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October 21, 2011
Osage Trust Team signs $380 million settlement with U.S. Gov

Osage delegation attends signing ceremony of Osage Trust Case settlement at the Department of Interior headquarters

WASHINGTON – The Osage Trust Team sat down with U.S. Department of Interior officials Oct. 21 and signed the $380 million settlement agreement for decades of mismanagement of the Osage Minerals Estate.

The signing of the settlement closes the litigation chapter involving the mismanagement of the Osage minerals estate and opens a new one, filled of prosperity and new relations with the U.S. Government, said Osage Minerals Council Chairman Galen Crum.

October 5, 2011
Six years worth of missing BIA records prompted filing of Osage Trust Case

Osage Trust Case endured through three Osage administrations

Former Osage Principal Chief Charles Tillman knew something was wrong when the Bureau of Indian Affairs was missing 67 percent of the documentation on the Osage Minerals Estate from the 1972 to 1992 accounting period.

September 26, 2011
BIA and Osage Minerals Council prepare to fight wind farm project

Osage Minerals Council approves $100,000 for litigation against project; BIA recommends sending project proposals, agreements for agency review

The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is considering court action to halt construction of a 94-turbine wind farm in western Osage County if the parties involved cannot prove its operations will not interfere with the Osage Minerals Estate.

September 26, 2011
Osages to receive $380 million in December from U.S. Gov

Osages settle with the U.S. Gov for mismanagement of their Minerals Estate as an 11-year court battle comes to an end

The Osage Trust Case is over. Osage Nation Principal Chief John Red Eagle, the Second Osage Nation Congress and the Osage Minerals Council have approved the Osage Trust Case Settlement for $380 million.

“This is a pretty historic day . . . and should be a time of happiness, I believe,” said OMC Chairman Galen Crum at the beginning of the special meeting to approve or disapprove the settlement, held at the OMC Chambers Sept. 26.

August 12, 2011
Wind farm project approved by Osage County board

Osage Nation remains opposed, ‘disappointed’; legal action being considered

The Osage County Board of Adjustment unanimously voted in favor for a Missouri-based wind farm company to build 94 wind turbines in western Osage County near Burbank. Construction on the project could start this fall and would be finished in about one year.

Amid concerns shared by an Osage Nation official and discussion surrounding the communication between St. Louis-based Wind Capital Group and the Nation, the board voted 4-0 to approve a zoning variance for the land originally designated for agricultural use.

April 21, 2011
Jech plaintiffs won’t be receiving help from Minerals Council

Yelling and threats from meeting attendees heard on recording of OMC meeting

The Osage Minerals Council voted to rescind a resolution that would have sent $50,000 to the plaintiffs in the Jech vs. United States lawsuit April 20.

The OMC voted to help fund the lawsuit last year but due to some second thoughts by Councilmen Melvin Core and Myron Red Eagle, the check was never sent. Since that time Chief John Red Eagle said he would not support the case or help fund it, members of the Osage Congress brought attention to the account the money was to come from and asked for an audit, and on March 31 the case was dismissed.

January 7, 2011
Federal court rules in favor of Osages in trust case

Damages awarded could reach an estimated $310 million

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has ruled in favor of the Osages again.

December 2, 2010
Red Eagle looks to settle Osage trust case as Cobell settlement awaits Obama's signature

Many Osage trust beneficiaries excluded from Cobell settlement

The historic Cobell case is coming to a close as the $3.4 billion settlement, approved by the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday, marks the end of a 14-year battle to obtain justice for more than 500,000 Native Americans whose Indian trust accounts were mismanaged by the Department of the Interior.

September 30, 2010
Minerals Council votes to help fund lawsuit that could abolish Osage Constitution















The Osage Mineral’s Council passed a resolution Sept. 29 to give a donation in the amount of $50,000 to support a lawsuit that could abolish the Osage Constitution.

August 10, 2010
OMC selects Trust Team representatives

The Osage Minerals Council has selected three members to be the OMC’s representation on the Nation’s five-member Trust Team

The Osage Minerals Council has selected three members to be the OMC’s representation on the Nation’s five-member Trust Team. The trust team is made up of three OMC members, the principal chief and the speaker of the congress.

Dudley Whitehorn, Galen Crum and Cynthia Boone were unanimously voted in by the eight-member OMC July 21, and Whitehorn was voted to be the trust team chairman. They will join Principal Chief John Red Eagle and Speaker of the Congress Jerri Jean Branstetter.

July 12, 2010
Second Osage Minerals Council elects Whitehorn chairman July 8
OMC met in an emergency meeting July 8 to select new chairman and name three signatories
July 7, 2010
Inaugural Day events planned for the Osage Nation July 7
ON judges, Congress members and Minerals Council members to be sworn in July 7
June 10, 2010
Provisional ballots counted, June 7 election results the same
July 19 runoff election set for Principal Chief, Assistant Principal Chief candidates. Those seeking a recount have until 3:35 p.m. Saturday to make request
June 7, 2010
Candidates woo voters with food
No shortage of traditional Osage food or barbecue at candidate’s camps
February 26, 2010
Osage Minerals Council approves resolution to send to Osage Congress
Resolution asks for Congress to amend Election Law to allow the OMC to run its own election in June
February 18, 2010
BIA declines Osage Minerals Council’s request to supervise its election

OMC meetings become heated as Councilwoman Cynthia Boone faces accusations of unethical conduct

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has declined to help the Osage Minerals Council in running their election in June.

November 10, 2009
Official Candidate Listing

The Osage News will continue to update the Official Candidate List for the June 2010 Osage Nation Elections on osagenews.org

October 15, 2009
United Osages of Southern California keeps area members connected

Fellowship, laughter and frybread are just some of the joys at the UOSC meetings

October 14, 2009
2010 election candidates speak to California Osages

Seven candidates speak on issues covering financial accountability, healthcare, the Osage minerals estate and tribal member outreach