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May 4, 2012
New Grayhorse roundhouse will have to wait until next year

Grayhorse Five Man Board still bidding for architect and other work for project

The Osages of the Grayhorse District will have to wait until next year for a new roundhouse.

According to Grayhorse Village Five Man Board member, George Pease, the board is looking for an architect as well as other estimates on electrical costs, design costs and any other costs that may arise. “We’re wanting to do a better job professionally,” he said.

January 23, 2012
Osage Congress passes Grayhorse roundhouse bill

Bill passes unanimously, even amongst criticism of Executive Branch from members of Congress

The Grayhorse District can breathe a sigh of relief.

The Second Osage Nation Congress unanimously passed ONCA 12-20 Jan. 20, a bill that appropriates $550,000 to the Grayhorse Five Man Board to begin design and construction on a new Roundhouse for the district.

Upon signature of the Principal Chief, the Osage Nation Properties Department in the Nation’s Executive Branch can begin bidding out construction on the project which will level the current arbor and construct a roundhouse in it’s place.

January 17, 2012
Grayhorse District hoping for new ‘roundhouse’ before June

A recent bill filed with the Osage Congress would fund the demolition and construction of a new dance arbor for the district

Osages may have a new structure to dance under at Grayhorse come June.

Legislation filed by Congressman Archie Mason Jan. 4 asks the Second Osage Nation Congress to give $550,000 to the Grayhorse Village Five Man Board for the demolition and construction of a new dance arbor in the Grayhorse Indian Village.

August 23, 2011
Osages maintain golf ties, compete at all-Indian tournament

Golf tournament a decades-old tradition for local Osages

As Chuck Tillman pulled his club back for a soft putt on the green at Kah-Wah-C Country Club in Fairfax he remembered the elite golfers that once played in the annual Oklahoma All-Indian Golf Championship.

“It’s not one specific thing that happened, just kind of a reflect back on things that have happened in the past, past players that used to participate that are gone now,” Tillman said. “(I remember) Joe Benny Mason and how he used to play.”