“Shawnee Ribbon Bets,” 1948, Charles Banks Wilson (1918-2013), Courtesy Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa OK.
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Messages from the Chiefs: From updates on citizen services & tribal affairs in the State of Oklahoma to a review of some of the tribe’s constitutional provisions—read the latest from the desks of Chief Ben Barnes and Second Chief Roy Baldridge.
Less than five years since the doors officially opened, Golden Mesa Casino and Shawnee Development are ready to continue building the biggest & best entertainment destination in the Oklahoma panhandle!
COVID-19 Impact Assistance is available to adult citizens with funding made possible through the American Rescue Plan Act. The tribe will begin processing payments in October 2023. Application deadline: July 1, 2024.
Through the new Workforce Reimbursement Program, the tribe will reimburse eligible expenses incurred in the pursuit of workforce entry or reentry, career changes, and other costs associated with maintaining employment. Citizens must be age 16 or older.
The month of November is designated as Native American Heritage Month.
Hear from Communications & Media Coordinator Greg Jones about these 2,000-year-old sprawling networks of mounds in the middle of the Shawnee homelands. These 8 sites, collectively known as the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, are being considered this September for inscription to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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“LET’S LOOK CLOSER” Tonya Tipton is a Shawnee citizen and has been serving as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer (THPO) in a full-time capacity for the past two years. Tonya joined the tribe’s staff as Enrollment Officer in 2016, but she also helped coordinate the tribe’s responses to the numerous requests for consultation that pour […]
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – The National Park Service and the Ohio History Connection are planning multiple events to commemorate the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks being inscribed as Ohio’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site on Sept. 19. World Heritage inscription brings recognition to places of exceptional interest and value. There are only about 1,000 World Heritage Sites around […]
$70 million project includes hotel, RV park, restaurant, larger gaming floor GUYMON, Okla. – Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes, along with tribal and local leaders and officials with Global Gaming Solutions, LLC (GGS), participated today in the official groundbreaking ceremony for a $70 million expansion of Golden Mesa Casino. The expansion project will include a […]
CHIEF BEN BARNES As the celebration of Independence Day fades into the background, this is the time of year that the Business Council begins to look toward the next fiscal year and plan programming for Shawnee families. We generally have two sorts of programs: those that come from federal funding sources and those that are […]
TULSA, OKLA. — The Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, OK has received funding through the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Pioneer Award (DP1 Mechanism) for an innovative collaborative research project “Kipiyecipakiciipe – Coming Home” between the LIBR and the Shawnee Tribe. The research will be led by Dr. Evan J. […]
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF BUSINESS COUNCIL SEAT 1 BUSINESS COUNCIL SEAT 2 SPECIAL QUESTION Shall the monthly stipends for the Business Council Treasure and Secretary be increased to $2,100 per month and shall the At-Large Council members stipends be increase to $1,400 per month, effective October 1, 2023?
Join us in watching the 2023 United States Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. 🎄✨
Lighting of wa’feem’tekwi “bright tree” will begin at 4pm CST.
Holiday decorations went up on wa’feem’tekwi (“bright tree”) at the U.S. Capital lawn over the holiday weekend! Second Chief Baldridge is in Washington to give remarks at special events leading up the lighting ceremony tomorrow evening. Stay tuned for livestream links!
Learn more about the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree here – www.uscapitolchristmastree.com/
In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, offices will be closed on November 23rd and 24th, have a wonderful Holiday!! 🦃🦃🍗🍗
