How Osage Tribal Members Declare War on Tribe of DOGE

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                     

Chief Standing Bear of the Osage Nation signs the fee-to-trust agreement.  The Osage Nation Reservation is located in northeast Oklahoma and was established in 1870. 

The Osage Indian Tribal members could have all suffered heart attacks with high blood pressures  as the lopping of Federal funds reached their reservation population members. 

        Osage Indians in Washington DC-in Library of Congress

Tribal leaders scrambled Tuesday to respond to the abrupt decision by the Trump administration to freeze federal grants and loans, a move that could impact more than $1 billion in federal funding in tribal communities for health care, education, climate projects, agriculture, law enforcement and other programs.

For the Osage Nation, photography has harmed.....and healed .  The Osage women were swindled out of the holdings, their money by the White Man, and they're not about to be swindled again by the Federal Government's Elon Musk and his band of merry men.  

One lady had her money in their account through the tribe.  She was told it was frozen.  She cannot draw it out and needs it to pay for her assisted living quarters.  Money held by the tribe has always been protected by the Federal government, not stolen away by them.  

“The Trump Administration’s funding freeze is not only reckless and flagrantly illegal — it is a direct assault on Tribal communities, rural America, and vulnerable populations across the country,” U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat from Maine, said in a statement.                                     

The Osage Nation is a Native American tribe, part of the Dhegiha branch of the Siouan linguistic stock, with ancestral territories in what is now Oklahoma, and they are known for their rich history, culture, and the discovery of oil on their reservation which led to their wealth.  

The Osage Tribe, a branch of Sioux Tribal origins, have declared war on the Federal Government.  If you watched Killers of the Flower Moon in disbelief, you weren’t alone. After the movie premiered, Google searches for “Osage” increased 75%, and one of the most searched-for phrases was “is Killers of the Flower Moon true?” This is often the reaction whenever a little-known chapter of our history is made into media for public consumption. But the story—and proof of it—have been in the National Archives for decades.  Yes, it's true.           

                   You're witnessing the war dance of the Osage Nation here on their reservation in Oklahoma. Who are they going to war against? Their new enemy is called the Tribe of DOGE.

DOGE has just ordered the closure of 25 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) offices, including the Osage Agency in Pawhuska, OK. It is devastating to the self-determination, the sovereignty of the Osage Nation. This is the beginning of a new Trail of Tears.

Is this how our government treats their family?  Their friends?  

The Osage Minerals Council said in a statement March 2 that it "opposes and rejects" a plan by the U.S. Department of Governmental Efficiency  (DOGE) to close the Pawhuska office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Dating back to 1906. when surface property in what is now Osage County was allotted, the Osage tribe retained control of the subsurface, including but not limited to resources such as petroleum and natural gas.

Evidently the Federal government have been terminating many Indian tribes, but not the Osage.  They are a viable tribe , now producing some lawyers who are knowledgeable about their history and wish to preserve it.  

Under the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, Bureau of Indian Affairs offices are undergoing sudden and unexpected layoffs and closures across the state of Oklahoma. Tribal leaders are taking matters into their own hands to mitigate the impact on their citizens.

Following numerous layoffs across Indian Country earlier this week, agencies across Oklahoma in Watonga, Pawnee, Seminole, Osage and Carnegie were listed for closure on DOGE’s ‘Wall of Receipts.’ Additionally, layoffs were reported at the Miami Agency, with 15 employees losing their jobs.

Resource:

https://gregpalastinvestigates.substack.com/p/osage-go-to-war-on-doge

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=9721272571226670

https://ictnews.org/news/tribes-scramble-to-respond-to-trump-administration-funding-freeze

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_termination_policy

 

Fired By A Government With Empty Pockets

 Nadene Goldfoot                                                   

 Billionaire Elon Musk and his Department Of Government Efficiency aides that look like college boys, have done the dirty work hurting more than 100,000 federal employees to have already lost their jobs in the past two months through layoffs of probationary employees, who are new to government work or recently moved between agencies or accepted a promotion.   

The DOGE effort helmed by Elon Musk appears to be focusing on technology and personnel in its stated goal to cut government spending. Staffers (his squad) connected to DOGE and often to Musk's companies, including SpaceX and Tesla, are fanning out across federal agencies, where they are gaining access to sensitive systems and information on government payments and employees.  

 Trump tasked Musk with dramatically slashing government via the Department of Government Efficiency team. Its work has been secretive and controversial and has created chaos throughout the federal workforce.                                            

Another about 75,000 federal employees accepted the original buyout offer Trump extended shortly after he took office.  Is anybody going to work in this country again?  

Federal workers of certain departments are being fired like the Dept of Education.  Even the CIA is threatened !  Central Intelligence Agency: The agency has started to fire some probationary employees, multiple outlets reported, after firing some diversity staffers in February who had been placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the federal government—it’s unclear what prompted the latest round of firings, but a federal judge ruled in February that CIA Director John Ratcliffe had the authority to fire officers at will.  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: The agency is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 employees in a second round of layoffs that is expected to impact about 10% of its workforce.  They are involved in weather forecasting.  The VA will lose 80,000 workers, and one veteran I know feels there isn't enough help for them as it is.  

Yesterday was the deadline for federal agencies and departments to give the Trump administration their plans for large-scale layoffs, and the details about how many people will be fired are expected to come out throughout the coming weeks.

Our government was designed to keep this from happening, yet it is trying, anyway.    "The U.S. government is structured with three branches – Legislative, Executive, and Judicial – each with specific powers, designed to check and balance the others, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful. " 

The Judicial is trying the hardest to stop the firing.   In separate rulings, judges in Maryland and California ordered the reinstatement of probationary workers fired last month across many agencies.  The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 created an administrative agency inside the government to hear complaints from federal workers who say they have been wrongly demoted or discharged. And the Supreme Court said this agency provides the “exclusive forum” to decide those claims, not an independent federal court.  

                                     Schumer, "No winners in a shutdown";  

On December 20, the U.S. House and Senate passed a second Continuing Resolution (CR; H.R. 10545) to extend federal spending and avert a government shutdown through March 14, 2025. The bipartisan CR passed the U.S. House and Senate by bipartisan votes of 366-34 and 85-11 respectively just hours before midnight when the first stopgap measure was set to expire. 

The Democrats do not want to be the ones who are responsible for the shutdown so would not vote.   

Resource:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-democrats-tight-lipped-after-huddling-looming-government/story?id=119772584

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5288988/doge-elon-musk-staff-trump

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/13/federal-government-layoff-plans-due-trump-doge-cuts/82361211007/ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/03/13/heres-where-trumps-government-layoffs-are-targeted-as-judge-orders-reinstatement-of-thousands-of-fired-workers/

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5288988/doge-elon-musk-staff-trump