Osage Nation Museum

05/04/2026

Join us at Title VI to identify Individuals in the Allottee Photograph Collection. May 4-7 from 11 to 1 pm.

02/14/2026

Our community is mourning the passing of a great leader, Principal Chief James Roan Gray of the Osage Nation. The Osage Nation Museum extends our deepest condolences to his wife Olivia “Libby” Gray, his children, grandchildren, siblings and numerous other relatives and friends.

This extraordinary portrait of Chief Gray by Rox Anne Red Corn captures a young yet venerable leader at the height of his political influence and authority. The artist expresses his quiet but powerful strength and determination so familiar to those who knew him. As the Osage News attests, “Under his leadership, the Osage Nation redesigned its government at a pivotal time, when the Nation faced the potential risk of termination after the last original allottee passed.” Symbolic of this great change, Chief Gray stands next to the Constitution of the Osage which was ratified and signed during his term in 2006. Rox Anne Red Corn reflects, “As an Osage tribal member, it was an honor to paint Chief Gray’s portrait, to have it hang alongside other portraits of past great Osage leaders.”

Artist, Rox Anne Red Corn
Portrait of Chief James Roan Gray (2010)
Oil on canvas
ONM Permanent Collection; Object Photo: Ryan Red Corn
https://osagenews.org/principal-chief-james-roan-gray-obituary/

01/27/2026

Today, numerous family, friends, and community members, gathered together to lay Ms. Kathryn Jenny Red Corn (1941-2026) to rest at the Osage Tribal Cemetery. She served as the director of our Museum for seventeen years (1998-2015), and it is a profound loss for the Museum to no longer have access to the wisdom and guidance that she generously shared over the years since her retirement.

Ms. Red Corn had a brilliant understanding of how to create a cultural space that truly engaged Osage citizens in a way that deepened our connections with our history, with our traditions, and indeed, with one another. Her landmark exhibit "2,229" of original Allottee photographs resonates strongly with Osages and remains the most popular exhibit at the Museum. Remarkably, she and her staff secured images of approximately 1500 of the 2,229 Osages on the Allotment membership rolls. The exhibit development itself and the subsequent display provided a means for tribal members and descendants to directly connect with the Museum; reaching out into the community with a comprehensive approach and bringing in individual descendants and their stories. During the exhibit, Ms. Red Corn arranged for a roll call of all 2,229 allottees. After a descendant would call the allottee’s name out, the bell in the Museum cupola would be rung, sounding out into our reservation, name after name. The beauty, depth and richness of this exhibit and such related activities demonstrates her creativity, intelligence, and ability to strike at the very ideas and concepts the community wants to see. This is but one of the many enduring projects Ms. Red Corn accomplished; her extraordinary life, career, and legacy is described below by Osage News. We foreground the "2,229" exhibit here today while remembering Ms. Red Corn because it will stand as a great monument to our people, our relations, and our community; all things that Ms. Red Corn loved and served throughout her life.

We keep her family in our thoughts and prayers: her daughter Juli Cote, her son-in-law, Geoffrey Cote Sr.; her grandsons, Geoffrey Cote Jr., Christopher Cote (and his wife Jordan Cocker), Andrew Cote, and David Cote.

https://osagenews.org/kathryn-jenny-red-corn-obituary/

11/25/2025

This season reminds us how grateful we are for everyone who walks through our doors. We’ll be taking a short Thanksgiving break and look forward to reopening soon. May your holiday be filled with warmth, gratitude, and good company. 🍁🍂🦃

10/31/2025

NOTICE | The Osage Zine-Making Workshop is postponed. A new date will be announced soon!

10/25/2025

The Osage Nation Museum will be closed Saturday, October 25th for the Veterans Appreciation Reception held at the Wakon Iron Hall from 2 to 4 PM.

10/25/2025

10/24/2025