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Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles,...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 322 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Reign of Terror against the Osage people was one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes. As the Wild West was dying, someone was killing members of the Osage nation who had gotten rich off the oil under their land. Investigators who tried to uncover the truth were disappearing, but still J. Edgar Hoover asked a former Texas Ranger to work with the Osage to unravel the mystery.
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Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
xi, 221 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides the first comprehensive presentation of the art of the Osage people, explores the interconnections among their material culture, social organization, cosmology, aesthetics, and rituals. Includes over 100 color photographs of various artifacts and works of Osage art.
10) Cimarron
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Pub. Date
[1984]
Physical Desc
183 pages : map ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
A family moves from Kansas to the Oklahoma Territory as Oklahoma moves from territory to statehood. The male character is a romantic, ethical, classic quoting adventurer, newspaper man, and public speaker, whose wanderlust prevents him from settling down. His wife is a steady, reliable woman who keeps the newspaper running, raises the family, and becomes a Congresswoman. Included in this novel are the lives of their children and how they reflect the...
12) The Osage
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[1988]
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Osage Indians.
15) Maria Tallchief
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Series
Pub. Date
1993.
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the American ballerina and descendant of the Osage tribe.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"After the Civil War, Colonel Jonathan Wainwright is unable to adjust to his old life in Boston as a doctor, so he joins a wagon train bound for Santa Fe. The train is attacked by Indians and renegades, and his experience in the Union cavalry soon has him fighting in another war. Meanwhile, he is drawn to two very different women: Jane Howard, a lively girl with a traumatic past, and Yellow Leaf, an Osage who joins the train for her own reasons. Yellow...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"A biographical picture book about Clarence Tinker, a member of the Osage Nation, who endured abuse growing up at the hands of a boarding school and went on to serve in the United States Air Force in World War II"--
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