Welcome to Osage Group
Osage Group
Bienvenue chez Osage Group.
The unified umbrella of the Osage diaspora ecosystem โ patient capital, civic record, sovereign infrastructure, and the standing observances of a people in two halves. A small house with a long horizon.
A short history
Osage Group takes its name from a particular line โ descended from Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker (1887โ1942), Wah-Zha-Zhe of Pawhuska, the first Native American to attain the rank of Major General in U.S. Army history. The General died at sea three days after the Battle of Midway, leading the long-range air mission he had himself planned. The Chairman Emeritus seat on our board is held permanently in his honour and is never refilled.
The Osage people, the Wazhazhe, secured something almost unique among Native nations: when the United States dissolved their reservation in 1907, the Osage kept the mineral estate communally. The land was divided. The wealth beneath it was not. That instinct โ to keep what matters held together โ is the operating principle of this house, and it is the reason the diaspora is organised the way it is now, a hundred and twenty years later.
The full memorial to the General is at osage.memorial. The international face of the diaspora โ the heritage-institution corporate IA, the working entities, the standing partnerships โ is at osage.global.
Our board
Chairman Emeritus, in standing memory: Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker (1887โ1942) โ first Native American Major General; killed in action at Midway. The Chairman Emeritus seat is held permanently in His honour and is never refilled.
Chairman of the Board: Chief Smoke Hunter DuPont, Keeper of the Sacred Fire of the Smoke Clan of the Osage Nation.
Board members:
- Chief Smoke Hunter DuPont โ Chairman of the Board; Keeper of the Sacred Fire.
- His Royal Highness Cyrus Pahlavi
- Sheikh Mansour Al Fahim
- Zach Kelling
- Oleg
Full bios, standing committees, and the working drafts of both partnership memoranda at osage.global/board and osage.global/partnerships.
What we give back
A standing share of operating profit flows to the Osage Foundation (501(c)(3)) and to Osage NGO (international civic). The Foundation directs philanthropic capital toward three enduring concerns: cultural and linguistic preservation of the Osage Nation; the education of Native American and rural-American students; and the care of the historical record. Awards announced 7 June each year.
A peek at the ecosystem
The on-chain settlement layer is held entirely separately at osage.network with documentation at docs.osage.network.