Northern California Osage

2010 Membership Dues

Forest Tracy — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:10:28 +0000

Your continued support of the NCO, along with your membership dues, will
allow us to continue to host events such as the Candidate Forum and plan other Osage
events, be they cultural, social, or educational. We are sort of like the PBS network in
that we depend on your monetary support to keep operating, and so thanks
again for updating your membership. If anyone missed their opportunity to do so at the recent Candidate Forum, you can still pay your 2010 dues by sending a check payable to NCO in the amount of $35/Family or $25/Individual to Karen Elliott, our NCO Treasurer. We would also request that you include a note with your current email address and best-phone-number-to-call:

CHECK PAYABLE TO “NCO”

Karen Elliott
82 Jess Avenue
Petaluma, CA 94952

Recent Candidate Forum in Oakland

Forest Tracy — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:02:08 +0000

Osage Candidate Forum Attendees,

We again thank everyone that was able to support the Candidate Forum this
past Sunday, April 25, 2010. If you weren’t able to attend, or even if you did, and would still like to see a video of the event, we are currently considering providing a DVD at a
nominal cost to members and/or hosting the video on a web site. Please let us
know if this is something you would be interested in by replying to this post.

Your NCO Steering Committee (Melani, Karen and Chuck)

Forest R Tracy
(925) 351-8585
Chairman - NCO Candidate Forum 2010

Digital Reservation

Forest Tracy — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:55:03 +0000

George Baldwin, fellow Osage, has written a song that touches on the topic of Reservations in a Digital age. Discovering this song doesn’t seem to be a coincidence considering our recent Candidate Forum topic of off-rez Congressional Candidates.

Take a few minutes to listen to George perform his original work.

Digital Reservation by George Baldwin

Important meeting scheduled for April 25

osage — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:06:35 +0000

June Tribal Election Candidates for the Chief, Asst. Chief, Congress and Mineral Council, have been invited to speak to the Northern California Osage.

Meeting Date: Sunday, April 25, 2010

Location:
Park Plaza Hotel, Oakland, CA
150 Hegenberger Road
Oakland, CA 94621

Time: 9 AM - 5 PM, optional no-host dinner following

RSVP by sending an email to forest@tracyemail.com or by calling Forest Tracy
at (925)351-8585.

We are less than a week away from our opportunity to meet with the candidates for the June election. I think this upcoming forum will provide everyone in attendance with an opportunity to learn about the issues and how the candidates plan to deal with their roles for the next four years if they are elected. You might also have seen the court ruling against the Osage regarding the reservation. That should be yet another interesting topic the candidates can address on April 25th.

The hotel for our April 25th meeting has been reserved. If anyone wants to use the group rate to stay there either April 24th or April 25th contact osage@king2d3d.com for the group room block code and other specifics.

As of April 13, 2010, the following candidates have responded they will be attending our Candidate Forum on April 25th

CHIEF:
John D. Red Eagle
Carl Sellers
Tim Tall Chief
Roy St John
Jim Gray

ASSISTANT CHIEF:

Jeffrey Irons
Everett Waller
Anthony Shackleford

CONGRESS:
Raymond Red Corn
Jake Heflin
Geoffrey Standing Bear
Kugee Supernaw
Alice GoodFox
Randolph A. Crawford
Margo Gray-Procter
Daniel Boone
Alice Goodfox
Joseph Shunkamolah
John Maker
Anthony Webb
Dannette Daniels

MINERALS COUNCIL:
Myron Red Eagle
Cynthia Boone
Galen Crum
Jewell Purcell
Kathryn Red Corn
Gregory Woodell
Talee Redcorn
Linda Heskett
Curtis Bear
Andrew Yates

The following candidates have stated that they will not be attending:
Scott N. BigHorse
Jenny Miller
James Elsberry

