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The Osage are descendants of cultures of Indigenous peoples who had been in North America for thousands of years. Studies of their traditions and language show that they were part of a group of Dhegihan-Siouan speaking people who lived in the Ohio River valley area, extending into present-day Kentucky.
By 1920, the market for oil had grown dramatically and brought much wealth to the Osage. In 1923 alone, the tribe took in more than $30 million (equivalent to $352 million in 2023). [18] People across the U.S. read about the Osage, called "the richest nation, clan, or social group of any race on earth, including the whites, man for man". [3]
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A few Texas-based actors who had roles in the film not only agree with Grann that this particular time in Osage history was traumatic and agonizing to members of the tribe, but they are also ...
Journalist David Grann took a trip out to the Osage Nation in Oklahoma in 2012 after hearing about what happened in the early 1900s. Following the discovery of oil on their land, dozens of Osage ...
Before 1750, Kentucky was populated nearly exclusively by Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and several other tribes of Native Americans [1] See also Pre-Columbian; April 13, 1750 • While leading an expedition for the Loyal Land Company in what is now southeastern Kentucky, Dr. Thomas Walker was the first recorded American of European descent to discover and use coal in Kentucky; [2]
Osage Nation’s Chief Geoffrey Standing Bear on how Osage storytelling connects us with our past and our present.
The Sturges Osage Treaty was a treaty negotiated between the United States and the Osage Nation in 1868. The treaty was submitted to both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate but was never ratified. [2]: 300 The treaty arose out of a growing need to relocate the Osage to a new reservation.