This is of incredible significance. The Shakopee Mdewakanton of Minnesota, "Better yet, for those who live and work on the reservation, that payment is free from state income taxes." We go to Court to stop the State of Oklahoma from taxing revenue on our Reservation and the Federal Court Judge takes our reservation away from us completely! How does this happen? See https://www.curbed.com/2013/1/29/10279530/the-casinorich-whales-of-minnesotas-shakopee-tribe
The Osage borders are a COUNTY Of Oklahoma. Who's going to pay and repair the roads and infrastructure? The Osage government can't run a lemon aid stand; how on earth are they going to operate and entire area the size of Osage county? Besides that, the Osage government can't afford to run a county because those folks on the hill are keeping all the money for themselves. The greed never ends.
Actually, the border of the MINERAL reservation is that of a count in Oklahoma. The 10th District Court determined that the tribe's reservation had not been just diminished but had been disestablished by an Act of Congress in 1906. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the Osage Nation government running anything in the county. They wouldn't even have the right to a police force were it not for a cross-deputization agreement with Oklahoma.
Followup: Shouldn't these students be studying academic subjects rather than, "...a comprehensive education in the bedroom." see https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/11/5/sex-week-2018/
Did. Now it’s up to us to do something about our smi-quasi disfunctional Constitution if we cannot get our Government under control with spending here there everywhere with no real accountability. But your comment is not real active to the question really. But it’s Harvard. But we can shut it down until further notice if need be. Which I believe may be necessary. This is a Government for the people not the few .
Yes. See and click on "Osage Nation Constitution - Amended June 2, 2014, June 6, 2016 & March 20, 2017" at https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/who-we-are/legislative-branch/legislation
"From holding the powerful accountable to disseminating stories of cultural significance, a free and independent Indigenous press supports the goals of tribal nations by providing an open public forum for community voices."
See NAJA condemns repeal of Muscogee (Creek) Nation free press act at http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2018/11/09/naja-condemns-repeal-muscogee-creek-nation-free-press-act/
EPA Regional Head Indicted On Ala. Ethics Charges: https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/1101395/epa-regional-head-indicted-on-ala-ethics-charges?
See NAVAJO FIGHTING BACK ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CLASSIFYING AMERICAN INDIANS A RACE at https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/navajo-fighting-back-on-trump-administration-classifying-american-indians-a-race/?
This is so "racist," I think that's about all it can amount to, a "slur." It's just about equal to a KKK remark, and he's been praised by them. A white man, the President of a nation, saying such a thing for the world to hear.
Hope the Democrats impeach him or find evidence his family are taking advantage of Trump's position to enhance their personal fortunes.
Ha ha ha ha impeachment is long gone from the Dems..not in there sight because hahahaha President Trumps economy of which I am benefiting from speaks volumes..lolololol as long as it’s keeps moving in that direction a Dem will never be in office again and thank god.
The transcript of the oral arguments that were argued today in the Supreme Court of the U.S., associated with the Murphy case is now available to download from the Committee for a Responsible Osage Nation Budget Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
The most curious thing about all this is the remarks of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. who said that it was a little late to raise the idea that half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation. It isn't Native Americans who need to raise the idea that Oklahoma is an Indian Reservation. It's the U.S. Congress who make that determination not the Tribal Nations themselves. If it requires language in writing to so disestablish a Native American reservation and it's just not there then the legal presumption is that the pertinent reservation/s in question haven't been disestablished all along. Is Alito alright? Barking dogs, my eye!
See https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/politics/oklahoma-indian-territory-supreme-court.html?
Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be... See https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/28/half-land-oklahoma-could-be-returned-native-americans-it-should-be/?utm_term=.00b9cc9db71c
Pawhuska Christmas Parade of Lights! Tomorrow. See https://www.facebook.com/osagenation/photos/a.755309157812729/2285166528160310/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
Why go to trial especially having a jury trial? This is regards to the article in the Osage news. The Lintner case. You are either descendent of the 1906 rolls or not? How hard is it to prove? After watching the fall from grace Elizabeth Warrens DNA test...lololololol. I guess pretending to be Indian in this day and age is not so different today then yesterday. Greed comes to mind of course.
FYI: Jim Perrier: See article "Buffalo and Buffer Strips" at https://nrcs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=ddb65c988277464f92d2472f86941910
Solicitor General urges Supreme Court to let 10th Circuit ruling stand in wind case. See http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2018/12/05/solicitor-general-urges-supreme-court-let-10th-circuit-ruling-stand-wind-case/
Indian Country makes final push for Farm Bill on Capitol Hill
Another area of interest for Indian Country is industrial hemp. The bill legalizes the production of the product, ensuring that tribes are on the same level as states and won't face raids or other enforcement threats. Now is the time to invest .
See also https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/national-congress-of-american-indians-applauds-congress-for-passing-strong-2018-farm-bill-for-indian-country/
I starting to think that something may be up and that it's not good. I've been to three different Catholic parishes in the last several weeks. All three Priests have plead and the operational word here is "plead" with us to pray for the United States. Say what you will about the Catholics good or bad, they have an astonishingly good connection on the ground to what is going on and where, worldwide. I don't know what's going on but it may be time to start paying more attention than usual.
Also of interest is https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-avoid-osage-wind-farm/article_274324a2-d73c-504e-877f-2434fc3ecd19.html
🌟🌟🌟 Tempus Fugit! See information on the Native American Congressional Internship at https://www.facebook.com/udallfoundation/photos/a.10150109093231765/10156011995931765/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
Has everyone seen the Osage News article on GSB asking for a legal opinion on funding education from the AG? All I can say is shame on you Geoff. There is nothing you won't do to fund a school that has no accreditation. For you out of county or even State Tribal members, you can forget about getting scholarships anymore. The Osage News lays the case out good about how much the scholarship program costs in comparison to the in county educational services. Shame on all of you
I couldn't agree more. We need to put this nonsense direct before the National Indian Gaming Commission because that money belongs to all of us not just the ones who Goeffrey can manipulate the legal system to keep handing out the money to and for.
This money is supposed to be spent in the public schools not some private school that Geff and his cohorts have cooked up:
"The Osage Nation shall protect and promote education by providing for and supporting a system of high quality early childhood learning programs for its children, advocating on behalf of Osage students for improvements in the PUBLIC elementary and secondary school systems within the Osage Reservation through intergovernmental agreements, and developing effective tribal education programs that allow Osage students to obtain the skills and resources necessary for a post-secondary education."
I find this appalling. But, the question why is he questioning this in the first place? Now you see the truth. As laid out by the 1906 act as amended there is no denying the truth. This Government is tearing it's TRUE colors. This is no accident and this is no coincidence. I suspect the closer we come together the closer we come to the truth of all matters in relation to our resources, it's our responsibility as a Sovereign people we decide. We have the power, because not one person has authority governed by this Doctrine gives any authority other than to protect the resources for the Osage people and this Government is doing the complete opposite. Read it and take it to lawyer if you do not believe in what I am saying. It is the ruling law that takes above our Constitution. The Government grew on the back of the M.E with our resources. Now there are those that say it isn't so, then I say prove it? When you build a foundation of cracks, the walls come crumbling down on those lies.
"Any private school that is accredited by an OPSAC-recognized accrediting association is recognized by the State Department of Education as an accredited school. This acknowledgment of accreditation ENSURES THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TRANSFER BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS and that the service of state certified teachers in accredited private schools is recognized by the state."
Do let's forget about the $26,000,000 in Federal funding that goes to benefit Osage County alone that roughly doubles what the in-county Tribal funding numbers are on a yearly basis going to directly benefit those who live in the Osage. How is this fact always forgotten about when a number of Osage County (Elected) Osages start running the numbers?
teaching those kids to gamble with that handgame attheir age all that sickenly sweet food they serve them no wonder thiers so much dibetese theyll never get that acredidasion on ths path shut it down now before it gest any worst reserv spaces for kids not in OC whod do a fool thng like taht to send a kid thhere
You're right. When our benefits equal the $26 mill they get for free, then start taking about cutting our benefits back or whatever manipulation else you can think of Chief. Shame on you. Shame shame shame. Where do you get off taking away our healthcare benefits for our children as a whole and our elderly and everyone else too for one of your big ideas that you just threw at the wall without proper planning, without a proper educational foundation with an approved curriculum and without the approval of the whole of the Osage people? Poorest planning I've ever seen with those children's lives and educational future at risk. Shame shame shame!
Two days to find a seriously qualified Librarian? Slapdash isn't it? Great planning on this one too on the part of the Director of the Cultural Center, that silly lump Addie Hudgins
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❗⚠️ Alert ⚠️❗ It has come to our attention that a report has been prepared that lists a number of the items that the Office of Fiscal & Performance Review has uncovered in the years that it was an active oversight arm of the Osage Nation Congress. The Osage people should know why OFPR is important and why it must be put back on its feet to again be operable. God only knows what has gone on since Congresswoman Alice Goodfox took over and apparently did nothing with it but let it drop away after Kelly Corbin left as its former head official. I include the members of Congress who knew or should have known the law and followed it with regard to the OFPR and keeping it active. I actually believe this is more than unlawful, it’s unethical to have done what they’ve done or specifically what they haven’t done especially with regard to what is on the report and how valuable to the Congress the OFPR has been in the past as an investigative arm, whether or not the Congress has chosen to take action on the items on the list. The report has been sent to me with permission to publish it. It's a broad overview of what has been uncovered and it does not include names. In spite of this fact, I believe that it's important for those of us who care about the Osage Nation government to know what information has been provided over the years by the OFPR when it was up and running. I will be publishing the report list in segments rather than in document format.
Office was established in Legislation, but not operational. The following cases were discovered and brought to the authorities’ attention: Director of several federal and tribal programs was embezzling funds for personal gain. Sentenced to federal time.
Executive administrative assistant of a tribally funded program was found to be embezzling funds, thru fraudulent travel claims, obtaining refunds for building rental, premiums and prizes, and using the funds for personal use.
Director of a tribally funded program using program generated revenue for personal use and to fund the then Chief’s campaign for a national organization office. The program was giving selected Osage members benefits of the office without charge or reduced charge. This was done by payment of a personal credit card whose charges were paid by the tribal program and concealed by an accountant in the Osage Nation Treasurer’s office and false reporting on offices transactions.
Director of tribal program receiving mileage for personal vehicle, while purchasing fuel and oil for said personal vehicle. Purchasing items for program use, but installing them in personal residence.
Director of tribal program taking trips funded by federal program and visiting family members instead of attending program trainings. Misappropriated laptop computer for personal use and three cell phones.
Investigation of allegations of medicare fraud, employee drug use, and misappropriations of funds was done on Home Health. This was stonewalled by the Principal Chief’s Office, due to the possible repayment of funds to federal government.
Submission of a reimbursement claim for meal purchases, that contained the cost of alcoholic beverages by an elected official.
Office of Fiscal & Performance Review was staffed by Senior Internal Auditor and opened office.
Developed policies and procedures for office, Congress requested an audit of Bartlesville Casino construction cost over runs.
The Principal Chief filed an injunction blocking the operation of the OFPR on grounds of “witch hunting”.
Office aided Congress as Budget Analyst at several different times while the law suit was in tribal court.
The office was able to get Osage Gaming Commission records on Bartlesville Casino construction and after examination gave a report to Congress.
Senior Internal auditor aided the newly appointed Controller of the Treasury in putting uncovering a scheme in which an accountant in the Treasury was embezzling funds from a program that they handled. It was done by skimming cash from daily deposits and reporting uncollectible fees owed to the program to be written off by the Treasurer. Controller was then fired by the Treasurer.
After a new Principal Chief was elected to office, the lawsuit against the Office of OFPR and the Senior Internal Auditor was dropped by the new Chief.
Operation of the office was started, administrative assistant and staff auditor was hired. Audit Plan was developed and audits started.
Audits of programs revealed a lack of policies and procedures for operation of the programs, insufficient checks and balances on expenditures.
Office audited the Pawhuska, Grayhorse, and Hominy Indian Villages after much resistance by the Village Boards. One village lacked support documentation for more than $800,000 in expenditures, resulting in replacement of the board and personnel. Another village where the board chairman would not cooperate on presenting of records, lack of required meetings, board member who had been deceased for several years had not been replaced and board member who was ineligible for position. The other remaining village was very cooperative and there were no exceptions noted.
Audits revealed the lack of securing of records by many of the programs.
Audit of a federal program revealed the expenditure of funds for purposes not approved by the granting agency.
Audit of a tribal department revealed expenditure of “restricted – use” funds for purposes that did not meet the requirements of the use of the funds. Lack of required records on file by the department.
Audit of tribal department revealed that Director had formed a ghost business to do contract work for the department, that the director was only reported to work 25% of the days that he was paid for. Fraudulent time sheets were filed by the Director and signed by the then Director of Operations. Restricted Administrative password to Osage Nation Computer Network was passed to non-approved employees allowing them to review any employees’ emails and other data.
A tribal department employee used tribal equipment to dismantle metal reservoir, sometimes on tribal time. The metal was then taken to a salvage metal purchaser at Turley, OK and sold. Funds was retained by the employee and an Osage Nation member for their personal use. All this was done with the knowledge and approval of the Director of the tribal program. When this was discovered all information obtained, including videos were given to Osage Nation Police Dept. investigator, no action was taken for several months. When OFPR released the report, charges were filed the following week.
