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John Joseph Mathews (November 16, 1894 – June 16, 1979) became one of the Osage Nation's most important spokespeople and writers of the mid-20th century, and served on the Osage Tribal Council from 1934 to 1942. Mathews was born into an influential Osage family, the son of William Shirley Mathews an Osage Nation
Sundown is a 1934 novel by the Osage writer John Joseph Mathews.Set in the Osage Nation and Osage County, Oklahoma, the novel follows the life of a "mixed blood" [a] Osage boy named Challenge Windzer as he navigates the conflicts between Osage traditionalism and assimilationism during the early 20th century.
During the summer of 1932, John Joseph Mathews designed a two-room home to be built out of native sandstone. [1] The center of the design was a fireplace. On July 24, 1932, Mathews moved into the home. Stanley Vestal and his wife stayed as his guests on the first night. [2]
William Shirley Mathews was an Osage politician who served in several positions of Osage Nation government. He served as the Osage Nation treasurer between 1882 and 1886, chief justice between 1890 and 1892, and prosecuting attorney between 1894 and 1896, as well as on the tribal council from 1910 and 1912. He was also the father of John Joseph ...
After A-Ci'n-Ga's death between 1819 and 1825, he sent his two daughters to boarding school in Kentucky where they met John Allen Mathews. [6] Mary Ann married Mathews in the mid-1830s and after her death in 1843, Mathews married her sister Sara. [9] Williams great-grandson through Sara is John Joseph Mathews. [6]
John Allen Mathews was a native of Kentucky with Virginia roots. [1] Mathews worked as a blacksmith sent by the United States to work among Indian tribes to fulfil treaty obligations. He worked for the Seneca tribe in 1839 before being sent to work in the Osage Nation in 1840. [ 2 ]
John E. Mathews (1892–1955), American lawyer, legislator, and judge; John Allen Mathews (?–1861), American frontiersman and Confederate officer; John Joseph Mathews (1894–1979), Osage Nation leader; John Hopper Mathews (1926–2015), Osage Nation academic and child actor; John Hobson Mathews (1858–1914), Roman Catholic historian ...
John Hopper Mathews (August 3, 1926 – February 2, 2015) was an American and Osage Nation actor, professor, and research scientist. Mathews was born in Los Angeles and shortly after his father, John Joseph Mathews , left the family.