National Indian Taco Championship PAGE 8 Volume 12, Issue 10 • October 2016 The Official Newspaper of the Osage Nation TARA MADDEN/Osage News Members of the Fifth Osage Nation Congress gather for a portrait in the Congressional Chambers building on Sept. 9. Seated, from left: William “Kugee” Supernaw, Joe Tillman, RJ Walker, (standing) Dr. Ron Shaw, Shannon Edwards, Archie Mason, Maria Whitehorn, James Norris, Congressional Speaker Angela Pratt, John Maker, Alice Buf- falohead and Otto Hamilton. ON Congress passes budgets, Chief Standing CHALENE TOEHAY-TARTSAH/Osage News Osage delegation delivered supplies to Sacred Stone Camp on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Reservation on Bear vetoes five bills Sept. 6. Benny Polacca passing on Sept. 29 were Osage News sent to Principal Chief Geof- Osage delegation accepted into Sacred frey Standing Bear’s office With less than 48 hours for review and consideration remaining in the 2016 fis- of action. Standing Bear Stone Camp on Standing Rock Reservation cal year, the Fifth Osage signed the FY 2017 budget Stone Camp at approximately Locals riding on horseback, Nation Congress passed the bills and said his office was Chalene Toehay-Tartsah with other riders greeting one remaining governmental op- reviewing the budgets and Osage News 5:10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6. another, and children playing. erations budgets and other said he is requesting a Con- As the delegations’ vehicles NEAR CANNONBALL, It seemed like a peaceful place. spending bills. See BUDGET came over a small hillside Those legislative items —Continued on Page 6 N.D. – The Osage Nation del- they could see the campsites. See SACRED STONE egation arrived at the Sacred The sight was breathtaking. —Continued on Page 4 Angela Pratt elected Osage Nation Congressional Speaker Shannon Shaw Duty Osage News The Fifth Osage Nation Congress elected Congress- woman Angela Pratt to be Con- gressional Speaker on Sept. 28. Her election follows the resignation of Congressman Archie Mason. In an 7-5 vote Pratt bested Second Speaker Otto Hamil- TARA MADDEN/Osage News ton, who will remain Second Thomas Eaves, 57, is led by ONPD to the Osage County Jail on Sept. Speaker. 22 to be released. Congresswoman Alice Buf- falohead nominated Pratt. Voting for Pratt were Congress Courtesy Photo members Buffalohead, Shan- Angela Pratt was elected as Congressional Speaker for the Fifth Osage Osage man charged with non Edwards, Mason, William Nation Congress on Sept. 28. “Kugee” Supernaw, Joseph second-degree homicide is freed She was nominated against Hamilton won by one vote, also Tillman, Maria Whitehorn Shannon Shaw Duty and Pratt. Congressman John Mason in July for Speaker after a series of tie votes. Pratt is in her third year of Osage News Maker nominated Hamilton. but lost by one vote after a se- her first term on the Congress; Voting for Hamilton were Con- ries of tie votes. She was also After what has been a federal and tribal legal quagmire, gressmen RJ Walker, James she is the fourth woman to nominated for Second Speaker hold the position of Speaker. Thomas Mongrain Eaves was released from Osage County Norris, Ron Shaw, John Maker Jail today. and Hamilton. in July against Hamilton but Her aunt Jerri Jean Brans- tetter was also Congressio- Eaves, 57, was arrested in August of last year for alleg- nal Speaker when she served edly beating to death his non-Indian girlfriend Starr Pen- on the First and Second nington, 44, at his residence on federal Indian land. The ON Congress. case was tried in April in federal court. She is currently the Chair However, after U.S. District Judge John Dowdell ruled for the Rules and Ethics and that Eaves was illegally arrested due to procedural issues and dismissed the case, the Osage Nation filed a charge of Cultural congressional com- second-degree homicide to keep him in jail. mittees. She also sits on the ON Assistant Attorney General Jeff Jones said in April Appropriations, Commerce that he hoped the U.S. attorney’s office would press new and Economic Development, charges so Eaves could be tried again. But, he said, that of- and Health and Social Servic- fice has not refiled. es congressional committees. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a Jurisdiction minor in Criminal Justice. She Under the Major Crimes Act, tribes do not have jurisdiction BENNY POLACCA/Osage News served in the U.S. Army as a See EAVES Osage Nation Congressional Speaker Angela Pratt on Sept. 29 during the See SPEAKER —Continued on Page 6 2016 Tzi-Zho Session. —Continued on Page 6 INSIDE THE OSAGE NEWS FOLLOW THE OSAGE NEWS ONLINE Standing Rock Resolution Passed . 2 Elder Series: Kenny Bighorse . 9 • Breaking news at osagenews.org Speaker Mason Resigns . 3 Energy Column . .. 15 • facebook.com/osagenews Largest Earthquake in Oklahoma History . .. 3 Culture Column . 16 • twitter.com/osagenews Congress Updates Projected Revenues. 7 Classifieds / Obituaries . 