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Healthcare, economic strategy, and sovereignty take center stage at State of the Tribal Nations

Oklahoma
Courtesy Photo: Echo Reed/Osage News Written By: Allison Herrera (TULSA, Okla.) Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear, Principal Chief David Hill of the Muscogee Nation and Principal...

ON Congress passes resolution to join Coalition of Large Tribes

Oklahoma
Written By: Benny Polacca (OSAGE RESERVATION) The Ninth Osage Nation Congress approved a resolution supporting the Nation’s application to join the Coalition of Large Tribes during its...

Tobacco compact negotiations stall between Nation and state

Oklahoma
Written By: Shannon Shaw Duty (OSAGE RESERVATION) Communications have ceased. That is how Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear explained the current negotiations for the Nation’s...

Officials discuss sovereignty on 19th anniversary of reformed government

Oklahoma
Written By: Benny Polacca (OSAGE RESERVATION) Leading officials from the Osage Nation voiced their thoughts on sovereignty here as the Nation enters its 19th year as a constitutional...

Oklahoma Tribal leaders unite amid federal uncertainty

Oklahoma
Written By: Allison Herrera (OKLAHOMA) The United Indian Nations of Oklahoma held their quarterly meeting amidst the backdrop of uncertainty over federal programs tribal nations rely on...

Chief Standing Bear says Osage Nation thriving despite federal changes

Oklahoma
Written By: Benny Polacca (OSAGE RESERVATION) In celebration of the Osage Nation’s sovereignty, Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear said the Nation is doing well and is also watching...

Legionella found in Osage Agency water; Lead still a concern in Pawhuska

Oklahoma
Written By: Chelsea T. Hicks (OSAGE RESERVATION) The water at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Osage Agency in Pawhuska, Okla., tested positive for low levels of bacteria called legionella,...

Chief Standing Bear: BIA closures ‘meant to reshape trust relationship’

Oklahoma
Written By: Allison Herrera (OSAGE RESERVATION) After a list was released by U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) detailing the closing of...

Twenty-five BIA offices to close – including the Osage Agency

Oklahoma
Written By: Allison Herrera (OSAGE RESERVATION) Twenty-five BIA offices across the country, which is over 27% of all BIA locations, will be shut down by late summer or early fall this...

Osage Agency Superintendent Adam Trumbly laid off as part of government reduction

Oklahoma
Written By: Allison Herrera Editor’s Note: This is a developing story. (OSAGE RESERVATION) Adam Trumbly, the second Osage citizen to fill the BIA Osage Agency superintendent role, is...