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William King Hale (December 24, 1874 – August 15, 1962) was an American political and crime boss in Osage County, Oklahoma, who was responsible for the most infamous of the Osage Indian murders. He made a fortune through cattle ranching , contract killings , and insurance fraud before his arrest and conviction for murder.
Mollie Kyle (also known as Mollie Burkhart and Mollie Cobb; December 1, 1886 – June 16, 1937) was an Osage woman known for surviving the Osage Indian murders.She gained initial prominence in newspaper coverage during the trial of William King Hale and gained renewed prominence in the 21st century when she was portrayed by Lily Gladstone in the film Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).
The BIA granted the request on March 16, 1896, with the stipulation that Foster was to pay the Osage tribe a 10% royalty on all sales of petroleum produced on the reservation. [46] Foster found large quantities of oil, and the Osage benefited greatly monetarily. But this discovery of "black gold" eventually led to more hardships for tribal members.
It is an investigation into the death of the author's Osage grandmother who died during the murders. It was republished in 1999 with the title Bloodland: A Family Story of Oil, Greed and Murder on the Osage Reservation. The third edition, The Deaths of Sybil Bolton: Oil, Greed, and Murder on the Osage Reservation contains a foreword by David Grann.
Paul Red Eagle was born at the Osage Mission's post in Kansas in 1880. [1] He was elected as the assistant chief of the Osage Nation and served from July 1, 1916, to June 30, 1920. [2] In 1922 he was again elected assistant chief, but he became the principal chief in August 1923 following the death of Me-Kah-Wah-She-Tun-Kah.
Tahchee and his followers moved south of the Arkansas River and adamantly refused US government orders to move north. In 1825 he moved to Red River, at the mouth of the Kiamichi River where he and his followers continued to make war on the Osage in spite of the presence of General Matthew Arbuckle and 250 soldiers of the regular army.
There is no more after this" said "Uncle Mogre" of the Osage, who had been working to preserve the language. [5] The Osage language had then been dwindling for nearly 200 years. [6] Robedeaux was buried in the A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery, Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma. Her grave records her dates of birth and death. [7]
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] Due to various issues, the tribe reconvened in 1881 and created the 1881 Osage Nation Constitution. The 1881 constitution created the office of Principal ...