Osage Nation: Minerals Council Seeks Federal Legislation Facilitating Return of Osage Headrights
PAWHUSKA, Oklahoma, Nov. 24 -- The Osage Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release:
The Osage Minerals Council (OMC) unanimously voted to seek federal legislation to permit non-Osages who own a "headright" interest in the Osage Mineral Estate to gift or sell those headright interests back to the OMC, the Osage Nation, or Osage individuals. It is believed that approximately 26 percent of all headright interests in the Osage Mine . . .
The Osage Minerals Council (OMC) unanimously voted to seek federal legislation to permit non-Osages who own a "headright" interest in the Osage Mineral Estate to gift or sell those headright interests back to the OMC, the Osage Nation, or Osage individuals. It is believed that approximately 26 percent of all headright interests in the Osage Mine . . .