December 4, 2023
Business Council Meeting
Shawnee Tribe Community Center 6-9PM
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Oct 6, 2023
MAALAAKWAHI KE’NEEMEPE: WHAT DOES A THPO DO?
“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 […]
Oct 6, 2023
Commemorations Planned for Ohio’s First World Heritage Site
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 […]
Sep 22, 2023
Shawnee Tribe Breaks Ground on Expansion at Golden Mesa Casino
$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 […]
Aug 23, 2023
MESSAGES FROM THE CHIEFS
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 […]
Aug 1, 2023
The Laureate Institute for Brain Research Receives NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for Innovative Research Collaboration with the Shawnee Tribe led by Dr. Evan J. White
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. […]
Sep 28, 2023
2023 Election Results
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?
Aug 31, 2023
U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Project
The 2023 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree will be harvested from Monongahela National Forest, which is part of the Shawnee ancestral homeland. The tribe’s THPO is teaming up with National Forest staff to ensure the Capitol Tree includes representation of the Shawnee Tribe. On Friday, September 15 at our General Council dinner & stomp festivities in […]
Aug 28, 2023
Voted Absentee ballots due to Election Committee by September 14
Early voting by absentee ballot (vote-by-mail) is offered in 2023. All voted ballots must be received by the Election Committee by 5:00 PM (Central) on the Thursday before the election, September 14. Voters may return their ballots by mail or deliver the ballot in person to the Election Committee. Any citizen participating in early or […]
Aug 18, 2023
Elections Act Amendment & 2023 Election Information
In February of 2023, the Shawnee Tribe Business Council approved a revision to Title 6, The Shawnee Tribe Elections Act. This amendment of…