OFPR took the initiative to set up and put the Whistle Blower Hotline and the review committee in operation and administrated it’s operation.
OFPR reviewed the operations and reports of the Osage LLC, as a result a restricted report was given to the Commerce Committee of Osage Nation Congress in executive session. Listing the concerns of OFPR and the Osage Nation Attorney General in the operations of the Osage LLC and it’s subsidiaries. This was in October of 2013. The concerns were not given to the Osage LLC offices till December of 2013 for response. Investigation into this area was met with resistance from Congressional leadership at that time.
OFPR audited the shelters operated by the Osage Nation, which resulted in finding of insufficient security of operations, lack of sufficient records, practice of leaving employees in their positions while being investigated by law enforcement. Employees not having sufficient certifications and qualifications for positions that they were holding.
A tribal department was audited and the software program being used for the department’s operations was found to lack the security for reliable records or tracking operators inputting information. Also, the issuing of notary public certification of fraudulent titles. Titles being issued on non-titled vehicles. Resulting in the recommendation that the Board over the department be relieved of the oversight of day to day operations of the department and put it under the Principal Chief’s Office.
OFPR brought to Congress’s attention that they should as for the “Budget to Actual” reports on the construction of the casinos at McCord and Skiatook. After OFPR had become aware that the construction costs were exceeding the amount of funding approved in the “Plan of Operations”.
Review of records and contracts revealed that Competitive Bidding requirements had not been met by the Osage Casino and Gaming Enterprise Board in the bidding for the construction of the Casinos at McCord and Skiatook.
OFPR participated in an audit of Osage LLC that was led by a contracted auditor of the Principal Chief’s office.
OFPR adopted the practice of attending all bid openings and running a concurrent audit of any construction project being funded by the Osage Nation.
An audit of a federally funded program revealed that no receipts were obtained or records maintained supporting the issuance of monetary, supplies, and items of value assistance to clients of the program. No inventories of the supplies and items of value were maintained.
An audit of a federally funded program revealed that assistance was being given to clients that were not qualified for the program’s assistance.
An audit of a tribally funded program revealed that some employees were expending funds for personal use, proper security of inventories on hand was not being maintained.
An audit of a federally funded program revealed that proper records or reports were not being maintained. Auditor assisted the personnel in starting a policy of maintaining records. Director was absent most of the time.
An audit of a federally funded program revealed that personnel and client records were not maintained with the proper security required by law.
Concurrent audit of Casino Construction noted and reported a “Competitive Bidding” violation to Congress and Attorney General’s Office and a situation of a contractor (individual) double dipping or being paid twice for the same job by a contractor and the Osage Casino.
Note: The presence of OFPR and its’ staff served in an intimidating role for the compliance with Osage Nation Statutes and federal laws concerning the operation of the programs and departments of the Osage Nation. Much like the Highway Patrol or Police Departments serve in encouraging citizens to comply the laws merely by their presence, for fear of being caught in any violation.
The annual audit performed by an outside audit firm only audits those entities that have a material amount of expenditures and are federally funded. They have been shown that they do not check for tribal law violations concerning operations or audit tribally funded programs or departments except those requested by the Treasurer.
The website of the OFPR has been taken down but a cache version of it is still available for your review at http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HrFhyWE9N0EJ:www.osagenationofpr.org/aboutus.php+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
NOTE: Congressman Kugee Supernaw was asked to get information on the OFPR (the above report) and he submitted the information on the casino construction.
In addition, Congressman Supernaw wrote: “Attached is a list of some of the things done by the OFPR while Kelly (Corbin) was the Director. He compiled all this for your information...
There were many other things, improper and/or dangerous to the nation’s finances, that the OFPR was able to prevent by constant oversight. When the Skiatook and Ponca City Casinos were built they ran $30 million over budget. The Board (not the present Board) resisted the oversight of the OFPR and even though the law required that any overrun of 10% was to be reported to Congress no report was ever submitted. Nothing was ever done about this. When the Tulsa Casino was built recently there had been changes in the law that allowed the OFPR to consistently monitor the construction by reviewing bid solicitations, attending bid openings and reviewing all applications for payment. That casino construction ran $30 million under budget. We can’t give all the credit to the OFPR but it certainly was a factor in helping to reduce costs.”
Perhaps this year will be the "Mea Culpa" year of the Osage Nation government. Never mind the AG who appears and has been alleged time and time again to follow the Osage Nation line where the will of the Chief is concerned, what we really need here is an outside Independent Special Prosecutor to investigate these charges associated with this list with infractions that have taken place over the years involving both Federal and Tribal funding. From what it says, "...(audits) do not check for tribal law violations concerning operations or audit tribally funded programs or departments except those requested by the Treasurer." That fact right there ought to alarm every Osage Nation member into a demand for operations, programs and departments with Tribal funding to be audited back to day one by the Special Prosector or land a few people running this thing in jail. This couldn't be more serious and the Osage people are now under an obligation not to put up with it and to call for the Chief's and Assistant Chief's ouster if a Special Prosector isn't appointed. I want to know about all this alleged money flowing from one budget to another and one departmental budget to another in the Executive Branch and since the Osage Nation Supreme Court members have allegedly been responsible for "allowing" such unethical and improper "wide open" movement of Tribal funds to take place in the interpretation of their ON Supreme Court opinions, I would like them included in the investigation by the Special Prosecutor. Obviously, if we've lost one Treasurer over moving money around that was not reported under the law in a timely manner to the Osage Nation Congress, then this should see particular and exhaustive scrutiny.
The first thing I feel should be mandated on an immediate basis is a professional outside accredited Ethics Course that has to be attended by every single employee of the Osage Nation government as part of the employee training program including all elected and appointed officials to include every single individual who collects a paycheck from the Osage Nation government with an independent employment contract arranged for by the Chief. Anyone who fails the course, loses their job. Simple as that. Under the current circumstances, calling such a measure "harsh" is utterly ridiculous at this point in time. Employee training, initial and ongoing, is part and parcel of the working environment for both Federal and Private Sector employees so any excuses on this basis simply aren't legitimate.
Chief, you are an attorney in good standing and as such you are under special legal obligations that the average citizen is not. We need your leadership here to do the right thing by not hindering or obstructing the process of hiring an Independent Special Prosecutor to investigate these charges and get something done about them for the sake of the Osage people and the future health and well being of the Osage Nation government.
Since we have no framework to my knowledge out of the Osage Nation Election Office at
https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/what-we-do/elections and https://www.facebook.com/OsageElections/
after ALL THESE YEARS, which includes the Osage Nation Election Board (Shannon Lockett, Chairperson, Terry Hazen, Vice Chairperson and Belle Wilson Board member) at
who are required, along with the Election Board Superintendent, Alexis Rencountre, to set up and handle for the Osage Nation members the Petition's process including CITIZEN INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL and (Member) AMENDMENT BY PETITION under the Osage Nation Constitution, here is an example of what the Comanche Nation make available on Facebook for their membership with reference to the recall process:
In most instances where this kind of corruption exists and it comes out in the open publicly, there usually a large outcry on the part of the elected and appointed officials to investigate these kinds of allegations promptly, hold those who are engaging in such activities responsible and if found to have foundation, to get each case before the court in a timely manner and I don't mean in one or two years later. The excuse has always been, it will hurt the families if all this comes out in the open. The faith, good will and belief of the membership in the Osage Nation as a credible and honest government without harboring or corruption of any kind for any reason on the part of the elected officials takes precedence here and the Osage people do and should demand it of those who are running it. If something has been set aside by one Chief in a manner inconsistent with the law then it's incumbent upon the current Chief, The AG and the Congress to get to the bottom of it and bring those illegal acts and those responsible for them to a lawful conclusion. I'm waiting to see if we have such an outcry on the part of our elected and appointed officials by Press Release on the Nation's website or in the Osage News in the next few days or if this Report and what's listed on it is ignored by them.
Clearly from the DEAFENING SILENCE IN THE LAST WEEK SINCE the publication of the Report of Kelly Corbin and the items on it, WE NEED THE OSAGE NATION CONGRESS TO FORM AN OVERSIGHT AND REFORM COMMITTEE! If we have items that the Office of Fiscal and Performance and Review (OFPR) turn up, then we need an official Congressional Committee to handle them. This is an essential part of the POWER of a Congressional body to exercise OVERSIGHT AND REFORM. The job is only half done if the Congress has no place for infractions to be reviewed and action to be taken to include Official Hearings to get to the bottom of what is going on. This includes the POWER to call other elected and appointed officials from other branches of the government to account for themselves in these hearings. If they know they will be held accountable to the Osage people in a public forum, it will give them pause before they choose to break the laws of the Osage Nation or GET CREATIVE with them. This also includes the Power to hold members of the ON Congress accountable to the Oversight and Reform Committee as well if their actions turn up on the OFPR reports to the new Committee. See https://oversight.house.gov/about
To your point, does anybody realize how very important this Committee is to health of our Government? What we have here is another version of Venezuela? Think about it. The OFPR is designed to oversee the Legislative and Executive. We are now not just with the LLC's in the millions lost, but now in the millions of cost overruns with the building and construction of the Casinos. Thanks to Corbin she was able to cut some of this out otherwise we would have been paying more but at some point when this happens are we always going to be taken? The answer is no. There is such thing as contracts right read the fine print and in these contracts if the cost goes way above the estimates it should be on the contractor to absorb the deficiency. Usually the cost overruns shouldn't go above 10%. So corrupt.
And who is there in place to hold anyone accountable for dropping the ball on an active OFPR? The Nation's Congress owes the Osage people a whole lot better a job than this for the salary they're being paid. If I had a quarter for every time I heard this remark, "If only that Congress would get a backbone," I have a tidy sum collected by now. They not only resist but actually seem to be afraid of taking on the mantle of power that resides within their Branch of Government if they would only develop the tools to employ it. A Congressional Oversight Committee is one of those tools and it's a powerful one. Furthermore, from the list provided by Kelly Corbin, WE NEED IT for our government to function properly. If they can let one Osage Nation law go dormant, why not another? Why not the Merit law where the Nation's employees are paid under it anywhere from $250,000 to $475,000 a year guaranteed?
One of the main promises made at the time that the new government was being discussed was that a democratic constitutional government would clean up all the corruption that had gone before in the Tribal Council form of government. This is true if there is actual participation on the part of the Osage Nation members through working with the Congress and if that fails, then through the Constitutional processes of Citizen Initiative, Referendum, Recall and Amendment to the Constitution by Petition. Speaking of laws that have never even been implemented and established! The Supreme law of the Land is the Osage Nation Constitution and it has been since it was ratified in 2006, THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. How negligent and neglectful is the Chief and his Executive Branch of government for not making certain that these tools are all freely available out of the Osage Nation Election Office to the members of the Nation no matter where they live? Doesn't that fully and squarely qualify as "willful neglect of duty" under Article XII, Removal, Section 1? What is he afraid of? Something happening like what happened to Chief Red Eagle except coming direct from the Osage people themselves? The Election Office comes directly under the Executive Branch of government and the "Supreme" power of the Executive Branch is directly vested in him and him alone. That means that he is "absolutely" responsible for this negligence and neglect in not making sure that the law has been executed and implemented so that the Osage people have these tools to use IN THEIR OWN RIGHT AND THE CONSTITUTION CONFERS THOSE RIGHTS UPON THE OSAGE PEOPLE IN PLAIN ENGLISH AND IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS!
"We, the Osage People, based on centuries of being a People, now strengthen our government in order to preserve and perpetuate a full and abundant Osage way of life that benefits ALL Osages, living and as yet unborn."
"ARTICLE XI - CITIZEN INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
Section 1. Citizen Initiative and Referendum: The Osage People may propose and enact laws by the initiative or reject acts of the Osage Nation Congress by the referendum.
Section 2. Application of Initiative, Referendum or Recall: An initiative or referendum is proposed by an application containing the bill to be initiated or the act to be referred. The application shall be signed by not less than (100) one hundred qualified Osage voters as sponsors and shall be filed with the person authorized by Osage law to receive the same. The application shall be certified, if found in proper form. Denial of certification shall be subject to judicial review.
Section 3. Petition for Initiative or Referendum: After certification of the application, a petition containing a summary of the subject matter shall be prepared by the person authorized by Osage law to do so for circulation by the sponsors. If signed by qualified Osage voters who are equal in number to at least (15) fifteen percent of the electorate, it may be filed.
Section 4. Initiative Election: An initiative petition may be filed at any time. The person authorized by Osage law to do so shall prepare a ballot title and proposition summarizing the proposed law, and shall place them on the ballot for the first election held after adjournment of the legislative session following the filing. If, before the election, substantially the same measure has been enacted, the petition is void.
Section 5. Referendum Election: A referendum petition may be filed only within ninety (90) days after adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed. The person authorized by Osage law to do so shall prepare a ballot title and proposition summarizing the act and shall place them on the ballot for the first election held after adjournment of that session."
