OSAGE NATION

New Osage Minerals Council member information will be posted as soon as available.

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SUBJECT TO CHANGE

OSAGE MINERALS COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING

JUNE 16, 2010

OSAGE NATION CHAMBERS

PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA

THE OSAGE MINERALS COUNCIL MAY DISCUSS, MAKE MOTIONS AND VOTE ON ALL MATTERS APPEARING ON THIS AGENDA, SUCH VOTES MAY BE TO ADOPT, REJECT, TABLE, RESCIND OR TAKE NO ACTION ON ANY AGENDA ITEM.

Consent Agenda: Any item may be discussed or voted on separately at the request of any member of the Osage MINERAL Council.

AGENDA

(Please sign our guest sheet &

Silence your cell phones. Thanks!)

1. Call to Order/Welcome - Chairman John H. Mashunkashey

2. Opening Prayer and Reading of Deceased Osages – Council Member Cynthia Boone

3. Roll Call

4. Approval of Minutes

5. Minerals Matters

6. Administrative Matters - Melissa Currey, Osage Agency Superintendent

7. Modification of C-395 Budget

8. Old Business

9. New Business

10. Adjourn

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NOTICE: Minerals Council Office to be Closed Monday, June 7th

Attention Shareholders:
Payment for June, 2010 is $7,115,
up $295 from March.

The June payment should have been received on or before June 15, 2010. If you have questions regarding your quarterly payment, you will need to call the OST/IIM Department at the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) the telephone number is 918-287-5794.

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The 2010 Osage Nation Election Day

Prospectus for Camp Rallies

Rules & Regulations

may be picked up in the Osage Minerals Council

Election Board office Monday - Friday

between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Osage Minerals Council Election Board Page

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Click here for the 55-page document - Opinion and Order by United States Circuit Federal Court Judge Emily C. Hewitt e-filed Friday, April 30, 2010.

U.S. Senator John Barasso (D-WY) Sends Letter to Indian Country regarding Cobell Settlement

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In her “Ask Elouise” letter published yesterday on Indianz.com, Ms. Cobell makes new false statements about the Osage Nation and Osage headright holders.

Ms. Cobell forgets that both the Osage Nation and the Cobell plaintiffs argued that all Osage headright holders should be included in the class and receive their fair share of the funds owed to all IIM owners as a class. The Court ruled, however, that only Osage headright holders with formal IIM accounts can participate in the settlement, because the case is limited to formal IIM accounts and does not include funds distributed to Osage headright holders by check from the Osage tribal trust account. Thus, on the point of Osage participation in the funds to be distributed as a result of the Cobell case, the position advanced by the Osage Nation in the litigation was no different from that of the Cobell plaintiffs.

The Osage Nation parted company with the Cobell plaintiffs only with respect to their attempt to include exclusively Osage monies in the case and have those distributed to all plaintiffs--to treat monies known to belong only to Osages as though they belonged to the entire Cobell class. This strategy would have had the effect of inflating the recovery of non-headright holders, as well as the Cobell lawyers, at the ultimate expense of Osage headright holders. Those monies are the subject of separate litigation that will benefit solely headright owners, and the Osage Nation stepped in to oppose the inclusion of those monies in the Cobell case to ensure that they would be preserved exclusively for Osage headright holders.

Again, we encourage Osage headright holders and other interested persons to disregard Ms. Cobell's erroneous statements, and keep in mind that the column is written by the plaintiffs and lawyers who attempted to include Osage funds in their own lawsuit as a way of inflating their own recovery. This was not looking out for the Osages--it was attempting to exploit them.

         Jim R. Gray, Principal Chief
         Archie Mason, Speaker
         John Mashunkashey, Chairman
         Robert Martin, Councilman
         Kathryn Red Corn, Councilwoman

         Osage Trust Team
         April 8, 2010

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In her “Ask Elouise” letter published yesterday, Ms. Cobell makes a false statement about the Osage Nation’s successful intervention into the Cobell v. Salazar case. She says that the Osage Nation “asked the Court to exclude many of its members from” the Cobell case. This is patently false. The Osage Nation intervened in Cobell after the Cobell lawyers claimed that lost Osage tribal trust account funds should be distributed to all IIM account holders from all tribes. These funds are owed solely to Osage headright holders, and are the subject of separate litigation to benefit only Osage headright holders. Thus, the Osage Nation did not seek to intervene for the purpose of excluding any Osages from the litigation but rather to protect against the dilution of the rights of Osage headright holders. Although the Cobell lawyers opposed the Osage Nation's request to intervene, Judge Robertson granted that request and ruled in favor of the Nation and its headright holders. We encourage Osage headright holders and other interested persons to disregard Ms. Cobell’s erroneous statements.

OSAGE TRUST TEAM

March 25, 2010

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OMC Resolution 1-261 (2/25/10)

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OIPA (Oklahoma Independent
Petroleum Association) Lien Act

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OSAGE MINERALS TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

1/19/2010 - Prin. Chief Gray's letter to Osage Minerals Council

1/20/2010 - Osage Minerals Council's Response to Prin. Chief Gray's letter

Letters of Support to the Osage Minerals Council

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To register for updated information
on the Cobell Settlement, click here.

Instructions on how to fill out the form, click here.