Charles H. Lohah

Chief Justice Osage Nation Supreme Court

Degrees earned: B.A. from Benedictine Heights College and Juris Doctorate from University Of Tulsa with Honorable Discharges from the Oklahoma Army National Guard, United States Air Force, Oklahoma Air National Guard and The Air Force Reserve. Serving on several committees including Co-Chairman Consumer Advisory Committee to the Federal Energy Administration, Geothermal Energy-Department Of Energy, Synthesized Gaseous Hydrocarbon Fuels to the Federal Power Commission. Employment history: United States Department of Labor Investigator, Private Law Practice, Assistant County Attorney, County Judge, Elected Associate District Judge, Board member and counsel to The Osage Nation Organization, Executive Director American Indian Task Force-Washington D.C. in the office of economic opportunity funded program to assess needs for National Indian Legal Services program, founding Board Chairman of Native American Rights Fund, Assistant Professor Of Government Antioch College, Professor of Law and served on planning committee for Antioch School of Law, Director of American Indian Educational Program University of Colorado, Staff Attorney Native American Rights Fund establishing Tribal Court systems and founding director of Council of Energy Resources, Trial Judge and Court Administrator of Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Courts training personnel and drafting legislation and Technical Assistant To Osage National Council. Retired in 1997. Appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Osage Nation in 2006