Celebrating Sovereignty Day PAGE 9-10 Volume 15, Issue 4 • April 2019 The Official Newspaper of the Osage Nation The Osage Nation is ‘exploring all options’ Federal appeals when it comes to Industrial Hemp court considers Shannon Shaw Duty contains high levels of the psy- FCC’s wireless Osage News chotropic ingredient tetrahy- drocannabinol (THC). Hemp streamlining The Osage Nation is consid- contains a high level of the ering the Industrial Hemp in- non-psychotropic ingredient order dustry after last year’s passage cannabidiol (CBD), classify- of the Farm Bill. The updated ing it as a fiber-type plant and Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton law officially removes hemp not a drug-type plant. Hemp Osage News from the federal controlled and marijuana come from the substances list, thus opening same cannabis plant, look sim- Attorneys for more than the door for tribes. ilar but are different genetic 20 tribes challenging an “I read the Farm Bill and strains. The two plants can be order over cell phone tow- saw that hemp production distinguished by their chem- ers made their case to a is now allowed by tribes,” ical makeup, their look and three-judge appellate pan- said Principal Chief Geoffrey how they’re grown, according el on March 15. Standing Bear. “I said let’s to a congressional report “De- Filed in May 2018 with look at this.” fining ‘Industrial Hemp’: A the federal appeals court He turned to Assistant Prin- Fact Sheet.” Courtesy Photo/Shutterstock in the District of Co- cipal Chief Raymond Red Corn Due to the 1970 Controlled A hemp producer’s crop. lumbia, the tribes’ com- who reached out to Redlands Substances Act, marijuana is plaint asks for the court Community College President still classified as a Schedule dates back to the 1960s and dustrial hemp, it has to be to stop implementation Jack Bryant. Redlands is a li- I controlled substance. Until according to the Washington tied to a college or university of the Federal Commu- censed hemp seed distributor last year, so was hemp. How- Post, roughly $688 million of that’s licensed under the De- nication Commission’s and testing facility. It con- ever, the CSA didn’t make hemp goods are sold in the partment of Agriculture. Our Wireless Infrastructure ducts pilot programs for farm- growing hemp illegal for farm- United States. The majority of responsibility is to do research Streamlining Order. ers building their hemp crop ers, rather it put strict controls hemp used in these products under the agreement, that’s As enacted, the order’s among other services. on the farmers growing it. The comes from Canada, which what our role is,” he said. “We final version allows cell “Redlands is at the fore- U.S. Drug Enforcement Ad- legalized hemp production in set that up, help them estab- phone companies to skip front of hemp research and it ministration monitored hemp 1998. lish a business.” tribal consultations before has been for three years,” Red farmers and required them to When growing hemp, it has setting up small cell wire- Corn said. be permitted by the DEA. Pilot program to be periodically tested for its less antennae that are less Farmers have been growing Redlands offers pilot pro- THC levels, to make sure the than 200 feet tall or not Mistaken identity hemp for over a century as it grams with entities establish- crop is under the legal THC adjacent to an airport. The Hemp is not marijuana and is used in the production of a ing a hemp business, Bryant often gets confused with the wide range of products. said. See FCC psychotropic drug. Marijuana The term “industrial hemp” “When you’re growing in- See HEMP —Continued on Page 5 —Continued on Page 5 Talon Satepauhoodle signs with Omaha semipro football team Shannon Shaw Duty Osage News Determination and perse- verance are definitely in Talon Satepauhoodle’s playbook. “The Omaha Beef gave me a contract after I sent them my highlights from Bacone [College],” he said. “They liked what they saw, and they actu- ally emailed me their contract about three, maybe four times in two days.” The Omaha Beef is a pro- fessional arena football team based in Omaha, Nebraska. The Omaha Beef is part of the Champions Professional Indoor Football League and recently celebrated its 20th season. Satepauhoodle will be Courtesy Photo playing Offensive Line for the Talon Satepauhoodle, No. 72, plays Center and Guard for the Omaha Beef team and reports to Omaha on semi-professional arena football team. March 1. BENNY POLACCA/Osage News Satepauhoodle officially played football for the Hominy an Football League, Canada’s Guests play an electronic roulette game at the Tulsa Osage Casino made the team after playing Bucks in High School. He then professional football league. Hotel on March 16. Plans are underway to offer one live roulette in the season opener on March played for two years at Bacone game at the casino. 