“Shawnee Ribbon Bets,” 1948, Charles Banks Wilson (1918-2013), Courtesy Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa OK.
Class of 2024 graduates and their guests are invited to join the Shawnee Tribe Higher Education Awards Program for the 2024 Achievement Banquet on June 2. Learn about this year’s keynote speaker and RSVP below.
Contest open to citizens, students, CLPs or apprentices from any of the three Shawnee Nations, or Shawnees enrolled in other federally recognized tribes. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three winners in every category.
An election will be held on September 21, 2024, for the following offices: Second Chief, Secretary, Business Council Seat 3, and Business Council Seat 4.
Golden Mesa Casino and Oklahoma Panhandle State University celebrated their partnership at the 2024 Oklahoma State Regents Business Partnership event on March 8. Golden Mesa Casino has supported OPSU in many facets, including OPSU Athletics, the Business Department, and the College of Business and Technology.
The Shawnee Language Immersion Program is excited to announce their first Shawnee children’s story, Waakoce’fiifa Honatonehwaali Hokeeli. The video can be found on SLIPStream.
Last year, the Tribe retired a 15-passenger van from use. Rather than placing the vehicle up for sale, the Business Council found a worthy beneficiary in the Grove Veterans Ritual Team.
A one-time COVID-19 Impact Assistance payment is available to eligible adult citizens enrolled as of July 17, 2023. Funding made possible through the American Rescue Plan Act.
Application deadline: July 1, 2024.
The Shawnee Tribe Elder Assistance Reimbursement Program provides funds to assist with expenses incurred in the general welfare of elder citizens and purchases of eligible elder care items. Tribal citizens 65 years of age or older qualify for this benefit.
Messages from the Chiefs: Read the latest from the desks of Chief Ben Barnes and Second Chief Roy Baldridge.
On April 13, Golden Mesa Casino was the presenting sponsor of a 5k race in Guymon, OK. About 20 members from the casino and the Shawnee Tribe Gaming Commission participated as runners and event volunteers, helping to raise nearly $6,000 to benefit local Special Olympics.
In late March, Shawnee Tribe Second Chief Roy Baldridge and Councilman Keni Paul Hood (Seat 7) convened with more than 70 tribal leaders in Stillwater at a tribal summit on workforce and economic development hosted by the Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business and Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association. “This being the second year that […]
Shawnee Tribe Indian Child Welfare participated in the Peoria Tribe’s “Paint the Town Blue” initiative as a part of April’s Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. Local muralist Jessica Stout painted the murals pictured below at the Tribe’s Downtown Miami location.
Since January, the Shawnee Tribe Gaming Commission are the new residents of 314 Northridge Circle in Guymon, OK. Commission staff moved out and began setting up the new office space in under a week, without any interruption to the operations of the Golden Mesa Casino. “Our staff was growing, and our building wasn’t,” said Gaming […]
📅 🎓 DEADLINE APPROACHING! 2024 Graduates: RSVP for the Achievement Banquet by Monday, May 6! This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Evan White, Principal Investigator at Laureate Institute for Brain Research.
RSVP here 👉 shawnee-tribe.jotform.com/240595216300953
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Shawnee Tribe Indian Child Welfare participated in the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma’s “Paint the Town Blue” initiative as a part of April’s Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. Local muralist Jessica Stout painted the murals pictured here at the Tribe’s Downtown Miami location. 💙 👨👩👧👦
Secretary Carolyn Foster attended the recent groundbreaking ceremony for the Northeastern Tribal Health System (NTHS) Wellness Center in Miami, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
The wellness center will feature:
🏋️ Full-size gymnasium
🏀 Basketball court
🏊 Indoor swimming pool
💼 Physical therapy & rehabilitation
💪 Exercise & weight rooms
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Groundbreaking for new Northeastern Tribal Health System Wellness Center
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Miami, OK — Business Council Secretary Carolyn Foster and Rosanna Dobbs, Shawnee Tribe Section 106 Manager, were in attendance at the February 23 groundbreaking for the new Northeastern Tribal Healt…
