Announcements & Events

Christmas closure-  The Absentee Shawnee Tribe will be closed Tuesday December 24 and Wednesday December 25 for Christmas

Check out the AST Agriculture Department featured in the new promotional video, shown for the first time yesterday at the National Indian Ag Conference. https://youtu.be/9yui7B4AUbE?si=gFB9jTTJqodS6vYN 

Applications for the 2024 AST Children's Christmas Gift Cards are now available online. Children's Christmas $25 Gift Card Program Application Deadline: Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 at 5:00 PM CST. Applications must be submitted before December 31st, 2024 at 5:00 PM (FIRM DEADLINE, NO EXCEPTIONS) We are not responsible for lost or stolen gift cards. The $25 gift cards will be mailed out by the end of January, 2025. No Longer Accepting Applications

The Absentee Shawnee Tribe will close at 12pm Wednesday December 4, 2024 for the AST Employee Christmas Party.

Ho! Ho! Ho! It’s a special time of year and the Secretary’s Department presents the 2024 CHRISTMAS COLORING CONTEST Eligibility is open to all AST youth ages 3-17 There are 4 ways you can go about making sure your kiddo gets a coloring sheet: 1). If you are local you can pick up sheets in Building number 1 at the reception desk 2). If you email arosales@astribe.com requesting what age group you are needing we will send what is needed 3). If you are needing coloring sheets to be mailed to your home address please call Alexas at 405.275.4030 Ext: 3641 4). They will be available for download on the Absentee Shawnee Tribe website page Download coloring sheets here, Ages 3-5 Ages 6-8 Ages 9-12 Ages 13-17 All coloring sheets are due by December 23rd, 2024 Winners will be announced December 30th, 2024

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 Thursday, November 21, 2024 at 1 PM at the Absentee Shawnee Tribal Complex in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Misty McGirt, Tribal Secretary Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma Dated this 6th day of  November 2024.

REVISED - 2024 HALLOWEEN COLORING CONTEST AST SECRETARY’S DEPARTMENT PRESENTS A COLORING CONTEST FOR AST TRIBAL YOUTH AGES 3-12 AGES HAVE BEEN BASED UPON 3 DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS THERE WILL BE ONE PRIZE WINNER PER AGE GROUP PICK UP COLORING SHEETS AT THE RECEPTION OFFICE IN BUILDING 1 ON SHAWNEE CAMPUS ALL COLORING SHEETS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 5PM THURSDAY OCTOBER 31ST WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY NOVEMBER 4 IF YOU NEED OTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR A COLORING SHEET PLEASE CONTACT: ALEXAS ROSALES 405.716.4988 Download coloring sheets here - Coloring sheet ages 3-5  Coloring sheet ages 6-8 Coloring sheet ages 9-12

AST 477 Parent Committee Elections October 16, 6-7:30 pm AST Multi-Purpose Building, 2029 James L Edwards Lane, Shawnee, OK 74801 If interested in running, please email 477program@astribe.com  

THE ABSENTEE SHAWNEE TRIBE WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2024 IN OBSERVANCE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' DAY