Terry Mason Moore resigns her post as Osage Gaming Commissioner

anyone know any of the reasons behind this? I have not heard anything. On the surface it looks troubling. This article was originally published by the Osage News and is used with permission. Terry Mason Moore resigns her post as Osage Gaming Commissioner Posted on 29 September 2010 by Shannon Shaw Executive Branch General Counsel [...]

Chief Red Eagle: ‘three casino lands [to be] placed in trust is on course’

article taken from OsageNews.org click the below link to view original Chief Red Eagle: ‘three casino lands [to be] placed in trust is on course’ Posted on 01 October 2010 by sshaw Principal Chief John Red Eagle poses with Department of Interior Assistant Secretary Larry Echohawk after a Sept. 29 meeting in Washington D.C. The [...]

Tulsa World; Osage Election Article

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 [...]

Vance Wyrick Osage Nation Congressional Candidate: Answers All 9 Osage News Debate Questions

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 [...]

A Message from Geoffrey Standing Bear, Candidate for Osage Congress

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 [...]

Osage Million Dollar Elm casino goes green

Osage Million Dollar Elm casino goes green By Special to E-E Saturday, May 15, 2010 10:20 PM CDT TULSA — Osage Million Dollar Elm casino is going green, but it’s not with cash. Employees are stepping up their game by recycling and making their work place environmentally friendly. “We have dramatically increased the amount of [...]

Congressional candidates discuss reservation status case, gaming expansion

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 [...]

County vs Oneida Nation

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

Interim Gaming Board Appointments

On May 11, Principal Chief Jim Gray announced his interim appointment of Mr. David Conrad and Mrs. Stacy Laskey as members of the Osage Nation Gaming Enterprise Board. This appointment is for an initial term of three years from the date of appointment and is subject to confirmation by the Osage Nation Congress during the [...]

The Biggest threat to Casino Revenue.

As someone who works on the internet everyday and is perfectly capable of erecting online gaming from our company’s own expertise if this was legalized… I can tell you if you are worried about our gaming dollars then you should be worried about this. I don’t know what the Oklahoma compacts look like, but I [...]

Land Into Trust; National legislation and resolution updates

Legislation to fix land-into-trust decision remains in limbo MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010 A bill to fix the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Carcieri v. Salazar remains in limbo with six months left in the 111th Congress. The Senate Indian Affairs Committee approved S.1703 last December. The Senate has yet to schedule a floor vote. The [...]