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The people regulated marriage through the clans: clan members had to marry people from opposite clans or divisions. Clan representation was expressed in the arrangement of Osage villages. The sky people lived on the side opposite the earth people, and the lodges of the Osage spiritual leaders were situated in between the two sides.
The United States Osage Agent, Cyrus Beede, encouraged the Osage to form an elected form of government. In 1878, the Osage Nation held its first democratic election for a tribal leader. Joseph Pawnee-no-pashe was elected the first "governor" of the Osage Nation and won re-election in 1880. [2]
American people of Osage descent (6 P) O. Osage Nation people (3 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Osage people" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
In Osage County, which is also the boundary for the Osage Nation reservation, annual cattle production from 1970 to 2017 declined by more than 19%, while statewide numbers increased by 3% during ...
In their own Siouan language, the Missouri call themselves Niúachi, also spelled Niutachi, meaning "People of the River Mouth." [4] The Osage called them the Waçux¢a, and the Quapaw called them the Wa-ju'-xd¢ǎ. [5] The state of Missouri and the Missouri River are named for the tribe.
Osage Nation Congress member Brandy Lemon, who served as the liaison between the Osage community and the production, said she was surprised to receive a call about working with the movie ...
In the 1920s, scores of people from the Osage Nation were systematically killed or went missing in Oklahoma, The New York Times reports. Shop Now Killers of the Flower Moon
Muncy–after the Munsee people < Munsee language mənsiw, 'person from Minisink' (minisink meaning 'at the island': mənəs 'island' + -ink locative suffix) + -iw attributive suffix. [98] Nanticoke – From the Nanticoke language, 'Tide water people.' (In reference to themselves) [78] Nemacolin – after the 18th-century Lenape chief Nemacolin.