16. He wears No. 72 and plays College in Muskogee, Oklaho- Osage Nation Museum Center and Guard. He will be ma, where he received his as- The Osage Nation Muse- on contract with the team un- sociate and bachelor’s degrees um held a going-away party Osage Gaming Commission til October. He said March 1 in American Indian Studies. for Satepauhoodle on Feb. 28, was his last “rest day” where He was also named All-Confer- where he worked as a guest approves standards for he met with season ticket hold- ence and Champions of Char- representative. Before his par- ers, checked out football pads acter two years in a row while ty began, he was still working, and underwent a week to two- playing for Bacone. explaining the Osage’s history roulette at Tulsa Osage Casino week training camp. He said he also received in the Missouri River Valley to two out-of-town patrons. One approved two sets of game “Football, I have always offers from two other indoor Benny Polacca of his coworkers, Kimberly standards on March 6. wanted to be included in it football teams, the Oklahoma Osage News McCauley, said what was also Currently there is an elec- somehow,” Satepauhoodle Flying Aces, based in Enid, said. “If I didn’t get to play, I Oklahoma, and the Duke City impressive about Satepauhoo- The Osage Nation’s Gam- tronic roulette machine for wanted to be a coach.” Gladiators, based in Albuquer- dle is that he is a proficient ing Enterprise is another up to eight players in the Satepauhoodle, Osage que, New Mexico. He chose beader and often brought his step closer to offering live Tulsa casino and plans are and Kiowa, is 25 years old the Omaha Beef because they beadwork to the museum. roulette at the Tulsa Osage underway to start with one and stands at 6 foot 7 inch- are the longest running in- “We would have Talon bead- ing in one corner, and Pau- Casino Hotel after the Na- See ROULETTE es, weighs 330 pounds and is door football league and six tion’s Gaming Commission —Continued on Page 4 a former Power Lifter. He is players from their team last See SATEPAUHOODLE from Hominy, Oklahoma, and year advanced to the Canadi- —Continued on Page 5 INSIDE THE OSAGE NEWS FOLLOW THE OSAGE NEWS ONLINE AG files ethics suit against Minerals Councilwoman . 2 Culture Column . 8 • Breaking news at osagenews.org Health Authority Board discusses mobile clinic unit . 3 Classifieds . 14 • facebook.com/osagenews Wah-Zha-Zhi Health Center issues patient handbook . 3 Community . 15 • twitter.com/osagenews Wahzhazhe Ballet to hold auditions . .. 3 Obituaries . 16 • flickr.com/osagenews 2 April 2019 Osage News • osagenews.org OMC increases oversight on plugging AG files ethics suit wells; producer returns 18 leases against Minerals Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton here. We’ll want to have an ac- During her report, Superin- Osage News counting of it once it’s here and tendent Robin Phillips noted how it is being spent.” that Raydon Exploration LLC In other business, the coun- Councilwoman The Osage Minerals Council returned 18 leases in the last is about to have more oversight cil formally recognized repre- month. when it comes to plugging sentatives from a new operator Based out of Oklahoma City, that will be overseeing produc- Susan Forman wells across the county. Raydon Exploration LLC nom- tion across a large swath of the The council unanimously inated and won all 36 oil and Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton Osage Mineral Estate. approved a multi-year fund- gas combination tracts up for Osage News ing agreement with the fed- Mid-Con Energy Partners has acquired Scout Energy’s grabs at the December lease eral government at its March The Osage Nation Attorney drilling operations in Osage sale in Tulsa, paying $169,200 20 meeting, thus obligating General’s office is pursuing County, including its three for 24-month leases on a com- $3 million for well plugging. an ethics complaint against a largest water plugs near Hom- bined 5,760 acres. The funds will go through member of the Osage Miner- iny, Shidler and Skiatook. The returned tracts are pri- the Osage Nation’s self-gov- als Council. Headquartered in Tulsa, the marily on the east side of the ernance office, with the coun- Filed with the civil divi- company primarily focuses on Oklahoma City-based compa- sion of the Osage Nation cil’s well plugging committee developing oil producing prop- ny’s acreage. Trial Court on Feb. 20, the- assuming responsibility for erties through water flooding. When reached via phone complaint against Council- plugging based off of a list of “We know with a big invest- Susan Forman on March 22, Tom Gray con- woman Susan Forman stems eligible wells from the Bureau ment like this, there are a lot firmed the returns.