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Principal Chief Red Eagle appoints Debra Atterberry as senior executive adviser

By

Benny Polacca

Osage Nation Principal Chief John Red Eagle has appointed former ON Congresswoman Debra Atterberry to be his senior executive adviser.

Chief Red Eagle made the announcement during a July 28 all-employee meeting for tribal government workers. She received applause after standing for recognition at the meeting.

Atterberry said she is excited to be working with Chief Red Eagle’s office. She started working in the Executive Branch on July 25, she said after the employee meeting.

Atterberry was elected to the First Osage Nation Congress in 2006 and served a four-year term. During her Congressional term, Atterberry sponsored various pieces of legislation including a previous bill to implement a merit-based employment system for the Nation’s government employees.

The ON Executive Branch is in the process of implementing the merit system, which was passed by the Second ON Congress last fall. Atterberry joins Chief Red Eagle’s staff as the implementation efforts continue, as well as efforts to plan the Nation’s 2012 fiscal year budget.

Atterberry replaces Faren Revard Anderson, who resigned the senior executive adviser position on July 8. Anderson, who also served on the First ON Congress, was appointed by Chief Red Eagle after he won election in July 2010.

Location

Osage Nation Office of the Chiefs

627 Grandview

PawhuskaOK

United States


Original Publish Date: 2011-08-01 00:00:00

Author

  • Benny Polacca

    Title: Senior Reporter

    Email: bpolacca@osagenation-nsn.gov

    Instagram: @bpolacca

    Topic Expertise: Government, Tribal Government, Community

    Languages spoken: English, basic knowledge of Spanish and French

    Benny Polacca (Hopi/ Havasupai/ Pima/ Tohono O’odham) started working at the Osage News in 2009 as a reporter in Pawhuska, Okla., where he’s covered various stories and events that impact the Osage Nation and Osage people. Those newspaper contributions cover a broad spectrum of topics and issues from tribal government matters to features. As a result, Polacca has gained an immeasurable amount of experience in covering Native American affairs, government issues and features so the Osage readership can be better informed about the tribal current affairs the newspaper covers.

    Polacca is part of the Osage News team that was awarded the Native American Journalists Association's Elias Boudinet Free Press Award in 2014 and has won numerous NAJA media awards, as well as awards from the Oklahoma Press Association and SPJ Oklahoma Pro Chapter, for storytelling coverage and photography.

    Polacca earned his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and also participated in the former American Indian Journalism Institute at the University of South Dakota where he was introduced to the basics of journalism and worked with seasoned journalists there and later at The Forum daily newspaper covering the Fargo, N.D. area where he worked as the weeknight reporter.

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Benny Polaccahttps://osagenews.org

Title: Senior Reporter

Email: bpolacca@osagenation-nsn.gov

Instagram: @bpolacca

Topic Expertise: Government, Tribal Government, Community

Languages spoken: English, basic knowledge of Spanish and French

Benny Polacca (Hopi/ Havasupai/ Pima/ Tohono O’odham) started working at the Osage News in 2009 as a reporter in Pawhuska, Okla., where he’s covered various stories and events that impact the Osage Nation and Osage people. Those newspaper contributions cover a broad spectrum of topics and issues from tribal government matters to features. As a result, Polacca has gained an immeasurable amount of experience in covering Native American affairs, government issues and features so the Osage readership can be better informed about the tribal current affairs the newspaper covers.

Polacca is part of the Osage News team that was awarded the Native American Journalists Association's Elias Boudinet Free Press Award in 2014 and has won numerous NAJA media awards, as well as awards from the Oklahoma Press Association and SPJ Oklahoma Pro Chapter, for storytelling coverage and photography.

Polacca earned his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and also participated in the former American Indian Journalism Institute at the University of South Dakota where he was introduced to the basics of journalism and worked with seasoned journalists there and later at The Forum daily newspaper covering the Fargo, N.D. area where he worked as the weeknight reporter.

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