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Osage Nation

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: "The Osage Nation is a sovereign, self-governing, federally-recognized Indian tribe... The mission of the Osage Nation Historic Preservation Office (ONHPO) is to preserve the culture and history of the Osage Nation and to share that knowledge with the Osage people. The ONHPO accomplishes its mission by working with federal, state, and local agencies on undertakings that require tribal consultation. The ONHPO also identifies, protects and preserves archaeological and historic Osage sites within the boundaries of the Osage Nation Reservation and on lands throughout Osage ancestral territories and homelands (referred to as ancestral lands*). *Ancestral lands currently include Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, small portions of northwestern and northeastern Texas, northwestern Louisiana, southeastern Colorado, eastern Iowa, and southern Wisconsin. Our earliest known ancestral lands include portions of the Ohio River Valley states: Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania." - Osage Nation

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas A. Chandler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-011
Scope and Contents

The Chandler collection is small and fragmentary and does not reflect his activities in the U.S. Congress. For the most part, the 300 documents in the collection are constituent correspondence from 1917-1919. Some of the topics included in the materials are military conscription, Native Americans, drought relief, anti-lynching laws, the League of Nations, and the Panama Canal.

Dates: 1917-1937; Majority of material found in 1917-1919
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections

Claremore Indian Health Advisory Board, 1979-11-21

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_59_11_0009
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Rodger A. Randle and James R. Jones regarding the proposal to exempt Osage Indians from payment of estate and inheritance tax to the State.

Dates: 1979-11-21
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / James R. Jones Collection / James R. Jones Legislative Series / Interior and Insular Affairs - Indian Affairs

Correspondence from the office of Congressman James R. Jones regarding H.R. 11894 known as the "Big Osage bill", September 3, 1978

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_28_9_0003
Scope and Contents

Office correspondence discussing the suspension of H.R. 11894 and amending certainn laws relating to the Osage Tribe of Oklahoma. The bill would amend a series of laws regarding tribal government, U.S. trusteeship, and mineral interest of the Osage Tribe in Oklahoma.

Dates: September 3, 1978
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / James R. Jones Collection / James R. Jones Legislative Series / Education and Labor - Indians

Correspondence on enclosed draft bill of the Settlement of the Land Claims, August 20, 1979-February 6, 1980

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_59_11_0005
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between James R. Jones to Cleta Deatherage regarding proposed legislation with the Osage Tribe of Oklahoma.

Dates: August 20, 1979-February 6, 1980
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / James R. Jones Collection / James R. Jones Legislative Series / Interior and Insular Affairs - Indian Affairs

Correspondence regarding immediate attention to the complaints of Mr. Carey, 1983-04-20

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_143_30_0038
Scope and Contents

Proposed form "Thank you for members of Osage Tribal Council"

Dates: 1983-04-20
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / James R. Jones Collection / James R. Jones Legislative Series / Interior and Insular Affairs - Native Americans, General [2 of 2]

Correspondence regarding proposed settlement of the land claim, 1980-01-07

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_59_11_0003
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between James R. Jones to Mr. George E. Tallchief regarding Osage Bills #1 and #2 drafted by Legislative Counsel.

Dates: 1980-01-07
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / James R. Jones Collection / James R. Jones Legislative Series / Interior and Insular Affairs - Indian Affairs

Correspondence regarding the Osage Tribe, May 3, 1983-May 23, 1983

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_143_33_0010
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from the Osage Nation Organization to Morris K. Udall regarding the Osage Tribe

Dates: May 3, 1983-May 23, 1983
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / James R. Jones Collection / James R. Jones Legislative Series / Interior and Insular Affairs - Osage Indians

Correspondence Supporting the Chilocco Indian School Rebuilding Program, 1973-01-15 - 1973-04-16

 Item — Box 111: Series CAC_CC_001_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 36
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_4_111_36_0001
Scope and Contents

This document contains correspondence between Congressman Carl Albert, Congresswoman Julia Butler Hansen, and Principal Chief Sylvester J. Tinker of the Osage Tribe regarding appropriations for the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma.

Dates: 1973-01-15 - 1973-04-16
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Carl Albert Collection / Departmental / Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Chilocco School, 1973

David Nagle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: NALC-DNA
Abstract

A collection of audio recordings songs, dances, hymns and language lessons in various Dhegiha languages originally recorded between the late 1970s and late 1990s.

Dates: 1977 - 1998
Found in: Native American Languages Collection

Notes on Employment and statistics

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_59_11_0007
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Don Anderson and James R. Jones regarding support for the amendment submitted by the Osage Tribal Council.

Dates: 1979-1980
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / James R. Jones Collection / James R. Jones Legislative Series / Interior and Insular Affairs - Indian Affairs

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