Native Americans waiting for nearly a year for the $3.4 billion settlement in the Cobell vs. Salazar case will have to wait a little bit longer.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan extended the deadline for congressional authorization in the lawsuit to Jan. 7, 2011. The U.S. Senate adjourned without giving the Obama administration the authority to settle the class-action lawsuit.
The Osage Nation Counseling Center will be having events throughout the month of October
[Editor's Note: This story was edited for clarification.]
Osage Nation Principal Chief John Red Eagle and Assistant Principal Chief Scott BigHorse signed a proclamation Monday declaring the month of October Domestic Violence Awareness Month for the Osage Nation.
Daily Oklahoman editorial calls Chief Gray ‘radical’ and said Gray could close down highways in Osage county and deny services to non-Osage community
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the Nation’s case against the Oklahoma Tax Commission Jan. 11. A timeline was not given as to when the appeals court will issue a ruling.
“The state [of Oklahoma] is trying to put tribal sovereignty on trial,” said Osage Principal Chief Jim Gray at a Jan. 12 all employee meeting at the Wah Zha Zhi Cultural Center. “The only entity under the sun that can disestablish the Osage Reservation is the United States Congress.”
Some 'humiliated' by discovering their names on list of non-Osage shareholders
Some shareholders expressed shock and disappointment when their names or names of deceased relatives appeared on the Fletcher v. USA complaint filed in Federal District Court in Tulsa June 12.
The complaint contained a list of 1,747 names of individuals, churches, colleges, institutions and organizations that Fletcher attorneys allege are in illegal possession of Osage mineral shares because of their non-Osage status.
