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Judy Barger has given the Cherokee Nation a piece of history that will be placed in the new Cherokee Nation Clinic in Vinita.

On Nov. 7, Barger (Osage/Cherokee) presented a restored photo of the Dawes Commission to the Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker at the opening of the clinic.

“They were tickled to death to get it and I felt that they (Cherokee Nation) deserved the photo,” Barger said. “It was something unique and a part of history.”

Osage anthropologist Jean Dennison has chronicled a piece of Osage history and turned it into a book for the Osage people.

Dennison’s book, called “Colonial Entanglement: Constituting a Twenty-First-Century Osage Nation,” depicts the creation, understanding and implementation of Osage Nation’s 2006 Constitution created by the Osage Government Reform Commission.

The Osage Nation has filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction against Wind Capital Group, arguing that a proposed 94-turbine wind farm near Burbank will interfere with oil and gas production on the Osage Minerals Estate.

It’s the future and humans are dependent on robots and machines. Zero Hour strikes and the robots rise up, killing everyone in sight. New York, Tokyo, London, nowhere is safe. Who will save humankind? The Grayhorse Army.

The Osage Nation is one of the protagonists in the New York Times Best Selling, “Robopocalypse,” which features Osage characters from the Grayhorse Indian Village.

The book chronicles the survival, and battle, stories of its characters from all walks of life as they struggle to survive the robot uprising.  

The Osage Manhattan Builders construction firm has been selected to manage a renovation project at the Sand Springs Osage Casino slated to begin in September.

When completed, the casino will have a new bar, dance floor, new deli/ kitchen area and a VIP lounge. Brock Eubanks, the operations manager for OMB said the renovation would also include new carpeting, walls so “it will look like a totally different facility.”

A St. Louis-based energy company interested in building a wind farm in Osage County is holding a public meeting on Thursday July 28 at the Pawhuska Elks Lodge.

Wind Capital Group has filed an application to build the wind farm on prairie land west of Pawhuska, according to The Bigheart Times. The application for the 8,300 acre, 150-megawatt wind farm was filed with Osage County government officials on July 8.

The application deadline for the Osage Nation’s 2011 Community Challenge Grant program has been extended to Aug. 19.

“The matching grant promotes an active lifestyle for Osage youth,” Jennifer Tiger, Director of Strategic Planning & Grants Management, said in a statement. “With childhood obesity, diabetes and other diseases on the rise, this grant’s goal is to ensure the healthy growth of our communities.”

The Second Osage Nation Congress is meeting for its Fifth Special Session starting at 10 a.m. Monday Jan. 24 in the Congressional Chambers.

The Congress is slated to consider at least six items during the special session including fiscal year 2011 budget modifications; policies and procedures for the Nation’s Office of Fiscal Performance and Review; a communication protocol between the Congress and Principal Chief John Red Eagle’s office; and a Congressional confirmation of Jeff Jones for Attorney General.

The Oklahoma state Tax Commission has received a 50-day extension on its deadline to respond to the Osage Nation's appeal in the long-standing case being challenged at the U.S. Supreme Court level. In another recent development, the National Congress of American Indians is siding with the Osages in this case and filed an amicus curiae brief during the Thanksgiving holiday week.

FAIRFAX, Okla. – Paradox Consulting, which issued the health surveys to Osage citizens applying for the $500 health benefit card earlier this year, says changes in everyday behavior can help those in fair or poor health extend their life span by avoiding future medical complications.

Osage Nation Head Start of Fairfax and Pawhuska joined in the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association fundraising events to support the “Win-Win” campaign against cancer. The fundraising efforts took place all over the state during the week of Sept. 13.

The children range in age from three to five-years-old but the staff at the nation’s head start programs feel it is never too early to teach children to be aware of the importance of helping others, according to a prepared release.

 TULSA, Okla. – The Osage Nation’s first-ever Watershed Forum brought representatives from tribes around the state to discuss the importance of natural resource preservation Aug. 24.

Watersheds are important to many Native American tribes, including the Osage, because they are viewed as playing a role in spirituality and identity.