“Section 7. Restrictions: The initiative shall not be used to dedicate revenues, make or repeal appropriations, create courts, define the jurisdiction of courts or prescribe their rules, or enact local or special legislation. The referendum shall not be applied to dedications of revenue, to appropriations, or to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety of the Osage People. No article, section, or provision of the Osage Nation Constitution shall be amended except as provided in Article XX of this Constitution.
Section 8. Recall: All elected and/or appointed officials of the Osage Nation are subject to recall by the qualified Osage voters. The grounds for recall of a judicial officer shall be established by the Osage Nation Supreme Court. The grounds for recall of an officer other than a judge are serious malfeasance or nonfeasance, during the term of office, in the performance of the duties of the office or a conviction, during the term of office, of a felony or conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. After certification of the Application, as set forth in Section 2 of this Article, a petition for recall shall be prepared by the person authorized by Osage law to do so and the petition shall set forth the specific conduct that may warrant recall. A recall petition may not be issued for circulation by the sponsors until the Osage Nation Supreme Court has determined that the facts alleged in the petition are true and are sufficient grounds for issuing a recall petition. A recall petition must be signed by qualified Osage voters who are equal in number to at least fifteen (15) percent of the electorate. Upon a determination by the person authorized by Osage law to so determine that a petition has been signed by at least the minimum number of eligible voters, a recall election must be conducted in the manner provided by Osage law. The incumbent shall continue to perform the duties of the office until the recall election results are officially declared and, unless the incumbent declines or no longer qualifies, the incumbent shall without filing be deemed to have filed for the recall election. A recall election may not occur less than six (6) months before the end of the officer’s term. An officer who is removed from office by a recall election or who resigns from office after a petition for recall issues may not be appointed to fill the vacancy that is created. Additional procedures and grounds for recall may be prescribed by the Osage Nation Congress.
Section 1. Grounds for Removal: All elected and appointed officers of the Osage Nations shall be subject to removal from office for cause, including but not limited to WILLFUL NEGLECT OF DUTY, malfeasance in office, habitual abuse of alcohol or drugs, inability to meet qualifications to serve, conviction of a felony or conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude while in office."
"Section 2. Rules and Procedures: Removal of Osage Nation Officers shall originate in the Osage Nation Congress, except as otherwise provided in the Osage Nation Constitution. The motion for removal shall list fully the basis for the proceeding and must be approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members. Trial on removal shall then be conducted by the Osage Nation Congress with the accused afforded due process and an opportunity to be heard. An Osage Nation Supreme Court Justice, designated by the Supreme Court, shall preside at the trial. Concurrence of five-sixths (5/6) of the members of the Osage Nation Congress is required for a judgment of removal. The judgment shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit in the Osage Nation, but shall not prevent proceedings in the courts on the same or related charges. The Osage Nation Congress may prescribe additional rules and procedures that are necessary to implement the provisions of this Article."
No longer, for the sake of the future health of our government, will Osages who break the law continue to have this status: "Osages are not to be touched or held accountable for their actions." This is killing our Constitutional government with corruption and destroying the faith and belief of all of the Osage people in it to one degree or another. This is WRONG and it needs to be corrected on an immediate basis. A strong Osage Nation Oversight and Reform Committee hand in hand with a strong OFPR is the ONLY answer and those who are running this government must respond to the will of the Osage people and what they want their representative government to do going forward. That's how this form of government works. The Osage people have conferred the power in the Constitution to this government and we can take it back if it, through it's elected and appointed officials, continues down this path of neglect, corruption and outright wrongdoing being overlooked, evaded or ignored altogether. By the way, how is it exactly that the Osages have fewer actual investigations of wrongdoing in their Casinos as opposed to ALL other Tribal Casinos throughout the country and why are they notably absent?
Totally understand what you are bringing to light, but The government is not going to get rid of it's own when they steal or worse. When GSB takes away the scholarships and health card for out of county Osages, by way of his Attorney General, then you'll get an outcry. I hope out of county Osages give him hell. People get concerned when it affects them directly or financially.
By then IT WILL BE TOO LATE so we need to mount a defense on an immediate basis. Millions and millions and millions of dollars have been spent in Osage County on one thing or another that have taken benefits away from the Osage people and this has been inequitable from the beginning of this government that has shafted the great majority of the Osage members to suit those in elected office including the Chiefs. GSB has only one choice and that's to slow down and cut way back on spending in the Osage because those benefits belong to us and they are needed for all Osages who utilize them. There will be huge blow back if the Chief's plans move forward to the detriment of the whole of the Osage people and they lose any of the benefits they deserve to have under the Constitution no matter how the AG or the Supreme Court sees it.
I happen to agree. This Government was a sham from the get go. We will give this Government back to the true Government that existed before this Government of greed back to the mineral council. I know with the way our M.E has been poorly ran you would not think I would want to this to happen, but we had a Government before the coup took place.
Good News! In communities with casinos, law enforcement officials cite little criminal impact See https://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/in-communities-with-casinos-law-enforcement-officials-cite-little-criminal/article_a1d4f65a-24fa-580e-bda4-2a1f0a7fe6fd.html?
Giving back? According to this article and list, David Grann made $5 million on the rights to his book on the Osage. Has he given anything to the Osage Nation Foundation?
Here's a perfect example of why online banking and having everything data wise on computer networks is insane. I hope all the account information hasn't been wiped in the fire along with the servers if that's actually what's really happened.
I called the branch to get account information and even their systems are down. It's a total bottom out, up and down. I've expected this for sometime but more like one region of the country not the entire company dead in the water until further notice.
What a load of crap. I get people do not understand why there is a electoral college. It is not one state takes control as designed. But these people who are trying to upset the apple cart will not happen.
HERE IT IS! THE BOMBSHELL -- A TERA IS ON THE AGENDA! All I've heard from day one is that a TERA diminishes the Trust Relationship with the Tribes and the Federal Government and most Tribes have avoided them for this reason. We must have an explanation as our Trust Relationship regarding the Osage Minerals Estate is U.S. Congressionally mandated (1906 Act as Amended) and the U.S. Congress MUST weight in IN WRITING before we even consider going in this direction either by an Act of the U.S. Congress to amend the 1906 Allotment Act or other written mandate separate, apart and specific to the Osage Nation/Osage Tribe by both Houses of the United States Congress!
See https://www.facebook.com/4OsageMineralsCouncil/photos/a.350370155716434/413576229395826/?type=3&theater
See the Osage Nation Constitution, “Article IV, Declaration of Rights, Section 5, Rights of Mineral Royalty Interest Holders (???): The Osage Nation Government shall not create any law or ordinance pertaining to the mineral royalties from the Osage Mineral Estate that acts in conflict with Federal law and regulations.”
There is a HUGE discrepancy in the verbiage of the Osage Nation Constitution as originally voted on and passed in a duly authorized election in 2006 by the Osage people:
Article IV, Declaration of Rights, Section 5, Rights of SHAREHOLDERS: The Osage Nation Government shall not create any law or ordinance pertaining to the mineral royalties from the Osage Mineral Estate that acts in conflict with Federal law and regulations.
IT REQUIRES AN ELECTION TO AMEND THE VERBIAGE AND I MEAN ANY WORD IN THE OSAGE NATION CONSTITUTION. DO YOU REMEMBER VOTING TO AMEND THE WORDING OF THIS SECTION OF THE OSAGE NATION CONSTITUTION? I certainly don’t!
"(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2) and AT THE REQUEST OF THE INDIAN TRIBE (???) or individual Indian, any advance payments, bid deposits, or other earnest money received by the Secretary in connection with the review and Secretarial approval under any other Federal law (including regulations) of a sale, lease, permit, or any other conveyance of any interest in any trust or restricted land of any Indian tribe or individual Indian shall, upon receipt and prior to Secretarial approval of the contract or conveyance instrument, be held in the trust fund system for the benefit of the Indian tribe and individual Indian from whose land the funds were generated." SEE https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s245/text What is this section supposed to mean? In addition, I don't see the word/s "Osage or Osage Tribe/Osage Nation anywhere in this document. Do you?
I'm now getting a variation of opinion. The quoted TERA language above may well bust the OME Trust, defeat the terms and conditions of the 1906 Allotment Act as amended and place the money from the OME bonuses and royalties directly in the hands of the Osage Nation and in the Osage Nation Treasury.
You have to read the comment on this TERA Scheme and how much of the Nation's money it will cost. This will be a tremendous burden on the Osage Nation government financially and those without headrights will hit the ceiling if they allocate funding for a dime of this scheme!
SEE https://osageblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/osage-shareholder-matters-november-2018.html
What we have here is a completely undoable situation. Clearly whatever the Utes are doing is not associated with a TERA because it just became law in December of 2018. So, are we expected to be the legal test case or the guinea pig as it were? I don't think so. Secondly, there is a moral imperative here and an ethical aspect involved in spending the Nation's money of all Osages who do do not receive Mineral Estate headright income no matter where they live in favor of those who do without asking their permission in a duly authorized election which we cannot afford within the given time period in which it's to take place. If we have structured an election for gay marriage, I submit that spending the public funds which are the Osage people's money on the Shareholders exclusively when non-Shareholders are having to go without, then it should be put to a vote in a General Election. By the same token, there should also be a Minerals Council election of the Shareholders as well as to whether or not they want to be involved in a risky, untried and unproven scheme that requires so much Osage Nation legislation, a new Federal governing body (Indian Energy) with authority that has never had jurisdiction in Osage County before and gamble on a new Federal law that no Tribal community has ever been involved with or tried to make work in practical application heretofore. The risk is through the roof no matter how you look at it and within the specified time period designated today, it's just not reasonable or prudent to throw the dice on this ill-conceived option that's really no option at all.
I just spoke to an Osage who wants to know what "Indian Energy" is and whether it's a part of the Bureau of Land Management. It's the OFFICE of INDIAN ENERGY POLICY and PROGRAMS which is a U.S. Department of Energy division. See https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/office-indian-energy-policy-and-programs
I can see right now that we are going to have the "Consultant" Class all over this thing like white on rice at a price tag that will be unheard of and mind boggling.
Many good questions are being asked that I'm sure were addressed in Executive Session even though the money from the Minerals Estate Trust comes to the Headright Owners who are the Beneficiaries and who are the very last ones these days to receive full disclosure from either the Osage Nation government (the Chief) or the members of the Minerals Council who seem to act more like representatives of the Osage Nation than they do of the Shareholders who elected them. The mineral rights income from royalties and bonuses, other than the funding from the drawdown, does not benefit the Osage Nation or any office, department, agency or instrumentality of it. It benefits the Headright Owners whose real financial interest, of supreme importance, is the first to be protected, not the last.
The MC and the Chief have signed two documents on behalf of the BIA under the self-governanace contract? Getting ready to do a third document that will have the consensus of the members of the Minerals Council? I'd like to see a copy of these documents and as Shareholders with Trust Headright income directly on the line, we have a right to review this paperwork in advance of any firm and or final agreement and weigh in on where this is all taking us especially with the wretchedly failing/ed business track record of the Osage Nation associated with the business diversification plan/s away from gaming set in motion in 2008 with the LLCs.
As far as the Osage Nation Congress trying to put together a law that will equal or exceed NEPA in only 10 months time; in the last three months of December, January, and February, they (12 in number) have had no Special Sessions and only 8 Committee meetings (official meetings of the ON Congress) out of a possible number of business working days to equal 64 in total. So, good luck with that. The MInerals Council (8 in number) has met 6 times for official business meetings in that same time period and they are paid a salary of one half the amount or less. See https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/who-we-are/legislative-branch/calendar Just saying...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/339413676127181/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/247282649053762/ and https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
Northern California Osage Spring Meeting: Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 9:30 AM PDT Nelson's Grove 15285 County Road 99E, Woodland, California 95695 For more information email osages@northerncalifornia.org
🌟🌟🌟 What is a Confidential Health Discussion? If it has to do with our Health Benefits then we should be allowed to know about it. There are two reasons for Executive Sessions and one is for legal matters and the other is for personnel matters. Is this about the legal opinion from the AG that the Chief is seeking on benefits being "more important" under the Constitution for those who live in the Osage than benefits for those of us who live outside Osage County when no such designation exists or should exist? If so we have a right to know what is being shared in order to challenge it via our representatives in the Congress in the Osage Nation Supreme Court!
The Osage Nation Supreme Court decided GSB, or any future Chief, does not have to present a budget, and they can steal from other departments to fund personal projects. I wouldn't rely on getting a favorable ruling for the membership from those idiots.
Figuratively speaking of course, it may be high time for a "Thermidorian Reaction" if the Chief plans to cut the great majority of Osages out of the herd and use some flimsy legal opinion from the AG to do it thereby robbing us of our rightful benefits as Osage Nation Members.
"...the Reich Citizenship Law, which declared that only those of German or related blood were eligible to be Reich citizens; the remainder were classed as state subjects, without citizenship rights." Apparently the Chief sees a justification for such separatist ugliness on the basis of geographical location? This is wrong and we have to stand up to it if this is what is what is really happening. See https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-reich-citizenship-law and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws
The very first VIDEO Legislative Update by a member of the Osage Nation Congress!
