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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 22 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence Regarding the Disposition of Judgement Funds of the Osage Tribe, 1976-04-09 - 1976-07-14

 Item — Box DP 140: Series CAC_CC_001_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 45
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_4_140_45_0004
Scope and Contents

Letters between Commissioner Morris Thompson of Indian Affairs, Principal Chief Sylvester J. Tinker, and Congressman Carl Albert regarding the disposition of judgment funds of the Osage Tribe of Oklahoma.

Dates: 1976-04-09 - 1976-07-14
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Carl Albert Collection / Departmental / Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Osage, 1976

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

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

Letter From the Secretary of the Interior Regarding Indian Preference Employment Question, 1976-05-20

 Item — Box DP 140: Series CAC_CC_001_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 39
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_4_140_39_0017
Scope and Contents

A letter from the Secretary of the Interior to Congressman Carl Albert suggesting solutions to the issue of Indian preference employment, offering a three-year period for members of closed tribes such as the Five Civilized Tribes and the Osage Tribe to be eligible for preference if they have at least one-quarter ancestry.

Dates: 1976-05-20
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Carl Albert Collection / Departmental / Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Indian Preference, 1976

Letter Regarding General Tribal Council Voting Eligibility Legislative Proposal, 1975-02-28

 Item — Box DP 140: Series CAC_CC_001_4_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 45
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_4_140_45_0002
Scope and Contents

The letter is from Gladys Shunkanolah Rouvalk, member of the Osage Nation, to U.S. Senator Dewey Bartlett regarding the proposal of a General Tribal Council with voting eligibility based on Osage blood quantum.

Dates: 1975-02-28
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Carl Albert Collection / Departmental / Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Osage, 1976

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

Notes regarding Budget cut in Indian Health

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_59_11_0008
Scope and Contents

Correspondence from James R. Jones to James R. Dailey regarding requested information.

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

OU researcher says diabetes common in American Indians, 1980-03-16

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_59_11_0006
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between James R. Jones to John L. Dahl regarding an effort on advising on views of proposed legislation with the Osage Tribe of Oklahoma.

Dates: 1980-03-16
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / James R. Jones Collection / James R. Jones Legislative Series / Interior and Insular Affairs - Indian Affairs

Press Releases - Indian Affairs, 1953

 File — Box SP 1: Series CAC_CC_001_16_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 69
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_16_1_69_0000
Scope and Contents

This folder contains press releases related to legislation affecting restrictions on tribal lands in 1953.

Dates: 1953
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / Carl Albert Collection / Speeches and Press Releases

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