Welcome to Osage Group
Osage Group
The unified umbrella of the Osage diaspora ecosystem — patient capital, civic record, sovereign infrastructure, and the standing observances of a people in two halves.
Welcome to Osage Group
Osage Group
Bienvenue chez Osage Group.
The unified umbrella of the Osage diaspora ecosystem — 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 — descended from Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker (1887–1942), Wah-Zha-Zhe, 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 — to keep what matters held together — 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 — the heritage-institution corporate IA, the working entities, the standing partnerships — is at osage.global.
Executive leadership
Hunter Smoke Dupont — Chief Executive Officer.
Operational head of the Group. Reports to the board. The CEO’s office coordinates Capital, Tech, Industries, Farm, Foundation, NGO, Institute, and Family on standing terms; standing decisions route through this office.
Our board
Chairman Emeritus, in standing memory: Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker (1887–1942) — first Native American Major General; killed in action at Midway. The Chairman Emeritus seat is held permanently in His honour and is never refilled.
Active board composition is held privately at the founder’s discretion. Standing committees and governance principles are published at osage.global/board.
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.