Announcements & Events

CLOSURE NOTICE - The Absentee Shawnee Tribe will close at 12 pm Wednesday, October 2, 2024 for the AST Employee Appreciation Event.

93rd Semi-Annual General Council Meeting Saturday, October 5, 2024 Thunderbird Event Center, Norman, OK Breakfast, Box lunch $10 slot free play for AST members Elders Council Raffle AST Public Health will be administering Flu shots before the meeting in the Warrior Room from 9-10 AM  

Native Outreach Events Absentee Shawnee Wills Clinic at  Thunderbird Casino (Warrior Room), 15700 OK 9, Norman, OK 73026 October 31, 2024 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Last appointment at 2 pm OILS will be available to provide answers to legal questions and take applications for legal services OILS cannot provide advice if you currently have an attorney. We cannot provide advice for criminal matters involving the state district courts. OILS must follow federal poverty guidelines to provide services. www.oilsonline.org 405.943.6457 800.658.1497 (in-state only)

The Executive Committee of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, in accordance with the Constitution, Article XVI, Section 3, “Executive Committee Meetings” here by calls and declares public notice that the REGULAR meeting of the Executive Committee of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma has been scheduled for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Complex in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Misty McGirt, Tribal Secretary Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Dated this 6th day of  September 2024.

Dementia Bingo Event   The Dementia Services grants staff will host a Bingo Event on Saturday, September 7, from 10:00 am to 3:00 p.m. at the AST Multipurpose Building at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Complex in Shawnee! This event is to provide “edutainment” — Our Dementia Care Specialist will talk about Fentanyl, Dementia, and the Brain. We will have a guest speaker from the Alzheimer’s Association who will give us an update on the latest advancements in Alzheimer’s. Preferred for AST Tribal members & Native Americans but open to public. Due to limited seating, the event is for ADULTS only 18 years and older.

Please read the statement from the AST Tax Commission regarding the Mason Treat Act.

In honor of AST Day and Labor Day, The Absentee Shawnee Tribe will be closed Friday August 30 (AST Day) and Monday September 2  (Labor Day) 2024.

Betty Lou "Marty" Watson, age 83 of Norman, Oklahoma, passed from this life Friday, August 2, 2024 at her home in Norman, Oklahoma. She was born September 15, 1940 in Norman, Oklahoma to Harry and Lillie (Sloan) MaHardy. Betty grew up in Little Axe, Oklahoma and graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1958. She attended Haskell Institute and graduated in 1960.  She earned a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Oklahoma. She married her first husband, Herbert "Hap" Harjo and had sons; Michael Ray Harjo, and Brian Keith Harjo Watson. She later married M. Frank Watson in 1973 in Las Vegas, NV and gained three stepsons.     Betty was self-employed  as an entrepreneur.  She owned and operated several businesses, such as a custom home building company, an oil and gas company, a race horse training and breeding ranch, an industrial cleaning chemical company, a precious metal recycling company and was a licensed pilot.  She was a tribal consultant that was instrumental in obtaining grants and intergovernmental agreements, that are used to this day. She was a big fan of the OKC Thunder and the Kansas City Chiefs, and was proud to be an Absentee Shawnee tribal member.        She is preceded in death by; her parents; her husband, Frank Watson; her infant daughter; her son Michael Ray Harjo; her sisters, Evelyn MaHardy Johnson, and Virginia MaHardy Sutton; her brother, Roy MaHardy; her niece, Linda Ellis; her nephew, Ronald "Sonny" Johnson; her loving companion, Marty Ellis.                Survivors include; son, Brian Keith Watson of Norman, OK; aunts, Esteline (Sloan) Schulenberg, Majorie Kaniatobe of Norman, OK, and Jenifer Sloan of Tecumseh, OK; step-sons, Vince Watson and Carol of Mannford, OK; Tracy Watson and Jo Ann of Prattville, OK; Lance Watson of Tulsa; step-grandchildren, Christi Fouts and Kyle of Berryhill, OK; Brittany Streeval and Colin of Berryhill, OK; Travis Watson and Lauren of OKC; and Ryan Watson of OKC; step-great-grandchildren, Deklynd Fouts, Asher Fouts, Hadley Streeval, Tyson Watson, Tate Watson, Jaxon Watson, McKenzie Watson, Kaden Watson, E'lise Watson; lifelong friends, Rose Wilson, Rev. Marilyn Bread, James Ross, Antone Rolette, Glenna Wallace, Vanna Barger, Ella Coleman, and Atheda Fletcher; numerous loving neices, nephews and other family and friends.

THE ENROLLMENT OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED FOR TRAINING AUGUST 12-16, 2024. WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE.