campaign reporting assessed to 2016 Congressional candidate Fi Davis after statements during the 2016 Individual donors: • Pam Carter: $200 he filed an appeal regarding his second campaign report- election season. ing statement turned in after the deadline. The candidates are required • Strat Tolson: $150 • Jennifer Oberly: $150 The board heard the appeal on July 12 requested by to submit two statements to • Dr. Robert Nelso: $50 the ON Election Office at least Business entity Davis and voted to reduce the fine to $250 after determin- 15 business days prior to the • Joe Byrd: $100 donations:‑ ing Davis meant to follow the election rules and a mis- understanding of the listed deadlines resulted in the late election date and a second • Roger & Loretta • DnP Tank Services: $400 statement is due within 15 Ramsel: $50 reporting statement submission. Davis filed his appeal to days after the election, accord- • King Bowman cattle the Election Board on July 5. account: $250 ing to the ON election rules. Davis stated he complied with the rules and noted his JOE TILLMAN The statements must report daughter faxed his second campaign reporting statement all the candidate’s donations • Self-donations: $7,692.71 MARIA WHITEHORN to the Election Office on June 24, which is defined on the from individuals, corporations, Important Dates sheet handed to all 15 candidates as “2nd LLCs or any business entity • Individual monetary • Self-donations: $4,958.75 Campaign Reporting Statement Failure to File Deadline.” whether organized by state, donations: $9,295 • Individual monetary tribal or federal charter. The Election Supervisor Alexis Rencountre said she sent an • Individual in-kind donations: $1,925 statements must also report email reminding the candidates of the June 21 deadline donations: $650 the candidate’s campaign ex- • Individual in-kind (Tuesday) to submit the campaign reporting statements penditures from the begin- • Business entity donations: $1,681 two business days in advance (Friday June 17). ning of the campaign up to the donations: $650 • Business entity Election Board Chairwoman Shannon Lockett, who statement filing date. attended via telephone, referenced the Important Dates • Anonymous monetary donations: $300 The ON Election Board has sheet and said June 21 is listed as “2nd Campaign Re- certified all campaign contri- donations: $645 • Anonymous monetary porting Statement due.” She then clarified the difference bution reporting statements • Total donations: donations: $500 submitted by the candidates. between the two listed deadlines. $18,932.71 • Total donations: $9,364.75 The Osage News received “That June 24 deadline only comes into effect if you have failed to file by the original deadline. The reason copies of the candidates’ state- Top individual ments with following dona- Top individual that second deadline exists is so we can have some type donors over $100: donors $100 and over: tions noted on the statements of stopping place in this process for people who want to filed by the six candidates who • Charles O. Tillman Jr.: • Dudley Whitehorn: $1,000 run for office again or (who) are actually elected forof- won office in the June 6 elec- $2,000 fice this time … it’s a drop-dead date, if you will, to com- tion: • William Fletcher: $200 • Chuck & Manon Tillman: ply with our law,” Lockett said. Those candidates who do $2,000 • Charles O. Tillman: $100 not follow the 24th deadline for correcting deficiencies in ARCHIE MASON their reporting statements or do not submit them cannot • Barry & Sharon See Contributions take office (if elected) or face prohibition from running for • Self-donations: $9,935 Keeler: $1,000 —Continued on Page 18 office in future elections until those issues are remedied, she said. The Election Office also noted the second campaign re- Osage Nation to begin its first Osage porting statement submitted by Davis did not have any deficiencies even though it was submitted late. ON Assistant Attorney General Clint Patterson said Language Immersion Kindergarten program the second deadline does not apply unless the candidate Shannon Shaw Duty has deficiencies and said the wording does create confu- Osage News sion on the June 24 deadline. Davis attended a candidate workshop hosted by the School begins Aug. 15 at the Election Board in April and recalled the board discussing first Osage Language Immer- the Important Dates. “We sent my final statement on the sion Kindergarten. 24th according to this Important Dates to remember that I The Immersion School, was given at training and it was emphasized that I needed DAPOSKA A^KODAPY to comply with these dates. This sheet of paper says it is (pronounced Dah-Pos-Kah due – it didn’t say it’s a deadline – but it does say the 24th Ah-Koh-Dah-Pee), is part is a deadline and that’s what I was complying with.” of Principal Chief Geoffrey Election Board member Terry Hazen said she under- Standing Bear’s vision to pro- stood what Davis was saying, but also noted Rencountre’s mote a Montessori-style edu- email reminder also stated the candidates needed to sub- cation for Osage youth while mit their reporting statements by the 21st to avoid the revitalizing the language and culture. $500 fine. Election Board member Belle Wilson asked for the his- “I’ve had Osage children SHANNON SHAW DUTY/Osage News tory regarding prior election years regarding the campaign from that program come up Sam Harding (left) and Joseph Duty were the first two students to gradu- reporting statements. Lockett said the election rules were See Immersion ate from DAPOSKA A^KODAPY and will be part of the inaugural Kinder- amended to address prior incidents when candidates sub- —Continued on Page 16 garten class. mitted the statements late or did not correct deficiencies. Lockett said the original fine for not submitting a campaign reporting statement was $50 but that amount changed, adding “we don’t like to fine people we hate it … With $50 (fine in place), we had multiple candidates miss- ing this deadline, so the next (election) cycle, we raised it to $500 and that has helped tremendously,” she said. Davis said he understood the board’s discussion and “I want you to know I’m not trying to get by with anything … I want to comply with your rules and regulations – I run the Food Distribution Program and I have to work with rules and regulations … I was confused as to that deadline and the ‘due,’ I understand that now.” Davis said he’s not against paying a fine, but did not think the $500 fine was warranted. Patterson said the $500 fine is “set in stone,” but the rules and regulations appeals section states the board can reconsider any decision based on the appeal, information presented and “the totality of the circumstances to adjust the fine as the board sees fit.” Hazen and Wilson suggested cutting the $500 fine in half to $250 after the discussion. Lockett agreed the re- duction is “a fair compromise” considering Davis complied with the other deadlines and election rules and regula- tions. Afterward, the board voted unanimously to reduce the fine to $250 and Davis thanked the board for the op- portunity to hear from him. Afterward, the board also certified the six campaign re- porting statements that were found to have deficiencies at the June 30 meeting. Those candidates submitted the corrected information to be compliant, Rencountre said. The deficiencies included missing information including bank documents, math errors and illegible handwriting that made reports difficult to read. 6 August 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org Fifth ON Congress forms its 2016-2017 committees Benny Polacca • Angela Pratt (Health on by the entire Congress and Osage News and Social Services) initiates research/ proposes amendments to the Congres- The Fifth Osage Nation Membership – This com- sional rules as needed. Congress formed its select and mittee’s duties include ensur- • Angela Pratt (chairwoman) standing committees during ing the ON membership roll its inaugural special session is properly maintained in the • Alice Buffalohead on July 6. Membership/ CDIB Depart- The Congressional commit- ment and with the Congressio- • Shannon Edwards tees meet as needed during nal Clerk and to develop safety Congressional sessions and in- measures and means for keep- Commerce and Economic terim times between sessions ing the roll and membership Development Committee to initially consider legislation, records protected and methods budgets and other matters for enrollment and maintain- • William “Kugee” Supernaw that may later be taken up by ing records. (chairman) the entire Congressional body. During the one-day special • John Maker (chairman) • Maria Whitehorn (vice chair) session, the Congress mem- • Archie Mason bers signed up for the commit- • Joe Tillman tees, which then met for brief • Maria Whitehorn meetings to elect officers. • John Maker Congressional Affairs – The Congressional commit- • Angela Pratt tees will be set through spring The Second Speaker chairs 2017 and the committee list is: this committee and the com- • Ron Shaw Appropriations – This mittee considers and takes action involving Congressio- BENNY POLACCA/ Osage News committee’s responsibilities Education Committee include monitoring appropria- nal Office staff, salaries and The Fifth Osage Nation Congress meets during a July 18 special session tion/ budgetary legislation positions. The committee also • Shannon Edwards with Speaker Archie Mason at the podium. filed in Congress; review fi- reviews and approves profes- (chairwoman) nancial records circulated by sional contracts, expenditures • Otto Hamilton • RJ Walker over $1,000 and monitors the • John Maker (vice chair) the Treasurer, business enter- • Ron Shaw prises and report regularly on Legislative Branch’s annual • James Norris the fiscal status of the Nation budget. Health and Social Services Governmental to the ON Congress, according • Otto Hamilton Committee • Otto Hamilton (chairman) Operations Committee to the Congressional rules. • Archie Mason • Shannon Edwards • - Alice Buffalohead • RJ Walker (chairman) • Ron Shaw (chairman) • RJ Walker • John Maker (chairwoman) • Joe Tillman (representing • Ron Shaw (vice chair) • - Maria White- the Commerce and Econom- • Joe Tillman Cultural Committee ic Development Committee) horn (vice chair) • Angela Pratt • RJ Walker • Angela Pratt (chairwoman) • John Maker (Cultural) • - James Norris • John Maker Rules and Ethics – This • Joe Tillman (vice chair) • James Norris (Education) • - William “Ku- committee reviews and en- • John Maker gee” Supernaw • Archie Mason • Maria Whitehorn (Gov- grosses all bills referred by the ernmental Operations) Speaker before they are voted • Alice Buffalohead • - Joe Tillman • James Norris

Klash-Kah-She club hosts Osage meal for newly ordained Tulsa Bishop in honor of St. Kateri Tekakwitha Shannon Shaw Duty brings food to comfort mourn- Osage News ers and helps pray rosaries with mourners. The Osage women’s Catholic club Klash-Kah-She hosted an Kateri Tekakwitha Osage meal for newly ordained Saint Kateri, a 17th century Tulsa Bishop David Konderla Mohawk woman, is the first following a Eucharistic Pro- Native American saint. She cession to the Saint Kateri was canonized by Pope Bene- Tekakwitha Shrine at the Im- dict XVI in 2012. maculate Conception Church Saint Kateri was born in in Pawhuska. 1656 in New York. Her father The procession was in honor was Mohawk and her mother of Saint Kateri’s Feast Day on Algonquin. According to the July 14. Catholic Transcript Online, Bishop Konderla, who was Kateri’s parents and brother ordained on June 30, delivered died in a smallpox outbreak the mass. A procession fol- when she was four years old. lowed, with the club wearing She survived, scarred and pink Pendleton blankets. The nearly blinded, and went to meal served consisted of corn live with her father’s brother, soup, meat gravy, green beans, the new chief of the Mohawk. salad and frybread. The clan moved across what The Klash-Kah-She Club is now called the Mohawk SHANNON SHAW DUTY/Osage News presented Konderla with a River after their village was LEFT: Newly ordained Tulsa Bishop, David Konderla, leads the Eucharistic Procession in honor of St. Kateri Pendleton blanket. raided in 1666 by a Canadian Tekakwitha on her Feast Day, July 14 in Pawhuska. The Klash-Kah-She Club is regiment. Kateri escaped and an Osage women’s organiza- converted to Catholicism with and the aged. She took a vow ing for were miraculously her life, the 2015 EWTN film, tion that was first organized to the help of Jesuit missionaries. of chastity in 1679. When Kat- healed. Witnesses also claimed “Kateri.” accommodate Osage cultural She was baptized at age 20. eri died in 1680 just before she that for hundreds of years mir- To learn more about Saint traditions into activities of the Persecuted for her new faith, turned 24, witnesses claimed acles have been attributed in church. The club sometimes in 1677 Kateri joined a Chris- that her smallpox scars van- Kateri Tekakwitha, visit: serves breakfast to parishio- tian community in Canada, ished, revealing her beauty, her name for curing the sick. http://www.katerishrine. ners following mass and also where she cared for the sick and those she had been pray- A film has been made about com/kateri.html.

SHANNON SHAW DUTY/Osage News SHANNON SHAW DUTY/Osage News SHANNON SHAW DUTY/Osage News The Klash-Kah-She Club, in Pendleton blankets, walk in the Newly ordained Tulsa Bishop David Konderla prays in the St. Eucharistic Procession for St. Kateri Tekakwitha’s Feast Day Klash-Kah-She Club member Marjorie Williams places a Kateri Tekakwitha shrine in Pawhuska on July 14. on July 14 in Pawhuska. Pendleton blanket on Tulsa Bishop David Konderla at an Osage meal for St. Kateri Tekakwitha’s Feast Day on July 14 in Pawhuska. Osage News • osagenews.org August 2016 7 Osages Around the World Congress ends second special session; five pieces of legislation passed Osage News The Fifth Osage Nation Congress voted to end its second special session this morning after considering and taking action on several pieces of legis- lation. The following items were passed by the Congress before adjourning on Day Two: • ONCA 16-74: An act to set the funding levels for the Nation’s Higher Education Scholarships for the 2016-2017 school year. • ONCA 16-75: An act to provide a supplemental appropriation of $92,914 to the Cultural Preservation, Arts, Heritage and Lan- guage Division for the current fiscal year. This amount is for two outside grants awarded to the tribe and does not include a request for additional tribal funds. The grants are a National Parks Ser- vice Historic Preservation Grant ($52,914) for the ON Historic Preservation Office and a Tides Foundation MICA Grant ($40,000) for the Sugarloaf Mound Preservation Project in St. Louis. • ONCR 16-31: A resolution to oppose the revised fed- eral regulation increasing the number of eagles which may be killed without penalty under the U.S. Fish and Wild- life Eagle Take Permit Proposed Rule Revision. • ONCR 16-32: A resolution requesting the U.S. Department of Interior to place fee lands into trust status. The request is for the 43,000-acre Bluestem Ranch purchased by the Nation from TV media mogul Ted Turner earlier this year. • ONCR 16-33: A resolution to approve amendments to the Nation’s accounting fiscal management policy manual.

All legislation will be sent to Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear’s Courtesy Photo office for his review and action. Stephen Sewell, grandson of the late Cecilia “Smuggs” McClain from Pawhuska, took his Osage News to the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic. ON Museum collaborates with Fred Jones Jr. Museum for photography exhibit Benny Polacca Museum of Art featuring descendants 2017-planned exhibit in Norman, scription by the Jones museum. “The Osage News of Osage Allottee John Bigheart. which will feature the descendants’ exhibit provides an opportunity to On July 22, the ON Museum and photos alongside those taken of Big- consider how the iconic image of Na- The Osage Nation Museum is partic- exhibit photographers invited Big- heart in the early 20th century by re- tive America is often perceived as be- ipating in a Native American photog- heart descendants to the Pawhuska nowned photographer Edward Curtis. ing fixed at a historical moment, which raphy exhibit with the Fred Jones Jr. museum to be photographed for the Also participating in the photo was created largely by Edward S. Cur- project that day were Principal Chief tis (1868-1952) in his series The North Geoffrey Standing Bear and Assistant American Indian. Funded by J.P. Mor- Principal Chief Raymond Red Corn. gan, the intention for Curtis’ documen- According to the ON Museum, the tation was to put faces and images to planned exhibit features historical tribal communities that were perceived photographs by Curtis and new works as being on the verge of extinction and by Navajo photographer Will Wilson, complete assimilation. Well-inten- which will be shown together when the tioned Curtis’ project contributed to the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art opens construction of the myth of the Ameri- the exhibit, PHOTO/SYNTHESIS next can West by creating visual documents spring. of ‘endangered’ indigenous people and The exhibit is supported by a $40,000 cultures.” National Endowment for the Arts grant Regarding the Curtis project Wilson recently awarded to the University of Oklahoma, where the Jones museum is said: “Other Native artists have pro- located. duced photographic responses to Cur- PHOTO/SYNTHESIS is a project by tis’ oeuvre, usually using humor as a Wilson to directly counter: “the histori- catalyst to melt the lacquered roman- cizing effect of Curtis’ images by using ticism of these stereotyped portraits. I an anachronistic photography process seek to do something different. I intend and wet-plate collodion tintypes to to resume the documentary mission of document contemporary Indigenous See Photography people,” according to the project de- —Continued on Page 19