May 16 meeting follow-up

osage — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:02:34 +0000

For those of you that weren’t able to attend our meeting on Saturday you missed out! The Osage Language Seminar given by the Osage Language Program was informative and interesting. Representing the department were Herman Mongrain Lookout, the program director, Talee Redcorn, program teacher and data collector, and John Maker, the Hominy language site coordinator. The day began with Mogri presenting a historical description of the language and the plan for its revitalization. A video was shown of a proprosed Language Institute and included the staff of the language program and their thoughts about the program. Talee talked about the effort to keep and store language information, showing various screenshots of a database being used. Mogri talked about developing the orthography and how it is still evolving. John Maker told a very funny story about his first year in college while in the dorms but you’ll have to ask him to tell it if you want to hear it! Finally, he went through the orthography and the sounds of the different symbols. We practiced our pronunciation of the different sounds by going through several lessons in the workbook they provided. The day was concluded with a prayer in Osage delivered by Mogri. I don’t know what he said but it sure sounded wonderful!

Save the date for May 16 meeting

osage — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:20:51 +0000

Dust off your thinking caps and welcome the Osage Language Department from Pawhuska. Our Spring meeting will be primarily dedicated to learning about the Osage language.

The meeting will be from 9:00 - 5:00 at the Hermann Sons Hall, 860 Western Avenue, Petaluma, CA 94952.

As always, please pass the word on to those that don’t have email or access to the web.

Download the May 16 announcement.

Download the Agenda for May 16 Language class.

Find us on Facebook!

osage — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:18:01 +0000

Northern California Osage now has a group on Facebook. Make yourself known to us and keep up with news.

Osage Shareholders Association announces new website

rezchick — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:07:59 +0000

Calling All Osages!!! The Osage Shareholders Association, Pawhuska, Oklahoma announces the new Official and Authorized website is now Live! Please visit for the latest information concerning Mineral Estate Trust issues and concerns of the Osage people. The Association was formed in 1994 for the purpose of monitoring the trust and educate shareholders of the events and issues pertaining to its longevity. The association seeks to preserve this precious heritage and to uphold the 1906 Act. Please visit us at http://osageshareholdersassociation.org/ .

Oct. 18 meeting follow up

osage — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:47:24 +0000

About 20 Northern California Osages and their guests met on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at the home of Melani King, in Pt. Richmond, California. (Note: The meeting was moved at the last minute due to the fact that the community center personnel never showed up and could not be reached. Our apologies to anyone that may have come late and had difficulty finding Melani’s house.) Christy Marani spoke about educational opportunities for Native American students at U.S. colleges. Her daughter is now attending Dartmouth University under one of these grants.

Kugee Supernaw, Osage Congressman from Oklahoma was our featured speaker. Kugee spoke to us about issues under consideration by the Congress. He urged us to pay attention to the business of the Nation by listening to Council meetings on the Osage Tribe website or reading the minutes in the Osage News, and to provide feedback to our Congress members. There was a lively discussion of tribal politics during the Q & A session following his talk.

Chuck Maker, who has been appointed to the Osage LLC, described the LLC and how it can be used to bring development to the Osage. If successful it will provide income and jobs for the tribe. The LLC will consist of 5 members and a CEO. Chuck is one of 2 Osage members. The remaining 3 will be non-Osage businessmen, with knowledge of development. Their first task is to hire a CEO to direct the LLC. A discussion followed.

The following decisions were made: Karen Elliott was confirmed as Treasurer. Melani requested nominations for President. Since there were no nominees, Chuck Maker offered to continue as Interim President until our next meeting.

A steering committee was formed, which includes Chuck Maker, Melani King, George Baldwin, Jim Norris and Karen Elliott. It was agreed that they would meet in Petaluma.

George Baldwin offered to host the next N.C.O. meeting on the campus of CSU Monterey Bay in Seaside, CA. We agreed to meet again in early May. The steering committee will plan the next meeting. We hope to see all of you there!

Save the date for Oct. 18 meeting

osage — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:12:30 +0000

Please plan to attend our annual Northern California Osage meeting on Saturday, October 18. We have invited Kugee Supernaw, Osage Congressman to be our guest speaker.

The meeting will be from 11:30 - 4:30 at the Pt. Richmond Community Center, same as the July meeting. As always, please pass the word on to those that don’t have email or access to the web.

Plan to contribute an item for our raffle!

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This location is more centrally located and hopefully will make it easier for people to attend. If you’re interested in helping out let me know. Please pass the word on to those that don’t have email or access to the web.