Experience 400 years of Osage Nation History through artistic dance, July 21 and 22! Visit www.OsageBallet.com for more information and tickets! | Visit Fort Scott KS

This shows the grand entrance for the Osage Nation Sovereignty Day, along with a number of the different contests for the celebration. There’s symbolism in everything you see here. | Tess Maune

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

Osage-Owned at the VC: This November, the Osage Nation Visitors Center spotlights Allison Jones (Osage/Prairie Band Potawatomi/Creek). Allison is the owner of “Sweet Al’s Creations,” which offers one-of-a-kind wearable art items hand-made with love and prayers by the artist. “Exposure to art came early in my childhood helping my late E.KO Mary Grayce Gray-Bighorse teach beading classes at 8 and 9 years old,” Allison says. “My E.KO’s influence and encouragement led me to be unique in my art depic