TARA MADDEN/Osage News TOP LEFT: Photographers look at a portrait of Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear as part of the project PHOTO/SYNTHESIS, an exhibit the ON Museum is participating in with the Fred Jones Jr. Museum on the OU campus in Norman.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News LEFT: Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear sits for his portrait as part of the project PHO- TO/SYNTHESIS, an exhibit the ON Museum is participating in with the Fred Jones Jr. Museum on the OU campus in Norman.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News ABOVE: Navajo photographer Will Wilson used this camera for an “anachronistic photog- raphy process and wet-plate collodion tintypes to document contemporary Indigenous people.” 8 August 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org Osage News • osagenews.org August 2016 9

TARA MADDEN/Osage News LEFT: Town Crier Caesar Williams announces the Pawhuska Drumkeeper, Berbon K. Hamilton, is coming under the Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka arbor.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News BELOW: Kayli Tipps and Cedar Perrier wear Osage wedding coats in the Paying for the Drum ceremony for Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton and his family.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News BELOW LEFT: The Hamilton Family begins the Paying for the Drum pro- PAWHUSKA cession for Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton and his family.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News BELOW RIGHT: Noah Hamilton and Jason Murphy bring in the drum dur- ing the Paying for the Drum procession for Pawhuska Drumkeeper Ber- bon K. Hamilton and his family. InLonSchka

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News RIGHT: Women of the Hamilton Family prepare for the Paying for the Drum procession for Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News FAR RIGHT: Women of the Hamilton Family prepare for the Paying for the Drum procession for the Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News BELOW LEFT: Otto Hamilton Jr., and his daughters Charlene Cozad and Marjorie Williams, walk with him into the arbor on Thursday for the Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka. His grandson, Berbon K. Hamilton, is the Pawhuska Drumkeeper.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News BELOW RIGHT: Christine No Ear, Bonnie Pratt, Christine Iron and her daughter Ericka Iron, walk in the Paying for the Drum procession for the Hamilton Family on Thursday of the Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News LEFT: Dora Williams and Samantha Lookout wear Osage wedding coats in the Paying for the Drum procession for Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton and his family.

TARA MADDEN/Osage News ABOVE: Ginger Kent-Hollis and Suzanne Lookout pose for a photo during the Paying for the Drum procession for Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton and his family. 10 August 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org

PAWHUSKA InLonSchka CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News LEFT: Cedar Perrier wears an Osage Wedding Coat for the Paying for the Drum procession for the Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News SECOND ROW LEFT: Kiana Hamilton, the Drumkeeper’s sister, and Dora Williams, pose for a photo before the Paying for the Drum procession for Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News MIDDLE: Alena Whiteshirt Speakthunder and her son Jacob Whiteshirt and daughter Cedar Perrier.

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News RIGHT: Samantha Fields and her mother Dana Whiteshirt-Maker before the Paying for the Drum procession for the Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

BENNY POLACCA/Osage News THIRD ROW LEFT: Tables are set for the June 25 Pawhuska District committee dinner.

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News MIDDLE: Cherise Lookout puts an Osage broadcloth skirt on Samantha Nicole Fields for the Paying for the Drum procession for the Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News RIGHT: Osage Congressman Otto Hamilton, his father Otto and twin sons Antwine and Wil- liam get ready for the Paying for the Drum procession for his nephew, the Pawhuska Drum- keeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

BENNY POLACCA/Osage News CLOCKWISE FROM BELOW: The Hamilton Family walks in the Paying for the Drum procession in honor of new Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News Town Crier Caesar Williams shakes the hand of Christine No Ear before the Paying for the Drum procession for Pawhuska Drumkeeper Berbon K. Hamilton.

CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News Men’s roaches are tied to a bannister in front of the home for Christine No Ear. Osage News • osagenews.org August 2016 11 12 August 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org

BENNY POLACCA/Osage News ABOVE: The Hamilton family procession walks to the dance arbor for the Paying for the Drum ceremony during the June 23 Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka dances.

BENNY POLACCA/Osage News LEFT: Joseph Byrd and former Principal Chief Jim Gray.

BENNY POLACCA/Osage News FIRST ROW LEFT: Father of the Drumkeeper, Berbon Hamilton and wife Haley Hamilton walk toward the arbor for the June 23 Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka dances.

BENNY POLACCA/Osage News RIGHT: Members of the Bigheart family walk toward the Pawhuska arbor for the June 23 In-Lon-Schka dances.

BENNY POLACCA/Osage News SECOND ROW LEFT: A family procession for Leland Burris (left) walks to the Pawhuska arbor on June 23 where he danced for the first time.

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RIGHT: The Red Eagle fam- ily procession lines up to go to the arbor with first- time dancer Liam Red Eagle.

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THIRD ROW LEFT: A family procession for Tre Burris walks to the Pawhuska ar- bor on June 24 where he danced for the first time.

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RIGHT: A family proces- sion for Oliver Littleton walks to the Pawhuska ar- bor on June 24 where he danced for the first time.

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FOURTH ROW LEFT: A family procession for Grant Harris walks to the Pawhuska arbor on June 24 where he danced for the first time.

