WAHZHAZHE ALWAYS | We live our culture and embrace our future. Our language, culture, and traditions define our Nation. We work to preserve and practice these things so our culture continues to grow. #𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟𐓯𐓪͘𐓯𐓪͘𐓷𐓟 #wahzhazhealways | Osage Nation

RIBBONWORK | Keeping Osage culture alive through our traditional ribbon work is special and unique, and many Osages view ribbon work as art. In this edition of Osage Cultural Connection, you'll meet Osage Nation citizens Dana Daylight and Janet Emde, who say ribbon work is an art form and so much more. They say Osages are prayerful people, and through their ribbon work, they send prayers. Those prayers come together through the colors of the ribbons, carrying our people. And the beauty and bless

Dhegiha | The Osage people are part of the Dhegihan subgroup, also consisting of the Ponca, Omaha, Kaw, and Quapaw. The tribes share many commonalities in language, culture, and oral traditions that reveal a past relationship within an ancestral group. Today, the tribes continue to maintain a variety of connections, and more formally acknowledge their language relationship at an annual gathering for the purpose of language preservation. | Osage Nation

VISIT THE OSAGE NATION MUSEUM | Located at the heart of the Osage Nation since 1938, the Osage Nation Museum [ONM] is a place of gathering, community, and sharing the enduring story of the Osage. ONM is the oldest tribally-governed museum in the United States. During the 1930s, Osage Tribal Councilman and writer John Joseph Mathews championed an effort to create a central repository for the art, artifacts, material culture, and other resource material related to the history of the Osage. This ef

CULTURAL CONNECTION SERIES | Osage Meat Pie Indigenous peoples throughout Indian Country make meat pies in many different ways. Osage meat pies are made with ground beef, kidney suet, salt and pepper. The meat is wrapped in dough and baked in the oven until golden brown. Find more videos at: https://www.osageculture.com/culture/multimedia-collections/videos | Osage Nation

CELEBRATING SOVEREIGNTY | The Osage Nation is a sovereign Nation thriving on its Reservation in Northeast Oklahoma. A people of strength, hope, and passion, honoring the stories of the past and building the world of the future. Still here. Still moving forward. A Nation to be proud of. Wahzhazhe Always. #𐓷𐓘𐓻𐓘𐓻𐓟𐓯𐓪͘𐓯𐓪͘𐓷𐓟 #wahzhazhealways More here: https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/news-events/news/osage-nation-launches-wahzhazhe-always-celebrating-culture-and-sovereignty | Osage Nation