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jason, scoot in. they continue to held on to the memory of their ancestors and keep their traditions alive. today, three generations of osage gather. and we get to witness a new chapter in our history. okay, everyone. even though they tried to take our culture from us, it s still here. and it s as strong today as it has been. everyone say osage . osage! i can only see it getting stronger. sounds like there s this rebirth happening. there is. you can see people wanting that knowledge. the participation is growing again. our young people want it. they want what their people had. i see that in our kids. my kids are aware that they are osage. and they are very proud. ....
Osage moved away. it would take more than 100 years to right the course of history. mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 2912. in 2004, then chief jim gray and his team pushed a bill through congress to restore the osages right to self-govern. because of a law created in 1906 by this congress, the osage tribe have not been afforded the same rights as every other federally recognized tribe. preventing the tribe from determining its membership and form of government is the exact opposite of promoting self-determination. everyone understood the gravity of what we were doing, and they wanted to be here to see history. the bill is passed. and i think that in many ways, that s exactly what we did. this young country is home to an ancient, noble, and enduring native culture. the bill was finally signed into law as part of president ....
e lonch ca. what is e lonk ca? e lonk ca is a dance. every summer, osages from all over the world come to celebrate, cook, and eat together as one tribe. when i think of osage culture, i think of e lonch ca. i think of our traditional dress, our osage food, and all of those things are distinctly osage. woo, it s looking good. shannon and her father have worked hard to keep their traditions alive. today they re sharing some family recipes that are over 100 years old. what an incredible experience. ....
every summer osages from all over the world come to celebrate. cook and eat together. as one tribe. when i think of osage culture. i think of our traditional dress. or osage food. and all of those things are distinctly osage. that s looking good. shannon and her father worked hard to keep the traditions alive. today, they are sharing family recipes that are over 100 years old. incredible experience. ....
What s it like for you to be standing on land that you all have gotten back? it s spiritual and political. it s a place for the bison, a place for us to live our lives somewhat as our ancestors did. what s the future of the osage? self determination. the stuff that happened in the past, we need to remember it, never forget it, but learn from it and go forward. while we were victims of that time, we don t live like victims today. what makes us osage is that we always move forward. that is what i think henry, my great grandfather would say, keep going forward. george scoot, edmond right behind jaden. the osage won t let that dark moment in their history define them. ....