Content about Principal Chief John Red Eagle

Proposed changes to the federal regulations governing the three Osage Indian Villages are sparking discussions on whether the Osage Nation should create and pass its own laws to run the villages with less federal oversight.

The Third Osage Nation Congress adjourned the 2013 Hun-Kah Session on its 24th and final day of session April 22 after fast tracking and voting on several pieces of legislation.

The three-day session extension approved by majority Congressional vote last week will not be used. The remaining legislative bills and resolutions passed by Congress were sent to Principal Chief John Red Eagle’s office for his consideration.

The Third Osage Nation Congress voted to appropriate $13 million toward building phase one of the new government campus master plan on April 18.

The bill (ONCA 13-13 sponsored by Congressman RJ Walker) authorizes the $13 million to come out of the Nation’s general treasury fund and places it into a revolving fund for construction of the long-discussed master plan to replace the current old and outdated campus infrastructure.

The Third Osage Nation Congress is asking the Osage Nation Supreme Court to declare Principal Chief John Red Eagle’s appointment of his brother Eddy Red Eagle Jr. to the Osage Nation Energy Services LLC Board unconstitutional, according to tribal court documents.

Despite an open records request and a letter from the Third Osage Nation Congress, Osage Nation Principal Chief John Red Eagle is not handing over the contract for his controversial pipeline consultant Rod Hartness.

Osage Nation Principal Chief John Red Eagle will give his annual State of the Nation address March 8 at the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center at 10 a.m. The speech will be live streamed on the Nation’s website, www.osagetribe.com.

TULSA, Okla. – The WNBA Tulsa Shock player jerseys will bear the Osage Casino name as part of a multi-year marquee partnership raising visibility of the gaming enterprise and strengthening the two-entity relationship for more joint venture opportunities.

The Osage Nation Housing Department is developing plans to build a housing project near Skiatook for eligible Osage and non-Osage Native Americans based on their household incomes.

The Osage Nation is one step closer to financing the first phase of construction for the long-awaited master plan for a new Osage campus. Once building starts, construction is expected to take two years on the first of three building phases.

The Third Osage Nation Congress will meet for its third Special Session starting Monday Dec. 3 in the Congressional Chambers with at least seven items up for consideration by the legislative body.

Congress issued an initial legislative proclamation for the special session on Oct. 3 but a revised proclamation was issued Oct. 29 while three Congressional committees met to consider interim business with some of the issues to be taken up in December.

A cool rainy fall morning proved to be no match for Osage Casino and tribal government officials who celebrated the groundbreaking for the Skiatook hotel and casino project.

Amid the Sept. 26 morning showers, Osage Casino officials set up a white tent west of the current Skiatook casino where a sandbox with shovels was set up for the ceremony. Once completed next year, the Skiatook property will have a larger casino with a 33-room hotel and amenities such as a fitness center, pool, convenience store and restaurant.

The U.S. Mint is producing a second set of commemorative Code Talker Congressional Gold Medal coins in honor of the Osage Nation, Pawnee Nation, Choctaw Nation and Cheyenne River Sioux tribe.

Medals for Navajo Nation code talkers were produced in 2008 under Public Law 106-554 (December 21,2000).  Other code talker medals authorized by Public Law 110-420 (October 15, 2008) included medals for the Comanche Nation, Kiowa tribe, Santee Dakota Sioux tribe and the Tlingit tribe.