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RIGHT: Pawhuska District Head Committeeman Eddy Red Eagle Jr. wel- comes the three Osage districts committeemen, singers and dancers to the June 25 committee din- ner and delivers the meal prayer. Osage News • osagenews.org August 2016 13 Osage Nation to open Interpretive Center; intercept ‘Pioneer Woman’ traffic Benny Polacca west corner of Main Street the increases in Pawhuska vis- Osage News and Lynn Avenue – is crucial itors. “I want to intercept all because an increase in tour- this traffic,” he said. Plans are underway to ism is expected in September On July 20, Standing Bear transform the former Pawhus- when TV cooking celebrity and presented the interpretive ka Pawn Shop into an Osage local resident Ree Drummond center plans to the ON Gam- Interpretive Center by mid- “The Pioneer Woman” opens ing Enterprise Board during September thanks to Osage her Mercantile store and res- a meeting in Tulsa and asked Nation efforts to clean out the taurant and deli in a two-story the board if the Osage Casinos now-tribally-owned building to downtown Pawhuska building would be interested in open- promote the Nation’s services she owns. ing a gift shop and promoting and culture. Standing Bear said he was the casinos at the Pawhuska Principal Chief Geoffrey informed Drummond plans center. “We want to promote Standing Bear said timing for to open the Mercantile build- our culture, programs and mu- renovating the old pawn shop ing on Sept. 15 and that is the seum,” Standing Bear said and Courtesy Photo/ON Communications building and opening the inter- target date he also wants the asked the gaming board if they pretive center – at the south- interpretive center to open for An outside photo of the former pawn shop building that will be home to would consider leasing space an Osage Interpretive Center in Pawhuska starting in September. for a gift shop. Standing Bear said the grams to develop Wah-Zha-Zhi received for new restrooms interpretive project would Eco Park, which is planned would be $55,000. proceed with or without the ca- for development across Lynn The building measures sino’s involvement, but want- Avenue from the building 3,920 square feet, according to ed to reach out and see if the where the Nation-owned Bird Standing Bear who said his of- board and casino management Creek Farms are located along fice is open to agreement lease would be interested in leasing the creek. terms for the casino to re- space. He also said the casino’s Also, Standing Bear said his assistance is appreciated be- office recently met with Drum- serve space at the interpretive cause the building is in need mond, who said new jobs will center. of upgraded restrooms, which come to Pawhuska when she “Pioneer Woman” Ree would need to be handicap- opens a distribution center Drummond, whose family lives accessible. for the Mercantile store in the on her husband’s ranch west of By the meeting’s end, the former ALCO store building Pawhuska, hosts her own Food gaming board voted unani- on the west end of Pawhuska. Network cooking show and mously to support a sponsor- Drummond bought the store has spent approximately four ship of the interpretive center building to house those distri- years planning and renovating with terms to be negotiated by bution operations, which could Courtesy Photo the building spaces she pur- the Osage Casino management bring 180 new jobs to the area, The ON Historic Preservation Office received grant money to raze team and reviewed at the end chased on the corner of Main the house that currently sits on Sugarloaf Mound. he said. of one year. Board members Standing Bear said plans Street and Kihekah. Drum- voting “yes” were Chairman are also in works to open up mond occasionally discusses Mark Simms, John “Trey” first floor space in the former her development plans on her Goldesberry, Susan Proc- First National Bank Building Confessions of a Pioneer Wom- ON Historic Preservation tor Kneeland, Traci Phillips (now owned by the Nation) for an blog. and one absence from Mark shopping kiosks as well. The On June 29, Drummond Office receiving grant P. Revard. former bank building is across wrote: “I’ve referred to it as a Standing Bear said the Main Street from the Triangle labor of love for a long time, former pawn shop was pur- Building (also undergoing ren- but it really, really is. We love chased during the Chief John to demolish house on ovation work by its respective that old building and what it Red Eagle Administration for owners), Mercantile building represents, and while on pa- $142,000 and was used for and houses a few ON depart- per, it’s sort of a crazy (insane) Sugarloaf Mound years as a storage space for ments on the upper floors. “furniture, junk,” glass, appli- Communities of Excellence idea to open a big deli, mercan- Benny Polacca ances and unused electronic Director Gail Boe said her of- tile store, bakery, and (now) Osage News items that became outdated fice plans to reach out to de- online store/warehouse in a and was “packed to the ceiling” partments for displays in the small town in northeastern The Osage Nation’s Historic Preservation Office is re- inside. Clean-up efforts lasted interpretive center. Plans al- Oklahoma, the fact that it is in ceiving additional grant money for its operations, includ- over the course of 18 months ready call for a tapestry of the ing plans to demolish the house on Sugarloaf Mound in our small town is what makes with the help of other commu- St. Louis. Cahokia Mounds from the His- it so fun.” nity members and AmeriCorps In 2009, the Principal Chief Jim Gray administration toric Preservation Office and Drummond recently pur- purchased Sugarloaf Mound, which is located south of staff who work through the items from the Osage Nation chased the former ALCO Nation’s Communities of Ex- Museum, Boe said. downtown St. Louis close to the Mississippi River. The building after the store chain cellence department to clean Standing Bear said up- mound is one of the last standing mounds in the present- ceased operations last year. day Missouri-Illinois region and was built by the Indig- out and renovate the building, graded restrooms for the in- Standing Bear said. terpretive center would not The building will serve as the enous society when Osage ancestors were in the region, warehouse for the mercantile according to archeological research. The Communities of Excel- be completed before Sept. 15, building and will also be the The Sugarloaf Mound property purchase included a lence department has also so plans will be made to bring vacant house built on top of the mound in 1925 and the partnered with AmeriCorps in portable toilets. He told the shipping center for the online Historic Preservation Office has said it planned to raze and Ta-Wa AmeriCorps pro- gaming board an estimate he store, she wrote on June 6. the structure and a cultural interpretive center would be planned and built at the site. According to Historic Preser- Courtesy Photo/ON Communications vation staff, part of the grant funding will be used for the LEFT: An interior photo of the former house demolition costs. Pawhuska Pawn Shop purchased The Congressional Cultural Committee heard from and cleaned by the Nation to hold an Congressman John Maker on July 18 during the second Osage Interpretive Center starting in special session regarding the appropriation bill (ONCA September, according to the Osage 16-75) for the incoming grant money. Maker, who spon- Nation Executive Branch. sored the legislation on behalf of the Executive Branch, said the bills do not require tribal funds to be appropri- Graphic Courtesy of Osage Nation Executive Branch ated. The Congress unanimously passed ONCA 16-75 the fol- BELOW: A map of the planned Wah- lowing day during the two-day special session, which was Zha-Zhi Eco Park in Pawhuska at the signed into law by Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear. intersection of Main Street (U.S. 60) According to a fiscal analysis of ONCA 16-75, the Na- and Lynn Avenue. An Osage Inter- tion is receiving a $40,000 Tides Foundation MICA grant pretive Center is being planned to for the Sugarloaf Mound preservation project and the His- occupy the former Pawhuska Pawn Shop on the southwest corner of the toric Preservation Office is also receiving a separate grant intersection. for $52,914 from the National Parks Service, which totals $92,914. Pascha Enzi, a GIS/ computer technician for the His- toric Preservation Office, said the $40,000 would cover the house demolition costs and hazardous materials abate- ment in case of asbestos or lead paint. Enzi said the house has a basement, which will be filled with dirt as part of reshaping the mound back to its originality. The grant will also cover travel costs for two office staffers who will monitor the demolition activities, she said. The $52,914 is for a Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Grant through the NPS and will be used to hire an arche- ologist on a contract basis for a 30-hour workweek, Enzi said. The archeologist will be hired for monitoring activi- ties for new pipeline construction and to respond to project complaints and reports. The grant money will also be used for expenses for the next Osage Heritage Site trip coordi- nated by the ON Historic Preservation Office, she said. Last year’s Historic Site trip took a group of enrolled Osages to St. Louis to view various mound sites in the St. Louis area and to meet with guest speaking archeologists. For more information on the ON Historic Preservation Office and to read more about Osage history by Director Dr. Andrea Hunter, visit its website at: www.osagenation- nsn.gov/who-we-are/historic-preservation. 14 August 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org ON Congress passes 2016-2017 higher education scholarship levels Benny Polacca per credit hour for up to 36 enrolled mentioned the hardships of increased Congressman Ron Shaw voted “yes,” Osage News credits during the school year. Under- tuition rates. for the scholarship levels but expressed graduate students enrolled at bacca- “What we are doing is attempting to concern of whether the Nation could The Fifth Osage Nation Congress laureate universities may receive up to keep those costs down for our students keep increasing the scholarship lev- $290 per credit hour. unanimously approved the funding so they do not graduate with debt they els with the Nation’s annual gaming levels for higher education scholar- Those students who attend research will be paying off the rest of their lives,” distribution for government services ships to be awarded during the 2016- universities and who are professional/ Edwards said. 2017 academic year during the July graduate students will receive increas- According to the Associated Press, remaining flat. Shaw said he’s proud special session. es in the per credit hour maximum The Oklahoma State Regents approved of the scholarship program and it’s a The Congress passed bill ONCA funding available. Students attend- increases in mandatory tuition and “substantial help” but added, “I think 16-74 (sponsored by Congresswoman ing research universities may receive fees for the state’s public colleges and the Congress in subsequent years is Shannon Edwards) on July 19 and up to $330 per credit hour, which is universities in June. The panel voted going to need to decide whether or not Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing a $20 increase from last year’s fund- unanimously to increase the costs for we can keep pace with the increase in Bear signed the bill so the Nation’s ing level. Professional/ graduate stu- undergraduate students by an average tuition.” third-party scholarship administra- dents may receive up to $360 per credit of 8.4 percent statewide. The tuition The Fifth ON Congress will next tor Scholarship America could process hour, which is a $30 increase from last and fee increases for undergraduate meet for its first 24-day Tzi-Zho Ses- the incoming scholarship applications year’s level. students ranged from 3.7 percent at sion starting Sept. 6. At that time the with the scholarship levels approved Edwards said the updated scholar- Langston University to about 13 per- by the Congress. The Nation’s Educa- ship levels are the result of research cent at Rose State College, the AP re- Congress will consider the 2017 fiscal tion Department also incorporated the and Congressional Education Commit- ported. The increases come after the year budgets for government programs, scholarship funding levels into the up- tee discussion work, which included Oklahoma Legislature slashed funding services and benefits, including replen- dated 2016-2017 Scholarship Student considering increases in college tuition for the state colleges and universities ishing the higher education scholar- Handbook. nationwide. Edwards said the Congress due to a state budget shortfall. ship fund. According to the 2016-2017 scholar- also received feedback from Osage col- ship levels, students attending associ- lege students from Oklahoma and ate institutions may receive up to $150 other states including California who Osage News • osagenews.org August 2016 15 Osage Energy Emergency in Skiatook brings tribal, federal, and

local agencies together Courtesy Photo/Tulsa Zoo The Osage Casinos gave the Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa’s biggest attraction, a million-dollar sponsor- Rosemary Wood ship. The sponsorship will be paid over three years and the signage on the giraffe barn will Osage News be for 15 years.

