He is also active with Sigma Tau Gamma, NSU Alumni Association and the National Association of Campus Ministries. Mason is involved in numerous organizations including Rotary International, Oklahoma Indian Baptist Association, Phi Delta Kappa and American Indian Children with Disabilities. Bush and subsequently appointed by President Barack Obama to the Oklahoma Selective Services System district appeals board. He also holds the distinguishment of being the Nation’s first Congressional Speaker. He served on the Osage Nation’s 1 st Congress in 2006 and subsequently served the next 14 years. He continued in education as an adjunct professor in the Humanities Department at Rogers State University.įrom the education field he entered the political arena. Mason spent 30 years as an educator for Tulsa Public Schools, first as a classroom teacher, then a certified counselor and Title IX and Johnson O’Malley Indian Education director. He is currently the executive minister of Tulsa’s All Tribes Indian Baptist Church and has been an “Ambassador of Good Will” for Oklahoma and the city of Tulsa, traveling internationally. Mason holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education and a Master of Education from Northeastern State University and has completed post-graduate studies at the University of Tulsa. Mason is a member of the Osage and Cherokee nations, former Osage Nation Congressman, retired educator and the Grayhorse District Head Committeeman. Mason’s traditional knowledge fulfills the criteria of an elder, and we wish to honor that knowledge with the doctorate of humane letters.” “He embodies the resiliency of our tribal cultures as well as strength in service to our people. Nicky Michael, interim president in a news release. “We are very honored and truly blessed to have Archie Mason as this year’s honorary doctorate recipient and commencement speaker,” said Dr.
Mason will also serve as the commencement speaker on Saturday, May 14. The Bacone College Board of Trustees will confer an honorary doctorate of humane letters on former Bacone trustee Archie Mason during its spring 2022 commencement.
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