Update #131 The views, opinions and commentary in this update are those of Congressman Red Corn. They are his alone, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the Osage Nation Congress. Yesterday the Minerals Council met and voted 4-3 to donate $50,000 to the plaintiffs in Jech v. U.S, a lawsuit that [...]
You are not going to find too many people talking about this. I didn’t hear any candidates mention it during the campaign season. The stats say 1 in 3 Native women will be raped or sexually assaulted in their lifetime. That sounds alarming. It sounds like it is too high to be true, but on [...]
I have included the comments from that article on here as well because they are an important part of this conversation. Osage will hold runoff election for new chief Jim Gray: The principal chief received only about 24 percent of the vote in Saturday’s primary and did not qualify for the July 19 runoff. By [...]
Election Day… Every journey has a crossroads, so I find myself today standing at another milestone of my life. I started this journey with the support of my family and friends. I write this message today with them still by my side. I have always thought my duties as a proud Osage has always been [...]
The Osage News held debates for the Osage Congressional Candidate on May 9th. The Candidates were divided into three groups and each group was answered three different questions. I am taking this opportunity to answer the additional six questions asked of my peers. I was in the third group and was asked questions seven, eight, and [...]
By Geoffrey Standing Bear In the movie “Jurassic Park” there is a scene where everything has gone berserk in what was promoted as a profitable tourist attraction and hungry dinosaurs are running loose and in the middle of this madness a mathematician tells the promoter: “Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or [...]
By Shannon Shaw Osage News The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals denied to rehear the Nation’s case against the Oklahoma Tax Commission Tuesday, leaving Principal Chief Jim Gray 90 days to make a decision on whether to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. “Am I shocked? Yes,” Gray said. “Am I [...]
Appeals court won’t rehear Okla. tribe’s tax case By MURRAY EVANS // //
By Benny Polacca Osage News Click the link to the left During the May 9 inaugural Osage News Political Debates, six of 18 Osage Nation Congress candidates responded to questions on whether they support the ongoing federal court case concerning the reservation status, possible changes to the Nation’s membership requirements, and if they’d support the [...]
This is part of the ongoing conflict that has components analogous to our situation. I have attached the comments so that you can take a gander at local sentiment. Madison County offers Oneida Indian Nation nine ‘principles of settlement’ Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2010
original article here Interior plans to create separate royalty collection agency Wednesday, May 12, 2010 The Obama administration plans to split the Minerals Management Service into two separate agencies. One agency will handle royalty collection on federal and Indian lands. The change will impact billions of dollars in royalties owed to tribes and individual Indians. [...]
There are several versions of this story that I have heard. Some say they killed the whole regiment. Some say they killed the whole regiment at the moment the Osage got shot. If anyone has anything to add or take away from this please share. Here is one version. The point is we all have [...]
This is the biggest decision against the United States ever. even bigger than the Black Hills settlement. I have copied and pasted the comments from the Tulsa World website to give all Osages an idea about the caliber of opinion that we are up against here in on our RESERVATION. This case is only for [...]
original article here from Tulsa World By JIM GRAY Published: 5/1/2010 2:21 AM Last Modified: 5/1/2010 5:18 AM Since 1872, the Osage Nation has been blessed to have one of the many federally established Indian reservations in America. To this day — despite a recent decision by the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling [...]
Osage Nation stands firm in reservation dispute By Carol Berry, Today correspondent original article here Story Published: Apr 19, 2010 Story Updated: Apr 19, 2010 DENVER – The Osage Nation of northeastern Oklahoma is refusing to back down on its longstanding contention that the Osage Reservation was never dissolved and that tribal members living and [...]
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