![]() ![]() ![]() He is responsible for many tribes gaining 8(a) small business designation in order to qualify for preference in contracting (including the Osage Nation) with the federal government. With a degree in Business from the University of Oklahoma, he’s been a Federal Estate Tax Specialist, he has served as a Fiduciary Trust Officer for banks in San Francisco, Santa Rosa, Calif., and Tulsa, until he went into business for himself as a business consultant for many Oklahoma tribes. He has seven grandchildren, with one of his granddaughters, Blake Sisk, recently deceased and 10 great-grandchildren. Their six children are Susan Shannon, Stanley Shannon (deceased), Ruth Shannon Shaw, Carolyn Shannon (deceased), Allen Shannon and Margaret Shannon Sisk. Shannon has six children with his late wife Mary Agnes Wagoshe Shannon, who passed away in 1991. He has one sister, Mary Shannon Brave and two half brothers, Charles Shannon (deceased) and Claude Shannon Jr. ![]() He is a member of the Morrell Family Chapter Native American Church. He is of the Hominy District, the Deer Clan and his Osage name is Wah-Kon-See-A – When the Deer Herd Looks Up. He is the grandson of Bob and Grace Penn Morrell. His parents are Claude Shannon (non-Indian) and Lenora Morrell Hamilton, the first full-blood Osage woman to graduate high school. He was born in Tulsa at Hillcrest Hospital in 1934. George Albert Shannon, 83, resides in Skiatook with his high school sweetheart, Elnora Supernaw Shannon. ![]()
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