This case introduces the current educational leadership context found in the executive branch of the Osage Nation, which is experiencing an era of rapid growth in the wake of a constitutional reform effort in 2004 to 2006. Utilizing a specific narrative that puts an Osage educational leader in charge of developing a 10-year plan that will guide the development of an emerging Osage Nation Birth-12th grade school system, this case helps educational leaders consider the various dynamics associated with building schools and educational programming from the perspective of the Osage Nation executive branch.