Joseph Cheshewalla, Chair of the Osage Minerals Council Plug- ging Committee, was notified on Million-dollar Tulsa June 30 that an old abandoned well was purging gas in a new housing development south of the Zoo sponsorship to Skiatook municipal airport. The well had been drilled in 1925 and when abandoned it was plugged with mud. This was offset Tulsa Shock move standard operative procedure in Shannon Shaw Duty into greater visibility and name recog- the early days, according to Che- Osage News nition for Osage Casino. This, in turn, shewalla. This was long before will equate to more and new customers modern drilling and plugging Osage Casinos CEO Byron Bighorse coming to all of the Nation’s entertain- methods were introduced, and said the million-dollar sponsorship to ment venues for food and entertain- long before 91 years of experience the Tulsa Zoo was to augment the loss ment,” she said in the email. “This is in the oil patch revealed the intri- of the Tulsa Shock sponsorship when the beginning of a 15-year agreement cacies of underground pools, mi- Rosemary Wood the WNBA team moved to Dallas- that has the opportunity and the capa- grations and pressures. And it was Fort Worth. bility to evolve into an enhancement to and assigned a worker to monitor long before there was a housing The Zoo announced the sponsorship our brand and educational opportuni- it hourly. district in north Skiatook. on June 21, World Giraffe Day, and ties for our youth.” The Bureau of Indian Affairs To the majority of people living said in a press release it intends to use The zoo is approximately 13 minutes Mineral Branch was notified that in suburbia, the smell of gas sig- the money to expand its giraffe barn for from the Tulsa Casino. Byron Bighorse nals a broken or leaking pipe in/ gas was escaping, and it was sus- its three giraffes, Lexi, Pili and Heka- pected the gas was coming from said about 98 percent of the patrons or leading to their homes. In this ya. The expanded barn will be named who go to the Tulsa Casino live or work case the gas leak was signaled, an abandoned oil/gas well. It was the Osage Casino Giraffe Barn and will then that the Bureau apprised Che- within a 25-mile radius. not by smell, but by the killing of allow future additions to the herd. Con- shewalla of the possibilities, advis- He said Osage Casinos was the top grass in an otherwise green and struction is set to begin in early 2017 ing him to stand by until both an sponsor for the Tulsa Shock before growing lawn. and finish in late 2017. onsite investigation and a records the move. The sponsorship agreement Most folks are acutely aware of Bighorse said the signage on the search could be conducted. Mineral was for $2 million every three years. the dangers posed by gas gather- barn will stay for 15 years and equals Branch efforts confirmed the well He said they had a major gap in their ing in their immediate environ- about $67,000 a year in advertising location and the presence of purg- Tulsa advertising when the Shock left. ment. Flammability alone makes space. The million dollars will be paid ing gas. Cheshewalla was apprised “The facts are we saved a million dol- one walk cautiously, proceed with over a three-year span. of the outcomes. lars over three years [with the Tulsa care and be wary of sparks, static “The Zoo approached us with a Cheshewalla said he was assured Zoo sponsorship]. Plus, I got a 15 year electricity, and automobile igni- sponsorship, it wasn’t a gift, it was a that BIA Mineral Branch policies deal out of it,” Bighorse said to the tions. Stories of freak gas explo- sponsorship, and what the sponsorship and procedures were in play, and Commerce committee. “We’ve got a lot sions, which are rare but real, entails is we pay one million dollars that “emergency plugging proce- of opportunity; we’re still working out come to mind. over three years, so I saved a million dure paperwork was being pro- the details with the Nation about edu- Residents of the Skiatook hous- bucks from what we were paying to the cessed” and that he should feel free cational opportunities that come with ing district were no different from Tulsa Shock,” Bighorse said on July 18 to proceed. most people facing the same or to the Osage Congressional Commerce that sponsorship.” Cheshewalla was “contacted by similar situation. Oklahoma Natu- Committee. “What it is, is 700,000 peo- Bighorse said the Casinos’ market- Oklahoma Natural Gas asking to be ral Gas, the Skiatook Fire Depart- ple attend the Zoo on a yearly basis. A ing department, a sponsorship commit- released from responsibility and to ment and the State Corporation lot of them, about 60,000 of those, are tee and the Gaming Enterprise Board let landowners return to their resi- Committee were all notified and kids and we’re not worried about that. approved the sponsorship. dences.” This he granted and sent a all came. The others are grandparents, and par- According to the Tulsa Zoo press re- confirming email in that regard. Skiatook Fire Chief Bob Noil ents of these kids. So we looked at it as lease, the sponsorship will allow the called Bobby Tallchief, Osage Na- Cheshewalla arranged for a plug- zoo to double the size of the giraffe ging contractor to plug the well. an opportunity.” tion First Responders. According According to Osage Casinos Market- barn, which is currently 800 feet. The to Tallchief, he and Noil have a Plugging was completed July 8. The new barn will also feature indoor view- BIA Mineral Branch will assess ing Director Jennifer Bighorse (CEO long history of working together ing, three new individual stalls and a damages and devise a plan for res- Byron Bighorse’s spouse), the zoo is and value one another’s judgment large community stall. toration. The OMC Plugging Com- Tulsa’s biggest daily attraction. The zoo and knowledge. Noil asked for The Casinos employ just over 1,100 mittee will review and act on the brings in more people than the Tulsa Tallchief’s assistance in assessing people, with approximately 140 em- plan for location restoration. Drillers (Tulsa’s minor baseball team), the situation and in determining ployees working at the Casino’s central This was one of those, not too the OK Aquarium and Big Splash. jurisdictional boundaries and re- The zoo attracts 384,000 plus visi- office. sponsibilities. common times, when people came together, worked together, and to- tors annually from Tulsa County and Bighorse said 2015 was the most On site investigation revealed 254,000 plus visitors annually from successful financial year in the history no breaks or leaks in ONG utility gether made things better. It took a village. The citizens who worked outside Tulsa County, she said. of Osage Casinos and 2016 is forecast- lines. Extensive digging provided “The investment here will translate ing to be the same financial success. direct visualization of their lines. to help did so through the Skia- Utility lines were pressure tested. took Fire Department, the Osage At the bottom of one particularly Nation Emergency Responders, deep dig, workers found seeping Oklahoma Natural Gas, Bureau gas. It was in sufficient quantities of Indian Affairs Mineral Branch, to account for the curious grass kill State Cooperation Committee, War Memorial planned which had been the original signal Osage Nation Environmental and that something was wrong. Natural Resource department and the Osage Mineral Council for Osage Nation campus According to Tallchief, ONG “went well above and beyond” Plugging Committee. Osage News rier is the only appointee who is cur- that which was strictly required of ––––––––– rently on active duty. The Osage Nation is planning a War them. The leakage that had been About the author: Rosemary “The purpose of the Osage War Me- found was situated between two Wood is a former two-time Osage Trib- Memorial to honor its veterans. morial is to provide a physical reminder al Councilwoman and graduated from residential homes. Out of an abun- Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing to the present and future generations St. John Hospital School of Nursing in Bear announced the appointment of a of the contributions and sacrifices of dance of caution, ONG relocated 1963, the University of Oklahoma in the two families to the Osage Ca- 1965, and from Rutgers University in five-member War Memorial Commis- the Osage Veterans and their families,” sino Hotel in Skiatook. Tallchief 1971 with a Master of Science in Psy- sion, according to a press release. Standing Bear said in the release. said ONG also set a vent pipe chiatric Nursing. He appointed Richard Luttrell (U.S. The memorial will be located on the Osage Nation campus and the commis- Army), Frances West (Ladies Auxilia- sion will oversee the project, including ry), John Henry Mashunkashey (U.S. fundraising, Standing Bear said. Columnist Marine Corps), Franklin McKinley For more information on the –from Page 2 (U.S. Navy), and Richard Perrier (U.S. project, contact Sheryl Decker at Air Force). Chief Master Sergeant Per- (918) 287-5594. Wood graduated from St. John Hospital School of Nursing in 1963, the Univer- sity of Oklahoma in 1965, and from Rutgers University in 1971 with a Master of Science in Psychiatric Nursing. Boil Order issued for Osage County Along with her partner, Janice Kekahbah, Rosemary co-founded the Ameri- can Indian Alaska Native Nurse’s Association (AINNA), according to her resume. Wood and Kekahbah conducted a research study for Indian Health Service re- rural water district #20 (Hulah) garding The Relationship between Deliverers and Consumers of Health Care DEQ News Release Services. Wood taught at the University Of Oklahoma College Of Nursing. She The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has advised Osage worked as a Psychiatric Nurse Specialist at Central State Hospital in Norman, County Rural Water District (RWD) #20 (Hulah), located in Osage County, to inform Okla. its residents and users of its drinking water to use water that has been brought to According to her resume, Wood was the first American Indian to hold the posi- a full, rolling boil for at least one minute, bottled water, or water from another ac- tion of Chief of the Nursing Branch IHS. She later became Special Assistant to ceptable source for consumption, use in food preparation, dishwashing and brushing the IHS Director. At Haskell’s request, Wood was detailed to upgrade Haskell’s teeth. This order was issued due to high turbidity levels in the drinking water and a Practical Nurse program to a Registered Nurse program. failure of the water treatment process. Her Osage name is Ho^-Be-Do-Ka (Wet Moccasins), and she was born Sept. 4, This boil order also affects those systems that purchase water from Osage County 1939 to John Mosier Wood, full-blood Osage, and Lois Hunter Wood, Choctaw. RWD #20 (Hulah), and as such, Wah-Sha-She Park is also included in the boil order. When she was three years old, her father dressed her to dance under the old Residents will be notified when the water is considered safe for human consump- Wa.Ka.Ko.Li’n brush arbor. tion. Federal law requires that consumers be notified when a public water supply She lives on originally allotted land and raises white face Hereford cattle in exceeds certain maximum contaminant levels and might be harmful to the health partnership with her nephew Justin Carr, grandson of T. J. Mercer. of consumers. 16 August 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org Osage Culture SHANNON SHAW DUTY/ Osage News John Joseph Mathews, DAPOSKA A^KODAPY teachers and Osage language one of the most instructors hosted an end of year celebration for the interesting men I ever met graduates on July 28 at the school. They Charles Red Corn served corn soup, Osage News frybread, fruit, veg- etables, Indian hot Those Osages of the past, our dogs and cake. ancestors, who over the centuries have handed down to our genera- step for the school and be our first Kin- tion an interesting and worthwhile Immersion dergartners.” history. It is a history all Osages –from Page 5 Harding said children’s native lan- can be proud of, a history of cre- and speak to me in Osage. I told them guages are critical to the development ation and of families and clans as that they are going to have to teach of their identity and this program pro- vides a place where children can start well as a tales of conflict and war. me and every one of them was excited at a pre-verbal age to learn Osage as It is a history of economic and hu- about that prospect and saying ‘yes, we will!’” Standing Bear said. “I’m very a first language, which combined with man enterprise. There are many culture will strengthen their self-es- proud of not only them, but our teach- ways to appreciate and learn from teem and Osage identity. ers and the parents. Plus, let’s not for- She said the school’s goal is that that history. get our own language program that has someday Osage speaking children will One interesting aspect of that been working with the children and not be the minority but the majority. history is that it tells of generations our teachers because our teachers are Standing Bear said there is an in- constantly learning to speak the Osage of people who are descendants of crease of students from 19 enrolled in language ... they’ve been doing a great those ancients who walked that 2015 to 28 enrolled this year, and the Charles Red Corn job.” part of the Earth that Osages have only reason they aren’t allowing more The classrooms are small, no more historically controlled and walked. acre piece of land to be used as a is because the lack of teachers, not be- than eight students, and staff and stu- There are many of those People homestead, and another property to cause of a lack in funding. He said he dents form a tight bond as they learn believes the Congress supports the im- still around who enjoy that history be used for farming and for raising the language and mainstream curricu- mersion school 100 percent and in the and are interested in that keeping livestock. lum. The Nation has also provided a future he hopes to have more teachers that history. Still, for those Osages Head Start program for decades, which He also received one Osage Head- of the Osage language. who enjoy such things there re- will continue. The immersion school “I can tell you the children, as you right. That Osage Headright has mains a great deal of history to be serves Osage children 6-weeks to Kin- know, are picking it up so fast but it’s entitled him to one share in the pro- dergarten, with plans to extend to the recorded, preserved, discussed and not just them it’s the teachers and the 12th grade. The school is year round. written about. ceeds from the Osage Mineral Es- parents, they are all part of that whole Two students graduated from the movement. So I’m very proud of every- The Osages who fall into that tate. At that time there were 2,229 first year of DAPOSKA A^KODAPY, one,” he said. group are joined by a great num- individuals who were recognized as five-year-old Joseph Duty, and five- To enroll your child in DAPOSKA ber of scholars and learned indi- Osages. During conversations I had year-old Sam Harding. Both will be A^KODAPY, please complete the appli- part of the inaugural Kindergarten viduals who make up a capable with him he often was the most in- cation located on the website at https:// and interesting collection of indi- class, along with four to six other stu- www.osagenation-nsn.gov/what-we-do/ teresting individual I ever sat down dents. viduals with a common interest. immersion-project. Completed appli- and listened to. “The first year of immersion was cations may be submitted in person at John Joseph Mathews, an John Joseph spent his life tied to New to all of us ... it was such a fun, 128 W. 15th Street Pawhuska, Okla- Osage, was a gifted writer and his- exciting year for the students and homa, 74056. his land. He built a cabin made of torian. John Joseph made a great teachers. I’m super excited to watch Please direct any questions to contribution to the preservation of stone and lived in there, spending Joe and Sam progress on into Kinder- Michelle Harding, DAPOSKA Osage literature as well as being his time writing about Osages and garten,” said Michelle Harding, DA- A^KODAPY Center Manager, at (918) POSKA A^KODAPY center manager the writer of much of what makes Osage history. 287-5317. and Sam’s mother. “It makes my heart [Disclaimer: Editor Shannon Shaw up a great deal of what we gener- He spent his lifetime dedi- so happy to watch them take another Duty is the mother of Joseph Duty.] ally call Osage Literature. He was cated to all things related to the also a descendant of French Fur Osage People. Traders. He was born and raised in He often traveled to places where the middle of the Osage Reserva- he would represent the interest of tion and was a graduate of Oxford University, Cambridge, England. Osages and he always represented John Joseph Mathews was an Osages with understanding and interesting individual in his own integrity. right. He played football for the ––––––––– University of Oklahoma when the About the author: Charles H. Red sport as we now know was being Corn, Osage, is the author of “A Pipe for formed. He was an allotted Osage February” and various other published Indian who possessed a keen inter- works. Red Corn received his B.A. in Psychology and his Masters of Educa- est in nature and all things Osage. tion Administration from Penn State. I have read and heard him called He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and a naturalist and that seemed to me resides with his wife Jeri in Norman, to be an accurate comment. As an Okla. He is the Osage News culture allotted Osage he received a 160- columnist. ‘Nanyehi’ hosting casting call for short film Historical Cherokee ville-based, award-winning songwrit- er and recording artist Becky Hobbs musical seeking cast and playwright Nick Sweet. of nearly 30 actors Hobbs is a Cherokee citizen and Bartlesville native who is a direct TULSA, Okla. – “Nanyehi” is the descendant of Nancy Ward. As a re- story of Nancy Ward, a legendary woman who was first honored in the cording/performing artist, she has 18th century as a Cherokee war wom- performed in more than 40 countries an but then as a peacemaker during and has had over 20 chart records. the American Revolution. Her songs have been recorded by Ala- The successful musical is now host- bama, Conway Twitty, George Jones, ing a casting call to support its short Loretta Lynn, Emmylou Harris, Glen film. Open auditions will take place on Campbell, Wanda Jackson, John An- Aug. 13-14 from 2-4 p.m. in the Osiyo derson, Helen Reddy, Shirley Bassey room at the Cherokee Nation Tribal and more. Hobbs was inducted into Complex in Tahlequah. You may se- the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame on cure a specific audition time by send- Oct. 16, 2015. ing your headshot and resume to For more information on auditions [email protected]. Filming and a list of available roles, please will take place Sept. 18-20. The musical was written by Nash- visit www.hollyricefilms.com/casting. COsage Newso • osagenews.orgmmunity August 2016 17 Osage News photos to appear in In-Lon-Schka Exhibit at Eiteljorg Museum in Indianapolis Osage News in an upcoming exhibition and An In-Lon-Schka Exhibit at catalog focusing on a collection the Eiteljorg Museum of Amer- of art the museum recently ican Indians and Western Art acquired that includes Osage in Indianapolis, Ind., will fea- art and clothing,” Holland said ture Osage News photos by Chalene Toehay-Tartsah and in a July 11 email. “These im- Benny Polacca. ages will specifically accompa- The exhibit is set to open in ny a portion of the exhibition/ November, said Ashley Hol- catalog that focuses on the land, Assistant Curator of Native American Art for the In-Lon-Schka.” museum. Holland said two The Eiteljorg Museum is photos were selected. The located in downtown India- photos feature Osage straight napolis and is known for its dancers lining up to enter the arbors of Hominy and extensive collection of Native Pawhuska. American art, and Native con- “These images will be used temporary art. Toehay-Tartsah, editorial assistant and award-winning photographer for the Osage CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News News, has been with the news- PHOTO TOP LEFT: Osage danc- ers walk around the old Hominy paper for nine years. Polacca, Roundhouse at the 2016 In-Lon- senior reporter and award- Schka. winning photographer, has BENNY POLACCA/Osage News been with the newspaper for PHOTO BOTTOM LEFT: Dancers at the 2016 Pawhuska In-Lon-Schka. seven years.

