Osage Shareholder Association

AUGUST 2006 NEWSLETTER

        At the July 23, 2006 Shareholders meeting Congressional member Mark Simms and Mineral Council members Cynthia Boone and Kathryn Red Corn Lynn gave updates on their activities on behalf of the Osage Nation. There was a lively, interesting question and answer period.  Members and guests contributed information and opinions to the general discussion of Osage Nation matters.

        It was noted that several of the members present did not have a computer. Most of the community libraries have computers with Internet access for their members’ use. Ask your librarians for assistance.

        The next meeting for the Osage Shareholders Association, Inc. will be at 1:00 pm, Sunday August 20, 2006 at the Osage Cultural Center, 1449 W. Main, Pawhuska. Originally it was the American Legion Building and is on the east side of ALCO. Please bring a salad and/or a dessert to share with everyone. Beverages and tableware will be furnished.

        Congressional members and Mineral Council members are invited. There will be updates on the legal cases and discussions.

        Chief Jim Gray called a meeting for all Osages on August 3 at the Cultural Center in Pawhuska. Recently Chief Gray, Congressman Archie Mason, and Mineral Councilman Robert Martin returned from meetings in Washington, D.C. regarding the Cobell lawsuit.

        Since taking office Jul 1, 2006, Congressman Eddy Red Eagle and Congressman Raymond Red Corn have been keeping Osage citizens informed about the Congressional activities.

        Mr. Red Eagle has been sending e-mails and asking the receivers to pass them on to their e-mail contacts. Mr. Red Corn has been very responsive to queries and statements made on the OSA Discussion Board. The computer using tribal members appreciate both gentlemen’s efforts.

        When space permits, excerpts from the OSA Website Discussion Board will be reprinted in the newsletters. The views expressed are the e-mail originators’ personal views and are included exactly as written.

"An Osage Checking the facts"

P.O. Box 418 l Pawhuska, Oklahoma 74056

www.osageshareholders.org