See the Legislative Update from a member of the Congress, Eli Potts, WHO KEEPS HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES: https://www.facebook.com/Potts4Congress/videos/1061869377332555/?__tn__=%2CdkC-R&eid=ARAedTGSSRpq6PGH6if0VTs8sZuDuijHQ2b-EvJqiwyNYxOYkLfpm4OTo3fx9gWs8bBfo1AhQy0hHiSL&hc_ref=ARSxfnBq0IQl94X-1hoLCpFOpN2T5qbJ-FG4KhFK9D3T9egh0tacAIue2eqFwfNJqPs
WE MUST CALL FOR A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING WITH REGARD TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR PERMANENT FUND! See more details on this developing situation at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
The Chief knew nothing about it. My ass. He knows everything that goes on up there on the hill because his management style is Gestapo micro-manager. Plus he thinks he's smarter than everyone else too. Did he redirect the funds be invested in a sure fire thing like Sony walkmans, compact discs, or the Osage Mineral Estate?
Congressman Bighorse asked as to whether the term "Agency" in the Osage Nation Congressional bill, ONCA 18-57, captures the Minerals Agency and Minerals Council. The answer is yes if they budget and appropriate money to the Minerals Agency and they have done this in the past...
Listen to the Osage Nation Appropriations Committee Meeting while in session today and see if you think that they are even close to being up to providing legislation that will replace NEPA at a level that is equal to it or better.
The Agendas and Commentary for these two ON Congressional meetings are available at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
They've literally been fighting over the legal definition of the term "Projected Revenue" as it applies to legislation since 2006 and still for 13 YEARS nothing on this has yet been decided and agreed upon between the Congress and the Executive Branch!
The Minerals Estate? You better rethink that one.
You simply cannot run the Osage Minerals Estate like this from a Legislative and an Executive Branch standpoint. It just won’t work. Period.
REVEALED TODAY ON 4/1/19, in the Appropriations Committee: Invested in 2015 in an investment vehicle of $141,000 but it now has zero value because the shares are worthless !!! 👎👎👎 WHERE IS THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON WHAT NOW AMOUNTS TO $241,000 in financial institution fees and bad investments SO FAR...
Commentary is located at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
Listen to the Treasurer, Jim Littleton's remarks on this financial disclosure at http://mixlr.com/osage-nation/showreel/2019-0401_6con_appropriations-pt1/
Where do we now fall from a "reservation" standpoint under the RESPECT Act? See House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States hearing at: https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/04/03/audio-house-subcommittee-for-indigenous.asp
That martinet schoolboy we have for a Chief has just busted up the best Enterprise Board we have ever had by not renominating as Ranch Board Members Theresa Meade and Jim Perrier. May he live in total infamy from this day forward!!!
Buh! He can't get control of that expernsive ranch back if he has people on there who do not do his bidding. Has anyone ever know Galen or Hank Hainzinger to have an original thought? If he can find some other idiots to go with those two, then the ranch will fail, and Chief Goof Ball can get control of it again.
No, but the Enterprise Board (being the real Managers of these LLCs) have dragged the Osage name through the mud. Given the poor financial condition of Osage LLC and its subsidiaries it should not have come as a surprise to the management that the bank would not work with them to restructure debt.
Creating several new companies with Summit in the name won't solve their underlying problems. It may convince a few uninformed customers and suppliers to do business with them initially, but long term they are doomed to failure. For any business to survive it must have revenue greater than expenses.
🌟🌟🌟 And the one Congressional motion that should have passed which didn't:
"The Osage Nation Congress condemns racist thoughts, speech and behavior. As elected members of a Branch of Osage government, we are all aware of how racism negatively impacts its victims. The Legislative Branch includes Native Americans and non-Native staff and it is against all Branch policies and is unethical for any person associated with the Legislative Branch to express himself or herself in any manner that has even the appearance of racism. Congress has a duty and an obligation to address implicit and explicit racial bias and hostility in the workplace. As such, the Osage Nation Congress requests the Human Resources Director to present a plan to the Congress on how to counter such issues, including but not limited to, mandatory training, adoption of additional policies, removal of offenders from leadership positions, censure or any other appropriate action. Congress apologizes to those who have been victims of racist behavior, have seen such racist behavior exhibited and vows to ensure it ceases immediately!"
Voting Yes: Shannon L. Edwards Eli Potts Maria Whitehorn New Speaker, Joseph Dee Tillman
Voting No: Angela Pratt Archie Mason Scott BigHorse Alice Goodfox Brandy Lemon Paula Stabler RJ Walker
They couldn't wait to put gay rights on the map but government protection from racist thoughts, speech and behavior? Hell NO! We need to get rid of these people who pay lip service to the Constitution but don't understand a single word in it about what it's supposed to mean for the Osage people.
We're not the only ones. See https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/the-press-pool/racial-slurs-at-dallas-native-health-clinic-jhnMwwPAxUeTV_ju9Dk85g/
"Native community demands removals after Chief Executive Officer and Clinic Director of the Urban Inter-Tribal Center in Dallas made racial slurs against the community it serves" This is supposed to be what happens when racial slurs or institutional bias takes place...
❗❗❗With regard to spending where big capital expenditures and loans for them are involved, does everyone including the Chief understand how serious this is when the Bank shows up to a meeting to remind the Nation of the terms and conditions of the loan agreement that has been signed? Including the consequences of failure? I cannot tell you how blown away I am and others are as well that this has taken place in the Commerce, Gaming and Land Committee Meeting on April 22, 2019. The whistle has been blown loud and clear and those who are making these decisions had better well start paying attention and curtailing any future plans if it involves taking on any loans or any additional major debt obligations until that monster loan with the Bank of Oklahoma is paid off❗❗❗
In terms of economic impact and the Nation coming forward with income for the OME, "He will be negotiating a new Class III gaming compact -- the current agreements start to expire on January 1, 2020." No plans should be firmly made until AFTER the new Gaming Compact is signed!
The representatives of the bank likely showed up to remind the Nation about the terms and conditions after the management of Osage LLC attempted to renegotiate its obligations. For any business to be successful the revenue must be greater than expenses, and taking out a loan to delay the inevitable usually results in prosecution for fraud.
When I listened to Kay Bills' proposal last year for getting a loan it screamed bank fraud. If Osage LLC goes into default and the bank becomes aware of the minutes of the meeting then the plan will implicate everyone present in conspiracy. Given that some of these people are attorneys you'd think they would understand the common criminal laws such as fraud.
Now we're finding out that certain members of the Congress -- if any -- ever saw the Contract for this loan where the Bluestem Ranch was purchased and the money had for the build-out at the Tulsa Casino. In particular, they didn't know that the collateral for the loan is the revenue generated at the Casinos which is our life blood! This one has Chief Goof Ball's name written all over it and this should be the subject of a Congressional Hearing along with a number of other massive money amounts spent or lost that shouldn't have taken place involving the Permanent Fund and one other investment of $141,000 that dropped to $0 because the shares are worthless.
"In closing, Edwards said she had confidence in the housing staff to administer the expanded assistance program and believed it’s wrong to prohibit or discriminate against Osages who live outside the program service boundaries."
See http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2019/04/30/congress-votes-down-all-encompassing-first-time-home-buyer-assistance-bill/
One east coast family's way to raise their kids 'the Navajo way': See https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/lifestyle/one-east-coast-family-s-way-to-raise-their-kids-the-navajo-way-xKyceeo4PUmBjmaeU_fTmw/
This is of incredible significance. The Shakopee Mdewakanton of Minnesota, "Better yet, for those who live and work on the reservation, that payment is free from state income taxes." We go to Court to stop the State of Oklahoma from taxing revenue on our Reservation and the Federal Court Judge takes our reservation away from us completely! How does this happen?
ReplyDeleteSee https://www.curbed.com/2013/1/29/10279530/the-casinorich-whales-of-minnesotas-shakopee-tribe
See also https://newsok.com/article/3484297/osage-nation-says-its-appealing-to-supreme-court
DeleteThe Osage borders are a COUNTY Of Oklahoma.
DeleteWho's going to pay and repair the roads and infrastructure?
The Osage government can't run a lemon aid stand; how on earth are they going to operate and entire area the size of Osage county?
Besides that, the Osage government can't afford to run a county because those folks on the hill are keeping all the money for themselves.
The greed never ends.
Actually, the border of the MINERAL reservation is that of a count in Oklahoma. The 10th District Court determined that the tribe's reservation had not been just diminished but had been disestablished by an Act of Congress in 1906. Therefore, there is no need to worry about the Osage Nation government running anything in the county. They wouldn't even have the right to a police force were it not for a cross-deputization agreement with Oklahoma.
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ReplyDeleteShouldn't these students be studying academic subjects rather than, "...a comprehensive education in the bedroom." see https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/11/5/sex-week-2018/
Ancient Rome revisited but now far worse.
DeleteHow is this relevant to the Osage Nation?
DeleteHarvard has had a huge influence on the Constitutional government.
DeleteDid. Now it’s up to us to do something about our smi-quasi disfunctional Constitution if we cannot get our Government under control with spending here there everywhere with no real accountability.
DeleteBut your comment is not real active to the question really. But it’s Harvard.
But we can shut it down until further notice if need be. Which I believe may be necessary. This is a Government for the people not the few .
Is the Osage Constitution on an Osage website?
DeleteYes. See and click on "Osage Nation Constitution - Amended June 2, 2014, June 6, 2016 & March 20, 2017" at https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/who-we-are/legislative-branch/legislation
DeleteTU! (Thumbs Up!)
DeleteREPRESSION IN INDIAN COUNTRY!
ReplyDelete"From holding the powerful accountable to disseminating stories of cultural significance, a free and independent Indigenous press supports the goals of tribal nations by providing an open public forum for community voices."
See NAJA condemns repeal of Muscogee (Creek) Nation free press act at http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2018/11/09/naja-condemns-repeal-muscogee-creek-nation-free-press-act/
EPA Regional Head Indicted On Ala. Ethics Charges: https://www.law360.com/environmental/articles/1101395/epa-regional-head-indicted-on-ala-ethics-charges?
ReplyDeleteSee NAVAJO FIGHTING BACK ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CLASSIFYING AMERICAN INDIANS A RACE at https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/navajo-fighting-back-on-trump-administration-classifying-american-indians-a-race/?
ReplyDeleteThis Thanksgiving, The Trump Administration Is Taking Land From The Tribe That Welcomed The Pilgrims
Deletehttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-wampanoag-reservation-thanksgiving_us_5bf5b80de4b03b230f9e44ac
This is so "racist," I think that's about all it can amount to, a "slur." It's just about equal to a KKK remark, and he's been praised by them. A white man, the President of a nation, saying such a thing for the world to hear.
DeleteHope the Democrats impeach him or find evidence his family are taking advantage of Trump's position to enhance their personal fortunes.
Ha ha ha ha impeachment is long gone from the Dems..not in there sight because hahahaha President Trumps economy of which I am benefiting from speaks volumes..lolololol as long as it’s keeps moving in that direction a Dem will never be in office again and thank god.
DeleteThe transcript of the oral arguments that were argued today in the Supreme Court of the U.S., associated with the Murphy case is now available to download from the Committee for a Responsible Osage Nation Budget Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
ReplyDeleteThe most curious thing about all this is the remarks of Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. who said that it was a little late to raise the idea that half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation. It isn't Native Americans who need to raise the idea that Oklahoma is an Indian Reservation. It's the U.S. Congress who make that determination not the Tribal Nations themselves. If it requires language in writing to so disestablish a Native American reservation and it's just not there then the legal presumption is that the pertinent reservation/s in question haven't been disestablished all along. Is Alito alright? Barking dogs, my eye!
DeleteSee https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/politics/oklahoma-indian-territory-supreme-court.html?
Half the land in Oklahoma could be returned to Native Americans. It should be... See https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/28/half-land-oklahoma-could-be-returned-native-americans-it-should-be/?utm_term=.00b9cc9db71c
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Pawhuska Christmas Parade of Lights! Tomorrow. See https://www.facebook.com/osagenation/photos/a.755309157812729/2285166528160310/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
ReplyDeleteBe sure to join the "Committee" because polls and good stuff are being posted here:
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Why aren't WE doing this? See https://www.facebook.com/visitcherokeenation/videos/891845067871446/UzpfSTEyNjkxMDU1NzM6Vks6MjA0MjkxODc1OTA4NDc2OA/
ReplyDeleteWhy go to trial especially having a jury trial?
ReplyDeleteThis is regards to the article in the Osage news. The Lintner case.
You are either descendent of the 1906 rolls or not?
How hard is it to prove?
After watching the fall from grace Elizabeth Warrens DNA test...lololololol.
I guess pretending to be Indian in this day and age is not so different today then yesterday.
Greed comes to mind of course.
Free! See https://www.facebook.com/OsageNews/photos/a.153834188010750/2068244689903014/?type=3&theater
ReplyDeleteFYI: Jim Perrier:
ReplyDeleteSee article "Buffalo and Buffer Strips" at https://nrcs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=ddb65c988277464f92d2472f86941910
See https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/native-american-agriculture-fund-to-begin-grantmaking-in-2019/
DeleteSolicitor General urges Supreme Court to let 10th Circuit ruling stand in wind case. See http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2018/12/05/solicitor-general-urges-supreme-court-let-10th-circuit-ruling-stand-wind-case/
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Congratulations to Jim Perrier who got Special Mention on the "Committee" Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
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ReplyDeleteIndian Country makes final push for Farm Bill on Capitol Hill
Another area of interest for Indian Country is industrial hemp. The bill legalizes the production of the product, ensuring that tribes are on the same level as states and won't face raids or other enforcement threats.
