Strategic Planning & Grants Management Staff


 

Lynette Satepauhoodle - Administrative Assistant
Lynette is one half Kiowa and one half Osage. She is the proud mother of 3 beautiful children, Talon Ray, Cherylyn Oberly & Amos Satepauhoodle of Hominy. Lynette was raised in Hominy, OK and graduated from Hominy “GO BUCKS” High School. She attended HIJC, NEO, and OU. She looks forward to finishing her degree at RSU with a B. S. in Organizational Leadership.

 

Prior to coming on board with the Osage Nation, Lynette worked in gaming at several tribal casinos such as Casino Omaha, Onawa, IA; Golden Eagle Casino, Horton KS and Sac & Fox Casino, Powhattan, KS. She gained her knowledge and experience working in the “Pit” as a dealer of Blackjack, Roulette and her favorite, Craps. While employed at the Sac & Fox Casino, she was promoted to Assistant Manager of Table Games. She's also worked in our own tribal casino when it was just the ‘Gameroom’ at Wakon Iron Hall.  She's been happily on board with the Nation since 2003.

 

Otto Hamilton - Planner 

Otto is from Pawhuska and is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. After graduating from OU, Otto worked for the nation’s Education Department for 4 years.

 

Otto enjoys spending time with his family and is the proud father of twin boys, William and Antwine. He can be found any weekend traveling with his wife, Geneva Horse Chief and their family, attending various pow-wows and events in Indian country.

 

Denise Keahtigh Sellers - Grant Writer
Denise comes to the Osage Nation after 20 years in the education field. Her first job was as a classroom teacher and then as an Education Specialist with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Denise is married to Osage tribal member Carl “Chico” Sellers. She was born and raised in Oklahoma and is an enrolled member of the Kiowa and Cheyenne-Arapaho tribes. Mrs. Sellers previously wrote grants while working with the Office of Indian Education and BIA schools within the South and Eastern States Agency in Nashville, TN.

 

Denise is the mother of one daughter, two sons and five Osage step daughters.  Her high school education was at Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, OK and then Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS.  After this, she received a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from the University of Missouri and her Master's degree from Kansas University – summa cum laude.
 
Jeff Irons - Senior Grant Writer
Jeff was born and raised in Grayhorse, OK. He attended Grayhorse School and graduated from Fairfax.  Jeff comes to the Osage Nation after spending 10 years with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. 

 

While working for the Department of Commerce as a program planner, Jeff was accountable for more than $6.5 million dollars in state and federal grant funds. He was responsible for developing grant applications for the expenditure of these funds while ensuring compliance with the laws, regulations and establishing a rating criteria and point system for grant awards.
 
Jennifer Tiger - Director
Jennifer is of Osage, Euchee, Creek and Delaware decent.  She was raised in Pawhuska's Indian Village and serves as a committee cook for the Pawhuska district drumkeeper. Her maternal great grandparents were Opal and Pierce St. John (Osage) and paternal great grandparents were Ollie and George Anderson (Delaware). 

 

Prior to returning to Pawhuska, Jennifer resided in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas.  She obtained her B.A. in Political, Legal & Economic Analysis at Mills College, Oakland CA. Over the past 20 years, she has focused her career in the Information Technology field having worked for such corporations as Pacific Gas & Electric, Chevron, SBC Communications, Robert Half International, VERITAS Software and Symantec Corporation. Jennifer’s experience includes working as a Sr. Systems Administrator, IT consultant,  and project technical lead in IT mergers and acquisitions.