Patrick Martin is the superintendent of Osage Nations Schools, Daposka Ahnkodapi ("Our School" in Osage).
Patrick is a member of the Osage Nation and a lifelong Catholic. He grew up in Tulsa and attended the Church of Saint Mary through High School.
He received a BA in English and French, an BA in Philosophy from the Atheneum Regina Apostolorum, and an MA in Education from Southern Nazarene. Patrick spent 5 years in Mexico and Europe doing missionary work, worked for the Diocese of Tulsa in Hispanic Ministry, and at the TU Newman center in Campus Ministry. He then taught Spanish, Latin, French, and Italian at Central High School, was the principal for 17 years at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School, and is currently the Superintendent at Osage Nation Schools in Pawhuska.
SHOW NOTES:
Immaculate Conception Church, the "Cathedral of the Osage:" https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.1145
The Mercantile Restaurant: https://www.themercantile.com/
Tallgrass Prairie: https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/tallgrass-prairie-preserve/