Now is the time to invest .
See https://www.indianz.com/News/2018/12/12/indian-country-makes-final-push-for-farm.asp
DeleteSee also https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/national-congress-of-american-indians-applauds-congress-for-passing-strong-2018-farm-bill-for-indian-country/
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to leave Trump administration at end of the year
ReplyDeleteSee https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/15/politics/ryan-zinke/index.html
With a mission, a spirit of cooperation and a willingness to accomplish an agreed upon goal, we can do anything!
ReplyDeleteWOW!
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/behind-the-scenes-of-virgin-galactics-first-space-mission?
Afterward, they didn't go to the most expensive restaurant around. The headed straight to Dennys. I love it!
I starting to think that something may be up and that it's not good. I've been to three different Catholic parishes in the last several weeks. All three Priests have plead and the operational word here is "plead" with us to pray for the United States. Say what you will about the Catholics good or bad, they have an astonishingly good connection on the ground to what is going on and where, worldwide. I don't know what's going on but it may be time to start paying more attention than usual.
ReplyDeleteTaking applications:
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Fall Classes:
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Osage Classroom Lessons Project Now Online!
ReplyDeleteSee https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/news-events/news/osage-classroom-lessons-project-now-online
See also https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/k-12-lessons
WOW! Even more to be happy and grateful for: http://osagenews.org/en/article/2019/01/07/second-osage-language-app-sonny-goes-school-now-available
DeleteVery interesting!
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UPDATE: BREAKING from the Osage News: SCOTUS declines to hear Osage Wind LLC v. Osage Minerals Council case! It's over and we've won! I am elated!
ReplyDeleteSee also https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/010719zor_m6ho.pdf on Page 20.
DeleteSee http://osagenews.org/en/article/2019/01/07/scotus-declines-hear-osage-wind-case/
DeleteAlso of interest is https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/state/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-to-avoid-osage-wind-farm/article_274324a2-d73c-504e-877f-2434fc3ecd19.html
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ReplyDeleteTempus Fugit! See information on the Native American Congressional Internship at https://www.facebook.com/udallfoundation/photos/a.10150109093231765/10156011995931765/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
Has everyone seen the Osage News article on GSB asking for a legal opinion on funding education from the AG? All I can say is shame on you Geoff. There is nothing you won't do to fund a school that has no accreditation. For you out of county or even State Tribal members, you can forget about getting scholarships anymore. The Osage News lays the case out good about how much the scholarship program costs in comparison to the in county educational services. Shame on all of you
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more. We need to put this nonsense direct before the National Indian Gaming Commission because that money belongs to all of us not just the ones who Goeffrey can manipulate the legal system to keep handing out the money to and for.
DeleteThis money is supposed to be spent in the public schools not some private school that Geff and his cohorts have cooked up:
Delete"The Osage Nation shall protect and promote education by providing for and supporting a system of high quality early childhood learning programs for its children, advocating on behalf of Osage students for improvements in the PUBLIC elementary and secondary school systems within the Osage Reservation through intergovernmental agreements, and developing effective tribal education programs that allow Osage students to obtain the skills and resources necessary for a post-secondary education."
http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2019/01/14/standing-bear-poses-questions-to-ag-about-health-and-education-funding/
DeleteI find this appalling. But, the question why is he questioning this in the first place?
DeleteNow you see the truth. As laid out by the 1906 act as amended there is no denying the truth. This Government is tearing it's TRUE colors. This is no accident and this is no coincidence.
I suspect the closer we come together the closer we come to the truth of all matters in relation to our resources, it's our responsibility as a Sovereign people we decide. We have the power, because not one person has authority governed by this Doctrine gives any authority other than to protect the resources for the Osage people and this Government is doing the complete opposite. Read it and take it to lawyer if you do not believe in what I am saying. It is the ruling law that takes above our Constitution.
The Government grew on the back of the M.E with our resources.
Now there are those that say it isn't so, then I say prove it?
When you build a foundation of cracks, the walls come crumbling down on those lies.
Where we need to be with Daposka Ahnkodapee ASAP:
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"Any private school that is accredited by an OPSAC-recognized accrediting association is recognized by the State Department of Education as an accredited school. This acknowledgment of accreditation ENSURES THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TRANSFER BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS and that the service of state certified teachers in accredited private schools is recognized by the state."
DeleteDo let's forget about the $26,000,000 in Federal funding that goes to benefit Osage County alone that roughly doubles what the in-county Tribal funding numbers are on a yearly basis going to directly benefit those who live in the Osage. How is this fact always forgotten about when a number of Osage County (Elected) Osages start running the numbers?
DeleteDaposka Ahnkodapee Handgame and Cake Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51iHR6mEvqc
Deleteteaching those kids to gamble with that handgame attheir age
Deleteall that sickenly sweet food they serve them
no wonder thiers so much dibetese
theyll never get that acredidasion on ths path
shut it down now before it gest any worst
reserv spaces for kids not in OC
whod do a fool thng like taht to send a kid thhere
You're right. When our benefits equal the $26 mill they get for free, then start taking about cutting our benefits back or whatever manipulation else you can think of Chief. Shame on you. Shame shame shame. Where do you get off taking away our healthcare benefits for our children as a whole and our elderly and everyone else too for one of your big ideas that you just threw at the wall without proper planning, without a proper educational foundation with an approved curriculum and without the approval of the whole of the Osage people? Poorest planning I've ever seen with those children's lives and educational future at risk. Shame shame shame!
DeleteEvents schedule for the Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park at https://www.facebook.com/pg/TulsaRacewayPark/events/?ref=notif
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Two days to find a seriously qualified Librarian? Slapdash isn't it? Great planning on this one too on the part of the Director of the Cultural Center, that silly lump Addie Hudgins
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Just guess who won.
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ReplyDeleteIt has come to our attention that a report has been prepared that lists a number of the items that the Office of Fiscal & Performance Review has uncovered in the years that it was an active oversight arm of the Osage Nation Congress. The Osage people should know why OFPR is important and why it must be put back on its feet to again be operable. God only knows what has gone on since Congresswoman Alice Goodfox took over and apparently did nothing with it but let it drop away after Kelly Corbin left as its former head official. I include the members of Congress who knew or should have known the law and followed it with regard to the OFPR and keeping it active. I actually believe this is more than unlawful, it’s unethical to have done what they’ve done or specifically what they haven’t done especially with regard to what is on the report and how valuable to the Congress the OFPR has been in the past as an investigative arm, whether or not the Congress has chosen to take action on the items on the list. The report has been sent to me with permission to publish it. It's a broad overview of what has been uncovered and it does not include names. In spite of this fact, I believe that it's important for those of us who care about the Osage Nation government to know what information has been provided over the years by the OFPR when it was up and running. I will be publishing the report list in segments rather than in document format.
Time Line of Osage Nation Office of OFPR— Part 1
Delete2/2007 to 3/2008
Office was established in Legislation, but not operational. The following cases were discovered and brought to the authorities’ attention:
Director of several federal and tribal programs was embezzling funds for personal gain. Sentenced to federal time.
Executive administrative assistant of a tribally funded program was found to be embezzling funds, thru fraudulent travel claims, obtaining refunds for building rental, premiums and prizes, and using the funds for personal use.
Director of a tribally funded program using program generated revenue for personal use and to fund the then Chief’s campaign for a national organization office. The program was giving selected Osage members benefits of the office without charge or reduced charge. This was done by payment of a personal credit card whose charges were paid by the tribal program and concealed by an accountant in the Osage Nation Treasurer’s office and false reporting on offices transactions.
Director of tribal program receiving mileage for personal vehicle, while purchasing fuel and oil for said personal vehicle. Purchasing items for program use, but installing them in personal residence.
Director of tribal program taking trips funded by federal program and visiting family members instead of attending program trainings. Misappropriated laptop computer for personal use and three cell phones.
Investigation of allegations of medicare fraud, employee drug use, and misappropriations of funds was done on Home Health. This was stonewalled by the Principal Chief’s Office, due to the possible repayment of funds to federal government.
Submission of a reimbursement claim for meal purchases, that contained the cost of alcoholic beverages by an elected official.
Time Line of Osage Nation Office of OFPR— Part 2
Delete3/2008 to 6/2018
Office of Fiscal & Performance Review was staffed by Senior Internal Auditor and opened office.
Developed policies and procedures for office, Congress requested an audit of Bartlesville Casino construction cost over runs.
The Principal Chief filed an injunction blocking the operation of the OFPR on grounds of “witch hunting”.
Office aided Congress as Budget Analyst at several different times while the law suit was in tribal court.
The office was able to get Osage Gaming Commission records on Bartlesville Casino construction and after examination gave a report to Congress.
Senior Internal auditor aided the newly appointed Controller of the Treasury in putting uncovering a scheme in which an accountant in the Treasury was embezzling funds from a program that they handled. It was done by skimming cash from daily deposits and reporting uncollectible fees owed to the program to be written off by the Treasurer. Controller was then fired by the Treasurer.
After a new Principal Chief was elected to office, the lawsuit against the Office of OFPR and the Senior Internal Auditor was dropped by the new Chief.
Operation of the office was started, administrative assistant and staff auditor was hired. Audit Plan was developed and audits started.
Audits of programs revealed a lack of policies and procedures for operation of the programs, insufficient checks and balances on expenditures.
Office audited the Pawhuska, Grayhorse, and Hominy Indian Villages after much resistance by the Village Boards. One village lacked support documentation for more than $800,000 in expenditures, resulting in replacement of the board and personnel. Another village where the board chairman would not cooperate on presenting of records, lack of required meetings, board member who had been deceased for several years had not been replaced and board member who was ineligible for position. The other remaining village was very cooperative and there were no exceptions noted.
Time Line of Osage Nation Office of OFPR— Part 3
DeleteAudits revealed the lack of securing of records by many of the programs.
Audit of a federal program revealed the expenditure of funds for purposes not approved by the granting agency.
Audit of a tribal department revealed expenditure of “restricted – use” funds for purposes that did not meet the requirements of the use of the funds. Lack of required records on file by the department.
Audit of tribal department revealed that Director had formed a ghost business to do contract work for the department, that the director was only reported to work 25% of the days that he was paid for. Fraudulent time sheets were filed by the Director and signed by the then Director of Operations. Restricted Administrative password to Osage Nation Computer Network was passed to non-approved employees allowing them to review any employees’ emails and other data.
A tribal department employee used tribal equipment to dismantle metal reservoir, sometimes on tribal time. The metal was then taken to a salvage metal purchaser at Turley, OK and sold. Funds was retained by the employee and an Osage Nation member for their personal use. All this was done with the knowledge and approval of the Director of the tribal program. When this was discovered all information obtained, including videos were given to Osage Nation Police Dept. investigator, no action was taken for several months. When OFPR released the report, charges were filed the following week.
OFPR took the initiative to set up and put the Whistle Blower Hotline and the review committee in operation and administrated it’s operation.
OFPR reviewed the operations and reports of the Osage LLC, as a result a restricted report was given to the Commerce Committee of Osage Nation Congress in executive session. Listing the concerns of OFPR and the Osage Nation Attorney General in the operations of the Osage LLC and it’s subsidiaries. This was in October of 2013. The concerns were not given to the Osage LLC offices till December of 2013 for response. Investigation into this area was met with resistance from Congressional leadership at that time.
OFPR audited the shelters operated by the Osage Nation, which resulted in finding of insufficient security of operations, lack of sufficient records, practice of leaving employees in their positions while being investigated by law enforcement. Employees not having sufficient certifications and qualifications for positions that they were holding.
Time Line of Osage Nation Office of OFPR— Part 4
DeleteA tribal department was audited and the software program being used for the department’s operations was found to lack the security for reliable records or tracking operators inputting information. Also, the issuing of notary public certification of fraudulent titles. Titles being issued on non-titled vehicles. Resulting in the recommendation that the Board over the department be relieved of the oversight of day to day operations of the department and put it under the Principal Chief’s Office.
OFPR brought to Congress’s attention that they should as for the “Budget to Actual” reports on the construction of the casinos at McCord and Skiatook. After OFPR had become aware that the construction costs were exceeding the amount of funding approved in the “Plan of Operations”.
Review of records and contracts revealed that Competitive Bidding requirements had not been met by the Osage Casino and Gaming Enterprise Board in the bidding for the construction of the Casinos at McCord and Skiatook.
OFPR participated in an audit of Osage LLC that was led by a contracted auditor of the Principal Chief’s office.
OFPR adopted the practice of attending all bid openings and running a concurrent audit of any construction project being funded by the Osage Nation.
An audit of a federally funded program revealed that no receipts were obtained or records maintained supporting the issuance of monetary, supplies, and items of value assistance to clients of the program. No inventories of the supplies and items of value were maintained.
An audit of a federally funded program revealed that assistance was being given to clients that were not qualified for the program’s assistance.
An audit of a tribally funded program revealed that some employees were expending funds for personal use, proper security of inventories on hand was not being maintained.
