taken from here A note from the editorial board I am pleased to be writing on behalf of the Osage Nation Editorial Board to announce that the board has appointed Shannon Shaw Editor of the Osage News. This was a decision we reached after a thorough search process that began in March. We appreciate all [...]
Today’s debate that was scheduled for the Wakon Iron has been moved to the Pawhuska Catholic Church at 7pm. People that attend will write questions down on note cards that the moderator will ask of the candidates. If any of you out there who will not be able to attend wish to post a question [...]
This is why tribal campaign reporting is important (and why falsifying that documentation should be closely monitored). I know this is on different scale but the set up is the same. It’s how lobby money can affect tribal government. The chairman of the Cheyenne Arapaho tribe is under investigation for how a gaming management company [...]
I thought this was funny. It’s got nothing to do with Osages but the idea of a state trying to enforce it’s immigration laws on tribal members AND LANDS is pretty redonkulous. What the article does not mention is that many of the tribes along the southern border of that state had their territories split [...]
I have had the pleasure of hearing both Keith Harper and John Echohawk speak. Pawnee jokes aside, John is a stand up guy. I am proud to call the Native American Rights Fund one of my clients and thoroughly enjoy the work that I do for them. I’m glad to see articles like this. It [...]
Political debates announced Posted on 11 June 2010 on Osage News A group of Concerned Osages will be sponsoring a series of candidate debates for the upcoming runoff elections. The debates are scheduled for June 21 at the Wakon Iron hall in Pawhuska, June 22 at the Education Center in Hominy, and July 7 at [...]
This would be really nice if it was curtailed with a microloan program. By Benny Polacca Osage News Osages interested in being entrepreneurs or improving their current business operations are invited to apply for a free seven-week intensive training course starting July 12 at the Osage Nation Education Department in Hominy. The Tri County Technology [...]
Many tribes across the country have adopted TERO laws. These laws protect the employees of tribal nations, and give them the same rights afforded the general population who works for general market companies or municipalities. These laws also make it difficult for of a company with a sketchy background to do business with the nation. [...]
Here is an honest question and I’m not trying to cause some kind of combustible debate, I’m just honestly curious. In the event the Osage Nation develops alternative energy resources on our reservation, does that income belong to the shareholders or the Nation? Which leads me to the most logical crossroads is what roll does [...]
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 [...]
Holder, Salazar: Don’t change Cobell settlement The Associated Press Wednesday, June 9, 2010; 7:40 PM HELENA, Mont. — The Obama administration cautioned Senate leaders Wednesday not to meddle with a proposed $3.4 billion settlement in a 14-year class-action lawsuit that accuses the government of mismanaging Indian trust funds. Attorney General Eric Holder and Interior Secretary [...]
Support gathers for proposed law to allow private property on reserves MONTREAL – A proposed law that would allow First Nations to own the land they live on, reversing hundreds of years of aboriginal policy, is gaining support among native leaders and the country’s political class. The government is quietly getting behind the idea, providing [...]
Something to Chew on. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/drip.html Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007 The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with [...]
The Governor signed HB 2929 and it becomes effective July 1. This 52nd legislative session, Oklahoma State Representative AND House Education Committee Chair Ann Coody, from Comanche County has authored HB 2929, the “Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education Act”. It reads in part: “The purpose of the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education Act [...]
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 [...]
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