Monthly Business Council Meeting
Time: 6:00 PM / / Location: Shawnee Tribe Comunity Building, Miami OK
Miami, OK — Business Council Secretary Carolyn Foster and Rosanna Dobbs, Shawnee Tribe Section 106 Manager, were in attendance at the February 23 groundbreaking for the new Northeastern Tribal Health System (NTHS) Wellness Center. “This is an exciting and needed addition to the services our clinic currently offers,” said Rosanna Dobbs, who also serves as […]
The Shawnee Tribe’s Golden Mesa Casino and Oklahoma Panhandle State University celebrated their partnership at the 2024 Oklahoma State Regents Business Partnership event on March 8. Golden Mesa Casino has supported OPSU in many facets, including OPSU Athletics, the Business Department, and the College of Business and Technology. Read more at OPSU News!
The 2024 Higher Education Achievement Banquet will be on Sunday, June 2 at the Shawnee Tribe Community Building. Request honor items to wear at graduation and to RSVP for the banquet by Monday, April 15.
The Great Circle Alliance (GCA) is pleased to announce an Ohio-America 250 project, “Recovering Ohio’s Indigenous Voices.” A core part of the project invites artists whose lineage traces back to Ohio’s Removed Tribes—Miami, Delaware, Wyandot, Seneca-Cayuga, Potawatomi, Shawnee, Ottawa, and others—to submit an application to participate. The selected artists will visit Ohio, tour the Hopewell […]
15-PASSENGER VAN GIFTED TO GROVE VETERANS RITUAL TEAM Last year, the Tribe retired a 15-passenger van from use. Rather than placing the vehicle up for sale, the Business Council found a worthy beneficiary in the Grove Veterans Ritual Team. The Grove Veterans Ritual Team’s eleven members, including the Shawnee Tribe’s own Herb Adams (US Army, […]
Miami, OK – The Shawnee Tribe’s Language Immersion Program (SLIP), received official notice and release of funds from the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Economic Development’s Living Languages Grant. The Living Languages Grant awards SLIP $280,200 annually for three years, resulting in a grand total of $840,600. The project period began on January 1. “My […]
kiwiitamaakonaaki hokimaaki — Chief Barnes shares how his first years in office will influence his approach to his new term, and Chief Baldridge highlights the recent expansion of citizen services.
In early December, Ted Tate’s attic furnace caught fire while he and his family soundly slept. Thankfully, Mr. Tate had received smoke & carbon monoxide detectors and a fire extinguisher through the Fire Safe Tribal Citizens Program one year prior. “It was about 12:30 in the morning, and I smelled something, but I didn’t know […]