Time Line of Osage Nation Office of OFPR— Part 5
DeleteAn audit of a federally funded program revealed that proper records or reports were not being maintained. Auditor assisted the personnel in starting a policy of maintaining records. Director was absent most of the time.
An audit of a federally funded program revealed that personnel and client records were not maintained with the proper security required by law.
Concurrent audit of Casino Construction noted and reported a “Competitive Bidding” violation to Congress and Attorney General’s Office and a situation of a contractor (individual) double dipping or being paid twice for the same job by a contractor and the Osage Casino.
Note: The presence of OFPR and its’ staff served in an intimidating role for the compliance with Osage Nation Statutes and federal laws concerning the operation of the programs and departments of the Osage Nation. Much like the Highway Patrol or Police Departments serve in encouraging citizens to comply the laws merely by their presence, for fear of being caught in any violation.
The annual audit performed by an outside audit firm only audits those entities that have a material amount of expenditures and are federally funded. They have been shown that they do not check for tribal law violations concerning operations or audit tribally funded programs or departments except those requested by the Treasurer.
The website of the OFPR has been taken down but a cache version of it is still available for your review at http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:HrFhyWE9N0EJ:www.osagenationofpr.org/aboutus.php+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
DeleteAs shown above, the audit archives are no longer available since the site has been taken down.
DeleteNOTE: Congressman Kugee Supernaw was asked to get information on the OFPR (the above report) and he submitted the information on the casino construction.
DeleteIn addition, Congressman Supernaw wrote: “Attached is a list of some of the things done by the OFPR while Kelly (Corbin) was the Director. He compiled all this for your information...
There were many other things, improper and/or dangerous to the nation’s finances, that the OFPR was able to prevent by constant oversight. When the Skiatook and Ponca City Casinos were built they ran $30 million over budget. The Board (not the present Board) resisted the oversight of the OFPR and even though the law required that any overrun of 10% was to be reported to Congress no report was ever submitted. Nothing was ever done about this. When the Tulsa Casino was built recently there had been changes in the law that allowed the OFPR to consistently monitor the construction by reviewing bid solicitations, attending bid openings and reviewing all applications for payment. That casino construction ran $30 million under budget. We can’t give all the credit to the OFPR but it certainly was a factor in helping to reduce costs.”
Perhaps this year will be the "Mea Culpa" year of the Osage Nation government. Never mind the AG who appears and has been alleged time and time again to follow the Osage Nation line where the will of the Chief is concerned, what we really need here is an outside Independent Special Prosecutor to investigate these charges associated with this list with infractions that have taken place over the years involving both Federal and Tribal funding. From what it says, "...(audits) do not check for tribal law violations concerning operations or audit tribally funded programs or departments except those requested by the Treasurer." That fact right there ought to alarm every Osage Nation member into a demand for operations, programs and departments with Tribal funding to be audited back to day one by the Special Prosector or land a few people running this thing in jail. This couldn't be more serious and the Osage people are now under an obligation not to put up with it and to call for the Chief's and Assistant Chief's ouster if a Special Prosector isn't appointed. I want to know about all this alleged money flowing from one budget to another and one departmental budget to another in the Executive Branch and since the Osage Nation Supreme Court members have allegedly been responsible for "allowing" such unethical and improper "wide open" movement of Tribal funds to take place in the interpretation of their ON Supreme Court opinions, I would like them included in the investigation by the Special Prosecutor. Obviously, if we've lost one Treasurer over moving money around that was not reported under the law in a timely manner to the Osage Nation Congress, then this should see particular and exhaustive scrutiny.
DeleteThe first thing I feel should be mandated on an immediate basis is a professional outside accredited Ethics Course that has to be attended by every single employee of the Osage Nation government as part of the employee training program including all elected and appointed officials to include every single individual who collects a paycheck from the Osage Nation government with an independent employment contract arranged for by the Chief. Anyone who fails the course, loses their job. Simple as that. Under the current circumstances, calling such a measure "harsh" is utterly ridiculous at this point in time. Employee training, initial and ongoing, is part and parcel of the working environment for both Federal and Private Sector employees so any excuses on this basis simply aren't legitimate.
DeleteChief, you are an attorney in good standing and as such you are under special legal obligations that the average citizen is not. We need your leadership here to do the right thing by not hindering or obstructing the process of hiring an Independent Special Prosecutor to investigate these charges and get something done about them for the sake of the Osage people and the future health and well being of the Osage Nation government.
Delete🌞 🌞 🌞 We need sunshine on these infractions/allegations and serious changes made going forward! 🌞 🌞 🌞
DeleteSince we have no framework to my knowledge out of the Osage Nation Election Office at
Deletehttps://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/what-we-do/elections and https://www.facebook.com/OsageElections/
after ALL THESE YEARS, which includes the Osage Nation Election Board (Shannon Lockett, Chairperson, Terry Hazen, Vice Chairperson and Belle Wilson Board member) at
https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/who-we-are/election-board
who are required, along with the Election Board Superintendent, Alexis Rencountre, to set up and handle for the Osage Nation members the Petition's process including CITIZEN INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL and (Member) AMENDMENT BY PETITION under the Osage Nation Constitution, here is an example of what the Comanche Nation make available on Facebook for their membership with reference to the recall process:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1509240426067466/
In most instances where this kind of corruption exists and it comes out in the open publicly, there usually a large outcry on the part of the elected and appointed officials to investigate these kinds of allegations promptly, hold those who are engaging in such activities responsible and if found to have foundation, to get each case before the court in a timely manner and I don't mean in one or two years later. The excuse has always been, it will hurt the families if all this comes out in the open. The faith, good will and belief of the membership in the Osage Nation as a credible and honest government without harboring or corruption of any kind for any reason on the part of the elected officials takes precedence here and the Osage people do and should demand it of those who are running it. If something has been set aside by one Chief in a manner inconsistent with the law then it's incumbent upon the current Chief, The AG and the Congress to get to the bottom of it and bring those illegal acts and those responsible for them to a lawful conclusion. I'm waiting to see if we have such an outcry on the part of our elected and appointed officials by Press Release on the Nation's website or in the Osage News in the next few days or if this Report and what's listed on it is ignored by them.
DeleteClearly from the DEAFENING SILENCE IN THE LAST WEEK SINCE the publication of the Report of Kelly Corbin and the items on it, WE NEED THE OSAGE NATION CONGRESS TO FORM AN OVERSIGHT AND REFORM COMMITTEE! If we have items that the Office of Fiscal and Performance and Review (OFPR) turn up, then we need an official Congressional Committee to handle them. This is an essential part of the POWER of a Congressional body to exercise OVERSIGHT AND REFORM. The job is only half done if the Congress has no place for infractions to be reviewed and action to be taken to include Official Hearings to get to the bottom of what is going on. This includes the POWER to call other elected and appointed officials from other branches of the government to account for themselves in these hearings. If they know they will be held accountable to the Osage people in a public forum, it will give them pause before they choose to break the laws of the Osage Nation or GET CREATIVE with them. This also includes the Power to hold members of the ON Congress accountable to the Oversight and Reform Committee as well if their actions turn up on the OFPR reports to the new Committee. See https://oversight.house.gov/about
DeleteTo your point, does anybody realize how very important this Committee is to health of our Government?
DeleteWhat we have here is another version of Venezuela?
Think about it.
The OFPR is designed to oversee the Legislative and Executive.
We are now not just with the LLC's in the millions lost, but now in the millions of cost overruns with the building and construction of the Casinos.
Thanks to Corbin she was able to cut some of this out otherwise we would have been paying more but at some point when this happens are we always going to be taken? The answer is no.
There is such thing as contracts right read the fine print and in these contracts if the cost goes way above the estimates it should be on the contractor to absorb the deficiency.
Usually the cost overruns shouldn't go above 10%. So corrupt.
"The OFPR is designed to oversee the Legislative and Executive." And the Judicial!
DeleteAnd who is there in place to hold anyone accountable for dropping the ball on an active OFPR? The Nation's Congress owes the Osage people a whole lot better a job than this for the salary they're being paid. If I had a quarter for every time I heard this remark, "If only that Congress would get a backbone," I have a tidy sum collected by now. They not only resist but actually seem to be afraid of taking on the mantle of power that resides within their Branch of Government if they would only develop the tools to employ it. A Congressional Oversight Committee is one of those tools and it's a powerful one. Furthermore, from the list provided by Kelly Corbin, WE NEED IT for our government to function properly. If they can let one Osage Nation law go dormant, why not another? Why not the Merit law where the Nation's employees are paid under it anywhere from $250,000 to $475,000 a year guaranteed?
DeleteOne of the main promises made at the time that the new government was being discussed was that a democratic constitutional government would clean up all the corruption that had gone before in the Tribal Council form of government. This is true if there is actual participation on the part of the Osage Nation members through working with the Congress and if that fails, then through the Constitutional processes of Citizen Initiative, Referendum, Recall and Amendment to the Constitution by Petition. Speaking of laws that have never even been implemented and established! The Supreme law of the Land is the Osage Nation Constitution and it has been since it was ratified in 2006, THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. How negligent and neglectful is the Chief and his Executive Branch of government for not making certain that these tools are all freely available out of the Osage Nation Election Office to the members of the Nation no matter where they live? Doesn't that fully and squarely qualify as "willful neglect of duty" under Article XII, Removal, Section 1? What is he afraid of? Something happening like what happened to Chief Red Eagle except coming direct from the Osage people themselves? The Election Office comes directly under the Executive Branch of government and the "Supreme" power of the Executive Branch is directly vested in him and him alone. That means that he is "absolutely" responsible for this negligence and neglect in not making sure that the law has been executed and implemented so that the Osage people have these tools to use IN THEIR OWN RIGHT AND THE CONSTITUTION CONFERS THOSE RIGHTS UPON THE OSAGE PEOPLE IN PLAIN ENGLISH AND IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS!
Delete"We, the Osage People, based on centuries of being a People, now strengthen our government in order to preserve and perpetuate a full and abundant Osage way of life that benefits ALL Osages, living and as yet unborn."
Delete"ARTICLE XI - CITIZEN INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL
DeleteSection 1.
Citizen Initiative and Referendum:
The Osage People may propose and enact laws by the initiative or reject acts of the Osage Nation Congress by the referendum.
Section 2.
Application of Initiative, Referendum or Recall:
An initiative or referendum is proposed by an application containing the bill to be initiated or the act to be referred. The application shall be signed by not less than (100) one hundred qualified Osage voters as sponsors and shall be filed with the person authorized by Osage law to receive the same. The application shall be certified, if found in proper form. Denial of certification shall be subject to judicial review.
Section 3.
Petition for Initiative or Referendum:
After certification of the application, a petition containing a summary of the subject matter shall be prepared by the person authorized by Osage law to do so for circulation by the sponsors. If signed by qualified Osage voters who are equal in number to at least (15) fifteen percent of the electorate, it may be filed.
Section 4.
Initiative Election:
An initiative petition may be filed at any time. The person authorized by Osage law to do so shall prepare a ballot title and proposition summarizing the proposed law, and shall place them on the ballot for the first election held after adjournment of the legislative session following the filing. If, before the election, substantially the same measure has been enacted, the petition is void.
Section 5.
Referendum Election:
A referendum petition may be filed only within ninety (90) days after adjournment of the legislative session at which the act was passed. The person authorized by Osage law to do so shall prepare a ballot title and proposition summarizing the act and shall place them on the ballot for the first election held after adjournment of that session."
“Section 7.
DeleteRestrictions:
The initiative shall not be used to dedicate revenues, make or repeal appropriations, create courts, define the jurisdiction of courts or prescribe their rules, or enact local or special legislation. The referendum shall not be applied to dedications of revenue, to appropriations, or to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety of the Osage People. No article,
section, or provision of the Osage Nation Constitution shall be amended except as provided in Article XX of this Constitution.
Section 8.
Recall:
All elected and/or appointed officials of the Osage Nation are subject to recall by the qualified Osage voters. The grounds for recall of a judicial officer shall be established by the Osage Nation Supreme Court. The grounds for recall of an officer other than a judge are serious malfeasance or nonfeasance, during the term of office, in the performance of the duties of the office or a conviction, during the term of office, of a felony or conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. After certification of the Application, as set forth in Section 2 of this Article, a petition for recall shall be prepared by the person authorized by Osage law to do so and the petition shall set forth the specific conduct that may warrant recall. A recall petition may not be issued for circulation by the sponsors until the Osage Nation Supreme Court has determined that the facts alleged in the petition are true and are sufficient grounds for issuing a recall petition. A recall petition must be signed by qualified Osage voters who are equal in number to at least fifteen (15) percent of the electorate. Upon a determination by the person authorized by Osage law to so determine that a petition has been signed by at least the minimum number of eligible voters, a recall election must be conducted in the manner provided by Osage law. The incumbent shall continue to perform the duties of the office until the recall election results are officially declared and, unless the incumbent declines or no longer qualifies, the incumbent shall without filing be deemed to have filed for the recall election. A recall election may not occur less than six (6) months before the end of the officer’s term. An officer who is removed from office by a recall election or who resigns from office after a petition for recall issues may not be appointed to fill the vacancy that is created. Additional procedures and grounds for recall may be prescribed by the Osage Nation Congress.
