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January 24, 2012
Osage Nation Congress OK’s special election resolution

Special election to be held Aug. 13; four Osage Minerals Estate-related questions will be on special election ballot

During the 14th Special Session, the Second Osage Nation Congress passed a resolution calling for a special election to be held Aug. 13. The special election date follows the recommendation of the ON Election Board, which decided on the Aug. 13 election during its Jan. 18 meeting.

There are six expiring Congressional terms up for grabs, so the June 4 ballot will contain names of those candidates seeking office and will also contain questions on seven proposed Constitutional amendments unrelated to the Minerals Estate.

May 11, 2011
AG says Osage Minerals Council subject to Nation’s laws

Attorney General issues opinion that the OMC is subject to the Open Meetings Act and Open Records Act

The Second Osage Nation Congress posed a question to Attorney General Jeff Jones Jan. 25 that asked whether the Osage Mineral’s Council was subject to the Nation’s Open Meetings Act and the Open Records Act. His reply: yes they are.

His official opinion, issued April 29, said that although the OMC is an independent agency it is still an entity under the Osage Nation and its Constitution.

March 28, 2011
ON Attorney General Jeff Jones issues first opinion

Opinion addresses whether Congressman Geoffrey Standing Bear is in violation of the Osage Constitution by serving as the Pawnee Nation’s attorney general

Osage Nation Attorney General Jeff Jones made his first official opinion March 22.

The question: Can Congressman Geoffrey Standing Bear serve as an Osage Nation Congressman while serving as Attorney General for the Pawnee Nation?

Jones’s answer, yes he can.

“ . . . the position of Pawnee Nation Attorney General is a contractual position and Congressman Standing Bear can serve as Congressman for the Osage Nation while employed as Attorney General for the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma,” according to the opinion.

May 24, 2010
Candidates asked about merit-based employment system
Click here to read the question posed to the Osage general election candidates
May 24, 2010
ON Congress votes down merit-based employment system for the Nation’s employees
The merit-based employment system is required by the Osage Constitution