RJ Walker

Robert James Walker Jr. is an Osage politician who has served as a member of the Osage Nation Congress since 2026. He previously served as Assistant Principal Chief of the Osage Nation from June 2022 to June 2026.

Early life and education RJ Walker was born on September 11, 1972 at Claremore Indian Hospital in Claremore, Oklahoma. He graduated from Pawhuska High School in 1990 and later went on to attend University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma.

Political career In 2002, Walker was hired by the 31st Tribal Council to manage the Transportation Improvement Program currently known as the Roads Department. As Director of the Roads Department, he effectively led the department as it moved toward establishing its own self-governance. Ten years later, Walker was elected to the 3rd Osage Nation Congress in 2012.

Over the course of his time as a member of Congress, Walker was a strong advocate for infrastructure development, partnerships with local governments, land buy-back efforts, emergency services, self-governance, language and cultural initiatives, employee rights and protections, child care, and taxation opportunities on Osage lands. Throughout this period he served on the Osage County Industrial Authority Board and Pawhuska Business Development Center Incubator Board.

Walker served as the 6th Osage Nation Congressional Speaker in 2016 and 2017.

Walker ran for the Osage Nation Congress in 2026 and won a seat in the June election.

Personal Walker currently resides in Pawhuska, Oklahoma with his wife. He has three daughters, two sons, and two grandchildren. Walker served as Assistant Principal Chief exactly one-hundred years after his great-great grandfather, Louis Bighorse, had between 1920-1922. Walker enjoys golfing in his free time, and in 2015 won the inaugural city golf championship at Pawhuska Golf & Country Club.