Section 1.
Grounds for Removal:
All elected and appointed officers of the Osage Nations shall be subject to removal from office for cause, including but not limited to WILLFUL NEGLECT OF DUTY, malfeasance in office, habitual abuse of alcohol or drugs, inability to meet qualifications to serve, conviction of a felony or conviction of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude while in office."
"Section 2.
DeleteRules and Procedures:
Removal of Osage Nation Officers shall originate in the Osage Nation Congress, except as otherwise provided in the Osage Nation Constitution. The motion for removal shall list fully the basis for the proceeding and must be approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members. Trial on removal shall then be conducted by the Osage Nation Congress with the accused afforded due process and an
opportunity to be heard. An Osage Nation Supreme Court Justice, designated by the Supreme Court, shall preside at the trial. Concurrence of five-sixths (5/6) of the members of the Osage Nation Congress is required for a judgment of removal. The judgment shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit in the Osage Nation, but shall not prevent proceedings in the courts on the same or related charges. The Osage Nation Congress may prescribe additional rules and procedures that are necessary to implement the provisions of this Article."
No longer, for the sake of the future health of our government, will Osages who break the law continue to have this status: "Osages are not to be touched or held accountable for their actions." This is killing our Constitutional government with corruption and destroying the faith and belief of all of the Osage people in it to one degree or another. This is WRONG and it needs to be corrected on an immediate basis. A strong Osage Nation Oversight and Reform Committee hand in hand with a strong OFPR is the ONLY answer and those who are running this government must respond to the will of the Osage people and what they want their representative government to do going forward. That's how this form of government works. The Osage people have conferred the power in the Constitution to this government and we can take it back if it, through it's elected and appointed officials, continues down this path of neglect, corruption and outright wrongdoing being overlooked, evaded or ignored altogether. By the way, how is it exactly that the Osages have fewer actual investigations of wrongdoing in their Casinos as opposed to ALL other Tribal Casinos throughout the country and why are they notably absent?
DeleteTotally understand what you are bringing to light, but The government is not going to get rid of it's own when they steal or worse.
DeleteWhen GSB takes away the scholarships and health card for out of county Osages, by way of his Attorney General, then you'll get an outcry. I hope out of county Osages give him hell. People get concerned when it affects them directly or financially.
By then IT WILL BE TOO LATE so we need to mount a defense on an immediate basis. Millions and millions and millions of dollars have been spent in Osage County on one thing or another that have taken benefits away from the Osage people and this has been inequitable from the beginning of this government that has shafted the great majority of the Osage members to suit those in elected office including the Chiefs. GSB has only one choice and that's to slow down and cut way back on spending in the Osage because those benefits belong to us and they are needed for all Osages who utilize them. There will be huge blow back if the Chief's plans move forward to the detriment of the whole of the Osage people and they lose any of the benefits they deserve to have under the Constitution no matter how the AG or the Supreme Court sees it.
DeletePlease, it's never to late. We can turn this Government upside down.
DeleteI happen to agree.
DeleteThis Government was a sham from the get go.
We will give this Government back to the true Government that existed before this Government of greed back to the mineral council.
I know with the way our M.E has been poorly ran you would not think I would want to this to happen, but we had a Government before the coup took place.
https://www.fairfieldsuntimes.com/arts_and_entertainment/the-universe-wanted-this-picture-photo-shows-five-living-osage/article_143d64b8-7fd9-5c51-a6ae-ac273c3ae4da.html
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Does anyone know what is going on with this big crane next to the wind turbine?
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Photos courtesy of Lou Brock. Thank you, Lou!
🌸🌸🌸 SPECIAL INVITATION 🌸🌸🌸
ReplyDeleteFor those who are here to post anonymously on the Osage issues of the day, we welcome your comments.
Water rights. See http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2019/01/22/nation-continues-water-rights-negotiations-state-oklahoma/
ReplyDeleteGood News! In communities with casinos, law enforcement officials cite little criminal impact See https://www.gazettextra.com/news/local/in-communities-with-casinos-law-enforcement-officials-cite-little-criminal/article_a1d4f65a-24fa-580e-bda4-2a1f0a7fe6fd.html?
ReplyDeleteGiving back? According to this article and list, David Grann made $5 million on the rights to his book on the Osage. Has he given anything to the Osage Nation Foundation?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywoods-25-powerful-authors-2016-931979
The joyous look of triumph! http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2019/01/29/rencountre-makes-history-as-he-wins-his-first-ufc-match-in-brooklyn/
ReplyDeleteThis is after recovery from a broken jaw mind you and other injuries sustained during past fights...
https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/01/31/native-sun-news-today-oglala-sioux-tribe-21.asp
ReplyDeleteOgala Sioux And Hemp.
Business Meeting to Consider S. 256, S. 257, S. 294, and Committee Budget Resolution of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
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Oversight Hearing on “Missing and Murdered: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Indian Country.”
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Grayhorse Broadband Project Information:
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Here's a perfect example of why online banking and having everything data wise on computer networks is insane. I hope all the account information hasn't been wiped in the fire along with the servers if that's actually what's really happened.
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https://www.wellsfargo.com/maintenance/home.htm
DeleteI called the branch to get account information and even their systems are down. It's a total bottom out, up and down. I've expected this for sometime but more like one region of the country not the entire company dead in the water until further notice.
DeleteI don't have trouble loading any other website than the Osage News. Why is it so darn slow? Is anyone else having this problem?
ReplyDeleteAs if things aren't bad enough on the Federal level, get a load of this:
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What a load of crap. I get people do not understand why there is a electoral college. It is not one state takes control as designed.
DeleteBut these people who are trying to upset the apple cart will not happen.
ReplyDeleteFederal government sues attorney/rancher Gentner Drummond over destruction of 40,000 trees on Corps land
https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/federal-government-sues-attorney-rancher-gentner-drummond-over-destruction-of/article_829c55de-48f7-5330-addb-7bb91b3d3ade.html
March payment, $3075 a HR. On MC page.
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Before: https://www.bia.gov/regional-offices/eastern-oklahoma/osage-agency
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The price of not living up to the fiduciary obligations due to the Osages under the law?
Good advice: https://www.facebook.com/OsageNews/photos/a.153834188010750/2176105515783597/?type=3&theater
ReplyDeleteHERE IT IS! THE BOMBSHELL -- A TERA IS ON THE AGENDA!
ReplyDeleteAll I've heard from day one is that a TERA diminishes the Trust Relationship with the Tribes and the Federal Government and most Tribes have avoided them for this reason. We must have an explanation as our Trust Relationship regarding the Osage Minerals Estate is U.S. Congressionally mandated (1906 Act as Amended) and the U.S. Congress MUST weight in IN WRITING before we even consider going in this direction either by an Act of the U.S. Congress to amend the 1906 Allotment Act or other written mandate separate, apart and specific to the Osage Nation/Osage Tribe by both Houses of the United States Congress!
See https://www.facebook.com/4OsageMineralsCouncil/photos/a.350370155716434/413576229395826/?type=3&theater
See the Osage Nation Constitution, “Article IV, Declaration of Rights, Section 5, Rights of Mineral Royalty Interest Holders (???):
DeleteThe Osage Nation Government shall not create any law or ordinance pertaining to the mineral royalties from the Osage Mineral Estate that acts in conflict with Federal law and regulations.”
There is a HUGE discrepancy in the verbiage of the Osage Nation Constitution as originally voted on and passed in a duly authorized election in 2006 by the Osage people:
Article IV, Declaration of Rights, Section 5, Rights of SHAREHOLDERS:
The Osage Nation Government shall not create any law or ordinance pertaining to the mineral royalties from the Osage Mineral Estate that acts in conflict with Federal law and regulations.
IT REQUIRES AN ELECTION TO AMEND THE VERBIAGE AND I MEAN ANY WORD IN THE OSAGE NATION CONSTITUTION. DO YOU REMEMBER VOTING TO AMEND THE WORDING OF THIS SECTION OF THE OSAGE NATION CONSTITUTION? I certainly don’t!
"(1)In general
DeleteExcept as provided in paragraph (2) and AT THE REQUEST OF THE INDIAN TRIBE (???) or individual Indian, any advance payments, bid deposits, or other earnest money received by the Secretary in connection with the review and Secretarial approval under any other Federal law (including regulations) of a sale, lease, permit, or any other conveyance of any interest in any trust or restricted land of any Indian tribe or individual Indian shall, upon receipt and prior to Secretarial approval of the contract or conveyance instrument, be held in the trust fund system for the benefit of the Indian tribe and individual Indian from whose land the funds were generated." SEE https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s245/text What is this section supposed to mean? In addition, I don't see the word/s "Osage or Osage Tribe/Osage Nation anywhere in this document. Do you?
I'm now getting a variation of opinion. The quoted TERA language above may well bust the OME Trust, defeat the terms and conditions of the 1906 Allotment Act as amended and place the money from the OME bonuses and royalties directly in the hands of the Osage Nation and in the Osage Nation Treasury.
DeleteYou have to read the comment on this TERA Scheme and how much of the Nation's money it will cost. This will be a tremendous burden on the Osage Nation government financially and those without headrights will hit the ceiling if they allocate funding for a dime of this scheme!
DeleteSEE https://osageblog.blogspot.com/2018/11/osage-shareholder-matters-november-2018.html
Listen to Part 1 on demand at http://mixlr.com/osage-nation/showreel/2019-0220_4omc_pt1/
Delete🌟🌟🌟 Listen to Part 2 on demand at http://mixlr.com/osage-nation/showreel/osage-nation-on-mixlr-98/
Listen to Part 3 on demand at http://mixlr.com/osage-nation/showreel/osage-nation-on-mixlr-99/
What we have here is a completely undoable situation. Clearly whatever the Utes are doing is not associated with a TERA because it just became law in December of 2018. So, are we expected to be the legal test case or the guinea pig as it were? I don't think so. Secondly, there is a moral imperative here and an ethical aspect involved in spending the Nation's money of all Osages who do do not receive Mineral Estate headright income no matter where they live in favor of those who do without asking their permission in a duly authorized election which we cannot afford within the given time period in which it's to take place. If we have structured an election for gay marriage, I submit that spending the public funds which are the Osage people's money on the Shareholders exclusively when non-Shareholders are having to go without, then it should be put to a vote in a General Election. By the same token, there should also be a Minerals Council election of the Shareholders as well as to whether or not they want to be involved in a risky, untried and unproven scheme that requires so much Osage Nation legislation, a new Federal governing body (Indian Energy) with authority that has never had jurisdiction in Osage County before and gamble on a new Federal law that no Tribal community has ever been involved with or tried to make work in practical application heretofore. The risk is through the roof no matter how you look at it and within the specified time period designated today, it's just not reasonable or prudent to throw the dice on this ill-conceived option that's really no option at all.
DeleteListen to Part 4 on demand at http://mixlr.com/osage-nation/showreel/osage-nation-on-mixlr-100/
DeleteI just spoke to an Osage who wants to know what "Indian Energy" is and whether it's a part of the Bureau of Land Management. It's the OFFICE of INDIAN ENERGY POLICY and PROGRAMS which is a U.S. Department of Energy division. See https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/office-indian-energy-policy-and-programs
DeleteI can see right now that we are going to have the "Consultant" Class all over this thing like white on rice at a price tag that will be unheard of and mind boggling.
DeleteMany good questions are being asked that I'm sure were addressed in Executive Session even though the money from the Minerals Estate Trust comes to the Headright Owners who are the Beneficiaries and who are the very last ones these days to receive full disclosure from either the Osage Nation government (the Chief) or the members of the Minerals Council who seem to act more like representatives of the Osage Nation than they do of the Shareholders who elected them. The mineral rights income from royalties and bonuses, other than the funding from the drawdown, does not benefit the Osage Nation or any office, department, agency or instrumentality of it. It benefits the Headright Owners whose real financial interest, of supreme importance, is the first to be protected, not the last.
DeleteThe MC and the Chief have signed two documents on behalf of the BIA under the self-governanace contract? Getting ready to do a third document that will have the consensus of the members of the Minerals Council? I'd like to see a copy of these documents and as Shareholders with Trust Headright income directly on the line, we have a right to review this paperwork in advance of any firm and or final agreement and weigh in on where this is all taking us especially with the wretchedly failing/ed business track record of the Osage Nation associated with the business diversification plan/s away from gaming set in motion in 2008 with the LLCs.
DeleteAs far as the Osage Nation Congress trying to put together a law that will equal or exceed NEPA in only 10 months time; in the last three months of December, January, and February, they (12 in number) have had no Special Sessions and only 8 Committee meetings (official meetings of the ON Congress) out of a possible number of business working days to equal 64 in total. So, good luck with that. The MInerals Council (8 in number) has met 6 times for official business meetings in that same time period and they are paid a salary of one half the amount or less. See https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/who-we-are/legislative-branch/calendar Just saying...
DeleteATTENTION:
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❗⚠️ Shareholder ALERT ⚠️❗
ReplyDeleteThe Minerals Council will be holding a meeting this coming Friday, March 1. Agenda will follow as soon as it’s available.