Congratulations! Save the Date! Errin Rutherford Lough-ridge earned dual masters degrees in Counseling and Secondary –Local Events Calendar School Counseling and Clinical AUGUST Labor Day For more informa- Mental Health from the Univer- Offices Closed tion call Greg Clavier sity of Missouri in May. She is a August 11-14 member of the Kappa Delta Phi (760) 802-7591 41st Annual Wichita September 17 Honor Society, the Golden Key Tribal Dance Honor Powwow for 2015- November 19 International Honour Society, 2016 Comanche Nation Anadarko, Oklahoma 10th Annual OKCPS the Chi Sigma Iota Internation- Princess Shelby Mata For more information Powwow al Honor Society – Chairperson Watchetaker Hall and she was awarded the Cer- contact (405) 247-2425 US Grant High School Lawton, Oklahoma tification of Excellence from the 5016 S. Penn Ave. August 12 – 14 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. College of Education. She also IICOT Powwow Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Contest Powwow received the following licenses: of Champions Provisional Licensed Profession- Errin Rutherford Loughridge For more information Contest Powwow The Mabee Center al, Counselor, Missouri Certified contact (580) 351-8377 For more information 7777 South Lewis School Counselor and National Board Certified Counselor. contact (405) 587-0355 Errin is of the Grayhorse District and is the daughter of Teresa Tulsa, Oklahoma September 30 – October 2 25th Annual Comanche November 11 – and Richard Rutherford and the granddaughter of Joseph D. Bates For more information of Ponca City. She is the great-granddaughter of original allottee, Nation Fair Observed Holiday contact (918) 378-4494 Joseph Bates, Jr. Comanche Nation Veterans Day She resides in Saint Louis, Mo., with her husband Edward and August 13 Complex Offices Closed Northern California two daughters: Gabrielle (7) and Isabelle (4). She is currently work- Lawton, Oklahoma ing to complete her certification for National Board Certified School Osage Fall Meeting November 24-25 – Contest Powwow Counselor and preparing her applications for a doctoral program in “Meeting of Chiefs” Observed Holiday Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Thanksgiving Holiday 860 Western Avenue OCTOBER Petaluma, California Offices Closed 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. October 1 12th Annual National For more information DECEMBER Indian Taco contact (707) 778-3107 Funds depleted for Championship December 23-26 – August 20 Pawhuska, Oklahoma Observed Holiday 11th Birthday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Christmas Holiday Honor Dance For more information Offices Closed new ON disability Wah-Zha-Zhi contact (918) 287-1208 December 30 Cultural Center October 8 New Year’s Eve Pawhuska, Oklahoma assistance program OSU Powwow Offices Close at Noon 2 p.m. to 10 a.m. Payne County December 31 Osage News August 25 – 28 Expo Center 16th Annual New Year’s 140th Annual Ponca Stillwater, Oklahoma Funding for the Osage Nation’s new disability assistance Eve Sobriety Powwow Celebration Contest Powwow program is now depleted and no further applications are being Bacone College White Eagle Park For more information accepted. 2412 East Shawnee Rd. White Eagle, Oklahoma contact (405) 744-5328 In June, the Osage Nation Financial Assistance Department Muskogee, Oklahoma For more information offered a disability assistance program designed to provide up to October 10 – Contest Powwow contact (580) 763-0120 $1,000 annually to Osages who are disabled. Observed Holiday For more information On July 13, Jodie Revard, Financial Assistance Department Osage Day contact (918) 639-7999 SEPTEMBER director, said funds for the inaugural program are depleted. Offices Closed September 2-3 This first-time disability assistance opportunity is the result Have an event? Send event 64th Cherokee National of a $50,000 appropriation bill (ONCA 15-107 sponsored by Con- Holiday Powwow information to the Osage News, NOVEMBER Attn.: Shannon Shaw, 619 Ki- gresswoman Alice Buffalohead) that was passed by the Fourth Cherokee Cul- November 5 hekah, Pawhuska, OK 74056; ON Congress during its Hun-Kah Session in April. tural Grounds United Osages of Southern email [email protected], After the bill’s passage, the Executive Branch was charged West 810 Rd. California Fall Gathering or fax to (918) 287-5563. Make with establishing criteria and procedures for accepting and re- Tahlequah, Oklahoma 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. sure to include event date, loca- viewing applications and awarding approved applicants, which Contest Powwow Carlsbad Senior Cen- tion, email and Web address (if For more information applicable) and a phone number were announced in June. ter, 799 Pine Ave., contact (918) 207-4991 where someone can be contact- It’s unknown if the disability assistance program will be Carlsbad, CA 92008 ed for validation if necessary. replenished for the 2017 fiscal year. The Fifth Osage Nation September 5 – For lodging information: Deadline for the August 2016 is- Congress will convene for its Tzi-Zho Session in September to Observed Holiday www.visitcarlsbad.com sue is August 18, 2016. consider the FY 2017 budgets for the government departments and programs. Obituaries August 2016 18

