Osage Nation Head Start began March 1979 in Pawhuska, OK on the Osage Agency Campus with 23 children ready to learn.  The wooden school house, a former Indian Health Service Dental Clinic, has  been torn down some time ago.  The sounds of the children, though, can still be heard today, as a new group is active on the campus with trick or treating, campus walks looking for squirrels, and Easter egg hunts.  The children of the original first class now have children in the program and are ready for their chance to learn.

 

The picture is of the children that were first enrolled in Osage Nation Head Start in March 1979.  They are between the ages of 3-5 years old. Posing on the Osage Agency Campus are back row:  Carmen Whitlatch, Taryn Rogers, Brandi Evans, Jennifer Oberly, Jacque Wahwassuck, Vicki Gawhega, Jennifer Shook, Walkeen Wahwassuck, Fawn Easley, Shawna Rogers, Joanie Easley, D.J. Richardson, Destiny Smith, and Laura Whitlatch.  Front row:  Joseph Burnett, Joseph Dawson, Andy Hanna, Louis Gray, Charlie McHenry, K.C. Bills, Chad KillsCrow, Nikia Parker, and Mary Margaret Woosypiti.