“Shawnee Ribbon Bets,” 1948, Charles Banks Wilson (1918-2013), Courtesy Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa OK.

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Award-Winning Partnership

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.

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Honors & Higher Education Achievement Banquet

2024 Grads: request your graduation ceremony regalia and RSVP for the Achievement Banquet by April 15!

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Children’s Story Now on SLIPStream

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.

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Business Council Donation to Veterans Group

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.

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Elder Assistance Reimbursement Program

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.

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Messages from the Chiefs: Read the latest from the desks of Chief Ben Barnes and Second Chief Roy Baldridge.

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COVID-19 Economic Relief

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.

COVID-19 Impact Assistance

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Mar 14, 2024

Golden Mesa Casino Receives Regents Business Partnership Excellence Awards

The Shawnee Tribe’s 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. Read more at OPSU News!

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Mar 4, 2024

2024 Graduation Honors and Higher Education Achievement Banquet

The 2024 Higher Education Achievement Banquet will be on Sunday, June 2 at the Shawnee Tribe Community Building. Request honor items to wear at graduation and to RSVP for the banquet by Monday, April 15.

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Feb 15, 2024

Call for Artists: Great Circle Alliance’s Recovering Ohio’s Indigenous Voices

The Great Circle Alliance (GCA) is pleased to announce an Ohio-America 250 project, “Recovering Ohio’s Indigenous Voices.” A core part of the project invites artists whose lineage traces back to Ohio’s Removed Tribes—Miami, Delaware, Wyandot, Seneca-Cayuga, Potawatomi, Shawnee, Ottawa, and others—to submit an application to participate. The selected artists will visit Ohio, tour the Hopewell […]

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Feb 12, 2024

Retired Tribal Vehicle Finds New Home

15-PASSENGER VAN GIFTED TO GROVE VETERANS RITUAL TEAM  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.  The Grove Veterans Ritual Team’s eleven members, including the Shawnee Tribe’s own Herb Adams (US Army, […]

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