Larry Stephens Peggy Jeanette Revard

dation or the Jay C. Byers Li- Larry Stephens: brary in Cleveland, Oklahoma. Longtime Osage Nation employee who loved hunting, Peggy Jeanette Revard fishing and everything OSU Peggy Jeanette Revard ENR Department passed away on July 4, 2016 at the age of 72. She was born Larry Stephens began his in Wichita, Kansas to Irene employment with the Osage Revard and Reynolds Revard, Nation Environmental and Jr. Maternal grandparents Natural Resources Depart- were Hattie Lessert and Harry ment on May 14, 2009. Larry Ingle. Paternal grandparents passed away on July 26, 2016. were Martha Washington He came to the Osage Na- Proctor and Renald Revard. tion after a long career in the She was a graduate of East oil fields of Oklahoma, Texas, High School in Wichita, and West Virginia, Kentucky, the was a member of the Osage North Slope in Alaska, off- Nation. A longtime resident of shore in the Gulf of Mexico, Tulsa, she was a contract ad- the North Sea, Venezuela and ministrator at KPI Architects Brazil. for over 30 years and attended Larry obtained a degree in Harvard Avenue Christian Geology from Oklahoma State Church. Peggy loved travel- University and was an avid ing (especially to New York, OSU fan. Larry was an Under- England and Italy with her ground Injection Control Field sisters), knitting and spending Inspector and conducted Me- time with her family. She is survived by her two chanical Integrity Tests on the daughters, Stephany Jackson many saltwater injection wells and Judy Lewis, both of Tulsa; and disposal wells within the grandchildren, Cullen Almi- borders of the Osage Nation. rall, Morgan Almirall and Bob- He was loved by his col- by Lewis, all of Tulsa; and her leagues with the Osage Na- three sisters, Martha Dance tion, oil producers, and anyone and husband, Jon; Irene Bolin else he came in contact with. and husband, Loyd, all of Tul- Larry was happiest talking sa; and Judy Ash of Las Vegas, about hunting, fishing, and Nevada. Peggy was preced- was always preparing for the ed in death by her husband, next excursion. James T. (Jim) Banks. Larry leaves behind his wife, Friends can honor Peggy’s Patricia, and five children. The memory by donating to the memorial service will be Sat- Food Bank of Northeastern urday, July 30th, at 2:00 p.m. Oklahoma or the charity of at the First Baptist Church in their choice. A memorial ser- Cleveland, Oklahoma. Dona- vice was held on July 8, 2016 tions can be made in Larry’s at Floral Haven in Broken Ar- honor to the Diabetes Foun- row, OK.