Cobell Scholarships! See https://www.facebook.com/weRnative/photos/a.285608991458055/2355601647792102/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
ReplyDelete❗⚠️ Shareholder ALERT ⚠️❗
ReplyDeleteImportant questions are being asked about the new TERA law at:
http://osageblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/osage-shareholder-matters-february-2019.html
and on several Facebook pages to include:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/339413676127181/ and
https://www.facebook.com/groups/247282649053762/ and
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
Interesting:
ReplyDeletehttps://asunow.asu.edu/20190211-discoveries-how-native-americans-view-grand-canyons-centennial-celebration
Northern California Osage Spring Meeting:
ReplyDeleteSaturday, April 27, 2019 at 9:30 AM PDT
Nelson's Grove
15285 County Road 99E, Woodland, California 95695
For more information email osages@northerncalifornia.org
See https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=705742899822113&set=gm.10156622057588891&type=3&theater&ifg=1
DeletePharmacy Refills: https://www.facebook.com/WHCqualitycare/photos/a.1895188904087631/2229901280616390/?type=3&theater&ifg=1
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ReplyDeleteHealth and Social Services Committee Meeting
ReplyDeleteOsage Nation Capitol Building
100 W. Main, Pawhuska
March 8, 2019
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Agenda:
1. Call to Order
2. Prayer
3. Roll Call
4. Approval of Minutes
5. Executive Session for Confidential Health Discussion
6. Adjournment
🌟🌟🌟 What is a Confidential Health Discussion? If it has to do with our Health Benefits then we should be allowed to know about it. There are two reasons for Executive Sessions and one is for legal matters and the other is for personnel matters. Is this about the legal opinion from the AG that the Chief is seeking on benefits being "more important" under the Constitution for those who live in the Osage than benefits for those of us who live outside Osage County when no such designation exists or should exist? If so we have a right to know what is being shared in order to challenge it via our representatives in the Congress in the Osage Nation Supreme Court!
DeleteThe Osage Nation Supreme Court decided GSB, or any future Chief, does not have to present a budget, and they can steal from other departments to fund personal projects. I wouldn't rely on getting a favorable ruling for the membership from those idiots.
ReplyDeleteGood to know...
DeleteFiguratively speaking of course, it may be high time for a "Thermidorian Reaction" if the Chief plans to cut the great majority of Osages out of the herd and use some flimsy legal opinion from the AG to do it thereby robbing us of our rightful benefits as Osage Nation Members.
Delete"...the Reich Citizenship Law, which declared that only those of German or related blood were eligible to be Reich citizens; the remainder were classed as state subjects, without citizenship rights." Apparently the Chief sees a justification for such separatist ugliness on the basis of geographical location? This is wrong and we have to stand up to it if this is what is what is really happening. See https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-reich-citizenship-law and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws
DeleteAnd you are just figuring this out about what is going with our resources and the relationship to the resources ?
DeleteSuspicions aren't enough. We need a decision from the AG as proof and we need it in writing.
DeleteLearn something important...
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YES!
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YES! https://www.facebook.com/osagenation/videos/1308233442649153/UzpfSTEwMDAwMDIxNjYyMTk1OToyNjExNjMzNzI1NTIwNDg5/
ReplyDeleteNew Poll at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
ReplyDeleteYES!
ReplyDeleteThe very first VIDEO Legislative Update by a member of the Osage Nation Congress!
See the Legislative Update from a member of the Congress, Eli Potts, WHO KEEPS HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES: https://www.facebook.com/Potts4Congress/videos/1061869377332555/?__tn__=%2CdkC-R&eid=ARAedTGSSRpq6PGH6if0VTs8sZuDuijHQ2b-EvJqiwyNYxOYkLfpm4OTo3fx9gWs8bBfo1AhQy0hHiSL&hc_ref=ARSxfnBq0IQl94X-1hoLCpFOpN2T5qbJ-FG4KhFK9D3T9egh0tacAIue2eqFwfNJqPs
WE MUST CALL FOR A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING WITH REGARD TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH OUR PERMANENT FUND! See more details on this developing situation at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
ReplyDeleteThe Chief knew nothing about it. My ass. He knows everything that goes on up there on the hill because his management style is Gestapo micro-manager. Plus he thinks he's smarter than everyone else too. Did he redirect the funds be invested in a sure fire thing like Sony walkmans, compact discs, or the Osage Mineral Estate?
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DeleteCongressman Bighorse asked as to whether the term "Agency" in the Osage Nation Congressional bill, ONCA 18-57, captures the Minerals Agency and Minerals Council. The answer is yes if they budget and appropriate money to the Minerals Agency and they have done this in the past...
Listen to the Osage Nation Appropriations Committee Meeting while in session today and see if you think that they are even close to being up to providing legislation that will replace NEPA at a level that is equal to it or better.
http://mixlr.com/osage-nation/showreel/2019-0327_6con_appropriations-pt1-2/
If that doesn’t convince you, then listen to the Government Operations Committee Meeting today
http://mixlr.com/osage-nation/showreel/2019_0327_6con_go_part1/
The Agendas and Commentary for these two ON Congressional meetings are available at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
They've literally been fighting over the legal definition of the term "Projected Revenue" as it applies to legislation since 2006 and still for 13 YEARS nothing on this has yet been decided and agreed upon between the Congress and the Executive Branch!
The Minerals Estate? You better rethink that one.
You simply cannot run the Osage Minerals Estate like this from a Legislative and an Executive Branch standpoint. It just won’t work. Period.
With regard to being so deemed and becoming "ethnic" under the current Presidential administraton, this is something we want to keep a good eye on...
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REVEALED TODAY ON 4/1/19, in the Appropriations Committee: Invested in 2015 in an investment vehicle of $141,000 but it now has zero value because the shares are worthless !!! 👎👎👎 WHERE IS THE CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON WHAT NOW AMOUNTS TO $241,000 in financial institution fees and bad investments SO FAR...
ReplyDeleteCommentary is located at https://www.facebook.com/groups/2061358334178007/
Listen to the Treasurer, Jim Littleton's remarks on this financial disclosure at http://mixlr.com/osage-nation/showreel/2019-0401_6con_appropriations-pt1/
DeleteInteresting...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.indianz.com/News/2019/04/03/bill-in-congress-requires-us-to-sever-re.asp
Where do we now fall from a "reservation" standpoint under the RESPECT Act? See House Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States hearing at:
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Why weren't we on the witness list if we have and are paying for lobbyists in Washington, D.C.?
DeleteSupport our “Osage Veterans Memorial”
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https://www.facebook.com/OsageVisitorsCenter/photos/pcb.471640507000279/471640477000282/?type=3&theater
DeleteTake the edge off -- April is Jazz Appreciation Month!
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See https://www.facebook.com/OsageNews/photos/a.153834188010750/2252441158150032/?type=3&theater
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ReplyDelete'A leader in Indian Country': Bay Mills Indian Community legalizes recreational marijuana
Telescope on sacred Apache site used for black hole project:
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When people come together with a common goal, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!
DeleteWONDERFUL!
A new group for Coloradans is forming at:
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YES!
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ReplyDeleteThat martinet schoolboy we have for a Chief has just busted up the best Enterprise Board we have ever had by not renominating as Ranch Board Members Theresa Meade and Jim Perrier. May he live in total infamy from this day forward!!!
ReplyDeleteBuh! He can't get control of that expernsive ranch back if he has people on there who do not do his bidding. Has anyone ever know Galen or Hank Hainzinger to have an original thought? If he can find some other idiots to go with those two, then the ranch will fail, and Chief Goof Ball can get control of it again.
DeleteWill the third name change turn the trick? LMAO!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2019/04/25/Osage-LLC-forms-new-businesses-and-board-awaits-new-appointee/
No, but the Enterprise Board (being the real Managers of these LLCs) have dragged the Osage name through the mud. Given the poor financial condition of Osage LLC and its subsidiaries it should not have come as a surprise to the management that the bank would not work with them to restructure debt.
DeleteCreating several new companies with Summit in the name won't solve their underlying problems. It may convince a few uninformed customers and suppliers to do business with them initially, but long term they are doomed to failure. For any business to survive it must have revenue greater than expenses.
Northern California Osage's Meeting:
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ReplyDeleteAnd the one Congressional motion that should have passed which didn't:
"The Osage Nation Congress condemns racist thoughts, speech and behavior. As elected members of a Branch of Osage government, we are all aware of how racism negatively impacts its victims. The Legislative Branch includes Native Americans and non-Native staff and it is against all Branch policies and is unethical for any person associated with the Legislative Branch to express himself or herself in any manner that has even the appearance of racism. Congress has a duty and an obligation to address implicit and explicit racial bias and hostility in the workplace. As such, the Osage Nation Congress requests the Human Resources Director to present a plan to the Congress on how to counter such issues, including but not limited to, mandatory training, adoption of additional policies, removal of offenders from leadership positions, censure or any other appropriate action. Congress apologizes to those who have been victims of racist behavior, have seen such racist behavior exhibited and vows to ensure it ceases immediately!"
Voting Yes:
Shannon L. Edwards
Eli Potts
Maria Whitehorn
New Speaker, Joseph Dee Tillman
Voting No:
Angela Pratt
Archie Mason
Scott BigHorse
Alice Goodfox
Brandy Lemon
Paula Stabler
RJ Walker
Absent due to illness:
John Maker
Begin listening to the discussion at 1 hour and 54 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksGjyXMONX8&feature=youtu.be
DeleteThey couldn't wait to put gay rights on the map but government protection from racist thoughts, speech and behavior? Hell NO! We need to get rid of these people who pay lip service to the Constitution but don't understand a single word in it about what it's supposed to mean for the Osage people.
DeleteSee http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2019/05/01/osage-congresswoman-stresses-inclusion-and-acceptance-all-races/
DeleteWe're not the only ones. See https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/the-press-pool/racial-slurs-at-dallas-native-health-clinic-jhnMwwPAxUeTV_ju9Dk85g/
Delete"Native community demands removals after Chief Executive Officer and Clinic Director of the Urban Inter-Tribal Center in Dallas made racial slurs against the community it serves" This is supposed to be what happens when racial slurs or institutional bias takes place...
Delete❗❗❗With regard to spending where big capital expenditures and loans for them are involved, does everyone including the Chief understand how serious this is when the Bank shows up to a meeting to remind the Nation of the terms and conditions of the loan agreement that has been signed? Including the consequences of failure? I cannot tell you how blown away I am and others are as well that this has taken place in the Commerce, Gaming and Land Committee Meeting on April 22, 2019. The whistle has been blown loud and clear and those who are making these decisions had better well start paying attention and curtailing any future plans if it involves taking on any loans or any additional major debt obligations until that monster loan with the Bank of Oklahoma is paid off❗❗❗
ReplyDeleteIn terms of economic impact and the Nation coming forward with income for the OME, "He will be negotiating a new Class III gaming compact -- the current agreements start to expire on January 1, 2020." No plans should be firmly made until AFTER the new Gaming Compact is signed!
DeleteThe representatives of the bank likely showed up to remind the Nation about the terms and conditions after the management of Osage LLC attempted to renegotiate its obligations. For any business to be successful the revenue must be greater than expenses, and taking out a loan to delay the inevitable usually results in prosecution for fraud.
DeleteWhen I listened to Kay Bills' proposal last year for getting a loan it screamed bank fraud. If Osage LLC goes into default and the bank becomes aware of the minutes of the meeting then the plan will implicate everyone present in conspiracy. Given that some of these people are attorneys you'd think they would understand the common criminal laws such as fraud.
Anonymous April 30, 2019 at 8:25 AM When approximately did this meeting take place when the loan proposal was put forward?
DeleteNow we're finding out that certain members of the Congress -- if any -- ever saw the Contract for this loan where the Bluestem Ranch was purchased and the money had for the build-out at the Tulsa Casino. In particular, they didn't know that the collateral for the loan is the revenue generated at the Casinos which is our life blood! This one has Chief Goof Ball's name written all over it and this should be the subject of a Congressional Hearing along with a number of other massive money amounts spent or lost that shouldn't have taken place involving the Permanent Fund and one other investment of $141,000 that dropped to $0 because the shares are worthless.
DeleteUOSC Meeting. See https://www.facebook.com/OsageNews/photos/a.153834188010750/2286128358114645/?type=3&theater
ReplyDeleteOMC Meeting Agenda for tomorrow: https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/news-events/news/minerals-council-meeting-information-22
ReplyDelete"In closing, Edwards said she had confidence in the housing staff to administer the expanded assistance program and believed it’s wrong to prohibit or discriminate against Osages who live outside the program service boundaries."
ReplyDeleteSee http://www.osagenews.org/en/article/2019/04/30/congress-votes-down-all-encompassing-first-time-home-buyer-assistance-bill/
One east coast family's way to raise their kids 'the Navajo way': See https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/lifestyle/one-east-coast-family-s-way-to-raise-their-kids-the-navajo-way-xKyceeo4PUmBjmaeU_fTmw/
ReplyDeleteWorth the time to listen to:
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TIME TO PAY ATTENTION!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cnn.com/2019/05/11/politics/congress-debt-ceiling/index.html
Learn something!
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With the all the flooding in Osage County, I wonder if our livestock at the ON Ranch is insured against natural disasters.
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