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2. Geoffrey Standing Bear - Wikipedia

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   The tribe has also developed a $160 million casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma, new educational and language preservation initiatives, and two community centers. [citation needed] The tribe has challenged the Oklahoma Attorney General's office with regard to tribal sovereignty and water/mineral rights. [6]

3. Osage Indian murders - Wikipedia

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   The tribe had retained mineral rights to its reservation. [6] Each tribal member had what were known as headrights to the mineral rights on communal land. [7] [8] When valuable oil was found on their land and leases were sold for oil production, each member with headrights was paid a share of the lucrative annual royalties for leases by oil ...

4. Buck Colbert Franklin - Wikipedia

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   He practiced law in Ardmore, then in 1912 moved the family to the African American town Rentiesville, Oklahoma. [2] Franklin established a newspaper, the Rentiesville News, and served as postmaster general for the town. [2] Much of his legal work involved defending the land and mineral rights of the Native American and freedmen communities. [2]

5. United States v. Ramsey (1926) - Wikipedia

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   The Osage tribe was one of the wealthiest in the United States, but with the mineral rights transferring to the land owners in 1926, their murder rates also became the highest in the United States. [17] By 1925, Osage families were earning about $65,000 per year, compared to white families that were averaging $1,000. [18]

6. Landman (oil worker) - Wikipedia

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   A Landman or "Petroleum Landman"—in the United States and Canada—is an individual who performs various services for oil and gas exploration companies. [1] According to the website of the American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL), these services include but are not limited to: negotiating for the acquisition or divestiture of mineral rights; negotiating business agreements that ...

7. Oklahoma attorney general sees 'travesty' if US Supreme Court ...

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   When lawyers for Richard Glossip argue before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to vacate his conviction for a 1997 murder, the Oklahoma death row inmate will have an unlikely ally: Gentner ...