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Mission Statement:

The Mission for the Osage Nation Historic Preservation Office (ONHPO) is to preserve, maintain, and revitalize the culture and traditions of the Osage Nation. The ONHPO ensures the identification, protection, and preservation of archaeological and historic Osage sites within the boundaries of the Osage Nation Reservation and on lands throughout our traditional territories and ancestral homelands. A critical mission of the ONHPO is to participate in the mandated procedures of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) to allow 1) the identification and repatriation of objects sacred to the Osage Nation, 2) the repatriation and reburial of ancestral; Osage remains, and 3) the protection of contemporary and ancestral burials. The overarching mission of the ONHPO is to help meet the cultural preservation needs voiced by the Osage People.

Carden Bottoms Excavation Opportunity Continues Due to Excellent Weather: Please Apply!
January 04, 2012
HISTORICPRESERVATION

The Osage Nation Historic Preservation Office, in conjunction with the Quapaw, Caddo, and the Arkansas Archaeological Survey, is participating in the excavation of a significant archaeological site in a small region of c Read More >>

ONHPO Meets with Forest Service to Develop NAGPRA and ARPA Protocols
January 04, 2012
HISTORICPRESERVATION

James Munkres (Archaeologist I) of the Osage Nation Historic Preservation Office (ONHPO) attended a consultation meeting amongst representatives of the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests (Ms. Judi Henry, Mr. Terry Krasko Read More >>

Osage Book Club to meet November 18th
October 31, 2011
HISTORICPRESERVATION

The next meeting of the Osage Book Club has been scheduled for Friday, November 18th at noon. We will meet at Nehemiah's Wall to continue discussion of The Osage Tribe: Rite of the Wa-X Read More >>

Osage Book Club to meet October 21st
September 30, 2011
HISTORICPRESERVATION

The next meeting of the Osage Book Club has been scheduled for Friday, October 21st at noon. We will meet at Nehemiah's Wall to conduct a follow-up discussion on The Osage Tribe: Two Ve Read More >>