18 • flickr.com/osagenews 2 October 2016 Osage News • osagenews.org Fifth ON Chief Standing Bear issued proclamation Congress passes resolution of in support of Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Shannon Shaw Duty Army Corp of Engineers and support for Osage News the local pipeline ownership to look to responsible stew- Osage Nation Principal Standing Rock ardship of nature, the Tribe’s Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear Sioux Tribe issued a proclamation in sup- cultural lands, and safety for port of the Standing Rock water the community resi- Benny Polacca Sioux Tribe in its fight against dents and area wildlife need Osage News the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline on their reservation, according on Sept. 1. to a news release. He said he began working The Fifth Osage Na- “The Osage Nation sup- with Osage Casinos in send- tion Congress opened ports the people of Standing their 2016 Tzi-Zho Session ing supplies to the Standing Rock who are protecting the with a vote of support for Rock Sioux people and their families the week before and land and waters,” Standing the Standing Rock Sioux he was in full support of the Bear said. “People everywhere Tribe in North Dakota, Wahzhazhe Youth Council’s which is protesting and should think hard about the Native Oklahoma Stands with suing an energy company priorities of our society. Should Standing Rock Rally. The rally to stop a gas pipeline from the earth be used up by the hu- was held Saturday on the ON man race or should we respect being built near their res- campus from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ervation and drinking “We are also taking any the limits of the earth?” water sources. food, blankets or other dona- Items shipped to those The resolution (ONCR tions to the Standing Rock camped at Cannonball River 16-36 sponsored by Con- Sioux that may be donated at included: 720 blankets, 72 gresswoman Angela Pratt) the rally,” Standing Bear said all-weather heavy-duty flash- passed with a 9-1 vote af- in an email. lights and batteries, and 100 ter debate and discussion The Sioux at Standing Rock hand-held flashlights with on Sept. 6 and will be pre- have been seeking – for more batteries. More supplies will sented to Principal Chief than two years – meaningful Courtesy Photo Geoffrey Standing Bear for dialogue and consultation with be coming from the Nation and Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear’s Proclamation in support of the his review and action. The the U.S. Government, the U.S. Osage Casinos. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. resolution is “to support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in defense of their sovereign rights.” Five Osage elders to Pratt, who filed the reso- lution on Aug. 29, said she did so as part of a nation- be honored at AARP wide effort by other Native American tribes who have Oklahoma Indian also passed resolutions or issued letters of support to the Standing Rock Sioux Elder Honors Oct. 10 Tribe, which is protesting Shannon Shaw Duty construction of the Dakota Osage News Access Pipeline in North Dakota just outside the Five Osage elders will be honored at this year’s 8th AARP tribe’s reservation bound- Oklahoma Indian Elder Honors. They are Mary Gray Bighorse, Osage News File Photo ary near the Missouri and Charles “Chuck” Hessert, Nancy Keil, Ardina Revard Moore and Medals given out to the honorees at the Indian Elders Honors in Okla- Minerals Councilwoman Kathryn Red Corn. Cannon Ball rivers. homa City. The event will be hosted on Oct. 10 in Oklahoma City at the Congressman Ron National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. Doors open Nancy Keil Osage Nation Shaw, who cast the lone at 4:30 p.m. and ends at 8:30 p.m. A complimentary buffet meal Councilwoman Kathryn Red Corn Osage Nation “no” vote, said he believes will be served prior to medallion presentations. An RSVP is re- Ardina Revard Moore Quapaw Tribe quired to attend the event by Oct. 5. the Nation already ex- & Osage Nation The AARP Oklahoma honors 50 Native American elders each pressed its support with Don Childs Otoe-Missouria Tribe year who are selected from a nomination process. This year more the Sept. 1 executive or- than 25 tribes will be represented at the honors. Virginia Thomas Otoe-Missouria Tribe der issued by Principal Among the honorees are traditional speakers, veterans, envi- Randall Whitehorn Otoe-Missouria Tribe Chief Geoffrey Standing ronmental activists, tribal leaders, tribal attorneys, cultural and Duane Pratt, Sr. Pawnee Nation Bear and another related spiritual leaders, physicians and storytellers. Wayne Blalock Peoria Tribe document is unneces- AARP Oklahoma has recognized 350 elders from all 39-feder- Therese Buffalohead Ponca Nation sary. Shaw also said his ally recognized tribes and nations in Oklahoma since its incep- Principal Chief Elizabeth Rhoads Sac and Fox Nation tion in 2009.