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Commemorative Sesquicentennial blanket goes on sale July 14

A commemorative Pendleton blanket designed by Osage artist Jasmine Phetsacksith to celebrate the Nation’s removal from Kansas to its present-day Oklahoma reservation, will go on sale at 9 a.m. at the Osage Nation Visitors Center in Pawhuska

The Osage Nation’s commemorative Sesquicentennial Pendleton blanket, designed by Osage artist Jasmine Phetsacksith, will go on sale at 9 a.m. July 14 at the Osage Nation Visitors Center in Pawhuska.

The blanket is $275 and customers are limited to five blankets per person due to the number of blankets in stock. The blanket is a limited edition, so it is first come, first served.

The blanket has a commemorative seal for the Nation’s Sesquicentennial Celebration. ECHO REED/Osage News

Phetsacksith’s design was selected out of more than 50 submissions from Osage artists in April of last year. A seven-person panel selected the design for its quality of design, originality, message, subject accessibility, and appeal.

The Nation’s Sesquicentennial Celebration was held in October of last year, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the tribe’s removal from Kansas to its present-day Oklahoma reservation. Due to supply chain issues following the Covid-19 pandemic, and a required sovereign immunity waiver from Pendleton Woolen Mills, Inc., the production of the blanket was delayed.

In a previous Osage News article, Phetsacksith said the colors of the blanket represent health, growth, and prosperity. The stripes, crossing diamonds, and diamonds along the top and bottom edge of the blanket are an ombre of browns, pinks, and purples. She said she chose those colors to represent how precious the Osage people are and the love they share for one another.

Jasmine Phetsacksith’s design was chosen out of 50 submissions for the Osage Nation’s commemorative Pendleton blanket for its Sesquicentennial Celebration. Osage News

Phetsacksith is from the ZonZoLi District and of the Sun Carrier clan. She is the founder of Ribbon Roots, a Native American apparel business where she designs ribbon skirts, dresses, bags and baby bonnets. Her work has been featured in numerous fashion shows.  

Phetsacksith is a graduate from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics & Statistics, Actuarial Science and a minor in Finance. Follow her on social media @ribbonroots @jasminephetsacksith

For more information on purchasing a blanket, please contact the Visitors Center at (918) 287-0005 or email them at visitorscenter@osagenation-nsn.gov. The Visitors Center’s normal location is currently closed for renovations. Customers can visit their temporary location at 220 W. Main Street in Pawhuska.

John Bighorse Jr. models the Osage Nation’s commemorative Sesquicentennial Pendleton blanket on July 13, 2023. ECHO REED/Osage News

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Shannon Shaw Duty, Osage from the Grayhorse District, is the editor of the award-winning Osage News, the official independent media of the Osage Nation. She is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a master’s degree in Legal Studies with an emphasis in Indigenous Peoples Law. She currently sits on the Freedom of Information Committee for the Society of Professional Journalists. She has served as a board member for LION Publishers, as Vice President for the Pawhuska Public Schools Board of Education, on the Board of Directors for the Native American Journalists Association (now Indigenous Journalists Association) and served as a board member and Chairwoman for the Pawhuska Johnson O’Malley Parent Committee. She is a Chips Quinn Scholar, a former instructor for the Freedom Forum’s Native American Journalism Career Conference and the Freedom Forum’s American Indian Journalism Institute. She is a former reporter for The Santa Fe New Mexican. She is a 2012 recipient of the Native American 40 Under 40 from the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. In 2014 she helped lead the Osage News to receive NAJA's Elias Boudinot Free Press Award. The Osage News won Best Newspaper from the SPJ-Oklahoma Chapter in their division 2018-2022. Her award-winning work has been published in Indian Country Today, The Washington Post, the Center for Public Integrity, NPR, the Associated Press, Tulsa World and others. She currently resides in Pawhuska, Okla., with her husband and together they share six children, two dogs and two cats.

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