Allison Herrera

2 weeks ago | app.verifiednews.network | Allison Herrera

Written By: Allison Herrera(OSAGE RESERVATION) For the first time in its history, the Osage Minerals Council could manage production, permitting, and leasing of the Osage Mineral Estate - a shift that could occur within four months if approved. Read this story on Osage News here.

2 weeks ago | osagenews.org | Allison Herrera

For the first time in its history, the Osage Minerals Council could manage production, permitting, and leasing of the Osage Mineral Estate – a shift that could occur within four months if approved. On Wednesday, June 4, Principal Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear sent a letter to OMC Chairman Myron Red Eagle stating he has been in negotiations with the Department of the Interior for the OMC to fully assume self-governance functions.

4 weeks ago | osagenews.org | Allison Herrera

A lot has happened since the previous Osage Shareholders Meeting in mid-February. Just days before shareholders gathered on Zoom, Adam Trumbly, the Osage Agency Superintendent was let go from his job after the Department of Government Efficiency laid off thousands of probationary employees within the federal government. Trumbly’s job was one of them. He was eventually reinstated a little more than a month afterward and was on this quarterly meeting agenda.

4 weeks ago | osagenews.org | Allison Herrera

After nearly ten years of litigation, the Osage Minerals Council has prevailed in a lawsuit filed in 2016 that challenged the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review of two leases on the Osage Minerals Estate. The case is also known as Hayes v. Haaland and was argued in the Northern District Court of Oklahoma. “The Hayes II case represented another attempt by surface owners to impede the abilityof Osage Headright Holders to benefit from their mineral interests.

1 month ago | kosu.org | Allison Herrera

Twenty-five Bureau of Indian Affairs buildings were slated to be closed as part of a Department of Government Efficiency plan to reduce government spending. This included the Osage and Pawnee agencies. The buildings were on a list released in late February by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. The 25 buildings represented 27% of the BIA buildings in operation.