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Please note Oklahoma Health Care Author- donations: $2,600 tiple Locations WELA. Bach- that all applicants tentatively ity programs and other related Business entity elor’s Degree in Early Childhood selected for employment with the agencies policies and procedures. donation: • Total donations: Education or related child devel- Osage Nation will be required to Regular Full Time. Salary: $12,321.63 opment field and/or Associate’s submit to a urinalysis to screen $38,350-$58,300 • Highway 123 Smoke for illegal drug use. Employment Degree in Early Childhood Edu- Shop: $300 TA-Wa AmeriCorps Coordina- Individual donors: will be contingent upon said drug cation or related child develop- tor – Pawhuska Communities test results. OSAGE / VETER- ment field required. Regular Full • Cynthia Boone: $100 of Excellence. A minimum of a RJ WALKER AN /INDIAN PREFERENCE IS Time. Salary: $18.00/hr. Bachelor’s Degree in community • Alma & James CONSIDERED. 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Regular • Total donations: sites. Regular Full Time. Salary: Education required. Candidates Top individual Full Time. Salary: $13.00/hr. $4,335.22 $13.30/hr. must have or complete an accred- donors over $100: WELA Director – Pawhus- ited Montessori training program Surveillance Officer (2) – Ski- • Eleanor Freeman: ka WELA. Bachelor’s Degree within 2 years or hire. Regular Top individual in Early Childhood Education/ atook Gaming Commission. $1,500 donors $100 and up: High School diploma or GED. Full Time. Salary: $25.00/hr. Child Development or related • Celeste Davis: $500 field required; Master’s Degree Must have the ability to obtain Temp Work HR Temp. If in- • Wanda Maker: $1,000 preferred. At least five (5) year’s and maintain gaming license in terested in temp work, please • Lori Wallace: $500 • Kathleen, Tony and in a classroom environment. At accordance with tribal and feder- submit an online application at least one (1) year experience in al gaming regulations. Must have https://www.osagenation-nsn. • Strat Tolson: $200 Joel Maker: $300 reliable transportation to work gov/opportunities/job-listings/ap- program administration, propos- • Lafe Burnett: $250 al writing, and supervision of at sites. Regular Full Time. Salary: plication-form. Submitting your Business entity $13.30/hr. least 10 employees. Regular Full application to the temp pool will donations: • Geoffrey & Julie Time. Salary: $31.84/hr. Center Manager – Hominy place you in the skill set category. Standing Bear: $100 Temporary work will be available • Osage Trading Benefits Coordinator – WELA. Associates degree in Ear- ly Childhood Education, Child as needed. Regular Temporary Company: $500 • Jim Perrier: $100 Pawhuska Wah-Zha-Zhi Time. Salary: $13.00/hr. Health Center. Associate’s De- Development, Social Services OOsage Newspini • osagenews.orgo n August 2016 19 Letters to Without Reservations the Editor The Osage Nation should not discriminate against same- sex couples Like Julian Spalding’s letter in the June edition, I too am saddened to hear that some elected officials of my tribe have voted for discrimination. It’s not that long ago that Native Americans were discriminated against by Christians and others. That’s got- ten much better but now we’ve come full circle and are discriminating against another group because RJ Walker “doesn’t agree” with same-sex marriage? Come on, it’s one thing to disagree but to use your power to actually dis- criminate is another. I don’t agree with Corporate News so would it be right for me to convince other ON elected offi- cials to ban it? Of course not. I can turn it off because no one is forcing me to listen to it, just as no one is forcing RJ Cartoon © Santo Domingo Pueblo Cartoon Artist, Ricardo Caté Walker to marry a man. Maybe I shouldn’t have voted for RJ Walker and next time I’ll be more living descendants of Bigheart. Coinci- careful. I would like to hear more from Thank You, Community hotography Walker to see where his strong feel- P dentally, Winter is a great-great-great Health Representatives –from Page 7 ings on this subject come from. To ban I am writing to express my humble granddaughter of John Bigheart. “It something indicates more than sim- Curtis from the standpoint of a 21st appreciation for the excellent service ply not agreeing with it. ON is not a century indigenous, trans-customary, is an honor to be a part of this project. “Christian Nation” so I would hope our provided by the Osage Nation Commu- cultural practitioner.” I’m not only thrilled to be involved on elected officials don’t govern from the nity Health Representatives (CHR). Wilson, along with Heather Ahtone, bible, especially given the history of My daughter, Brooke Burris, a tribal a personal level, but I’m honored to a Native American art curator from the violence perpetrated on Native Ameri- member was disabled 9 years ago and cans by Christians. Jones museum, are visiting tribal com- represent Osage culture today, a major utilizes the transportation services to His other point about taking his munities across Oklahoma this sum- go to medical appointments. The staff goal of the ONM,” she said in a state- grandfather’s position on the subject mer to photograph the descendants of is very professional, kind and compas- ment. cracks me up because I had a very the people photographed by Curtis. sionate. This is truly the epitome of the sweet great-grandmother who used the Wah-She-Wah-Hah (John “Wash” Other images by Curtis include peo- tribe helping its people. We are very N-word, so I’m not going to honor her Bigheart), Osage allottee #782 was by slinging that word around. Thank- thankful and appreciative for this ser- ple from the Wichita, Cheyenne, Otoe, photographed by Curtis in 1930, ac- fully, Americans have moved forward vice provided by the Osage Nation. cording to the ON Museum. Bigheart Ponca and Comanche tribes. PHOTO/ on these issues and even with all the –Joan M. Wootan (1/1/1865-2/9/1939) was a full blood SYNTHESIS is scheduled for exhibi- recent shootings we are still closer to a Fairfax, OK Osage and was the son of Wah-She- society of equality-for-all than anytime tion January-April 2017, according to in the country’s history. I wish I could Nah-Hah and Ne-Kah-Ah-Se. Bigheart say the same for my tribe. Thank You married two sisters, Me-Grah-Tah, the project description. –Jeff Perrin, The family of Eunice “Dolly” Lane who died before allotment and Hlu-Ah- See Osage News photos of the So. California would like to thank everyone who To-Me (Grace), Allottee #783. He had PHOTO/SYNTHESIS project work came to the funeral and extended their seven children. Bigheart is known to be Thank you for helping us condolences to the family. We cannot one of the last Osage men who wore his on July 22 in the ON Museum on in our time of need thank you enough. During our sad time hair cut in the roach style. the newspaper Flickr page at: www. we were overcome with joy with the ON Museum Curator Hallie Winter The Luttrell family at this time flickr.com/photos/osagenews/al- would like to thank the people of Osage families who came and supported us. worked with various departments in County for the emotional support af- Our mother/grandmother was loved by the Osage Nation in order to contact bums/72157671440575946 forded to us during the recent passing so many. We want to thank the Osage of our daughter, sister and aunt, Alli- communities, her cooks, friends, and sion Luttrell. The fond recollections, relatives who sat up all night with our kind thoughts and prayers along with mother during her final days on this the contributions of food and addition- earth. We want to thank Osage News Financial Assistance department al needed items brought to us during for doing an elder series on our mother this time. Your support helped make before she passed. this unpleasant experience, shared by to hold public meeting for all of us at some point in our lives, en- We will forever cherish that article. durable. Again, thank you for everything. –Thank You, –The Mary Osage Green LIHEAP program Aug. 10 The Luttrells and Lane family Osage News A community meeting about the Osage Nation’s Energy Assistance Pro- gram will be held at 6 p.m. on Aug. 10 at the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center. How to submit a Letter to the Editor Financial Assistance Director Jodie Revard said community input If you would like to submit a letter to the editor, please mail would help her staff develop the energy assistance program for the 2017 it to the Osage News, Attn.: Shannon Shaw, 619 Kihekah, fiscal year. Pawhuska, OK 74056 or send email to [email protected]. For questions about the public meeting or for more information about Letters must be respectful and informative to the reader, and the Energy Assistance Program call the Osage Nation Financial Assistance may be edited for grammar, clarity and space. Department at (918) 287-5325 or (888) 822-1248. The Cultural Center is located at 1449 W. Main Street, Pawhuska.

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