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A map of the Oklahoma and Indian territories, circa 1890s, created using Census Bureau data. The Osage were one of the few American Indian nations to buy their own reservation. As a result, they retained more rights to the land and sovereignty. They retained mineral rights on their lands. [40]
A view of Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County, Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,304 square miles (5,970 km 2), of which 2,246 square miles (5,820 km 2) is land and 58 square miles (150 km 2) (2.5%) is water. [6] It is the largest county in Oklahoma by area.
Tax benefits. In 1998 the IRS issued Notice 98-45 which established the boundaries of the Former Indian Reservations in Oklahoma. For tax purposes, current and former lands owned by Indian tribes are treated as if they are an Indian reservation, regardless of current ownership. Approximately 2/3 of the State of Oklahoma is treated as if it were ...
Map of Tribal Jurisdictional Areas in Oklahoma. This is a list of federally recognized Native American Tribes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma . With its 38 federally recognized tribes, [ 1 ] Oklahoma has the third largest numbers of tribes of any state, behind Alaska and California .
Pawhuska (Osage: 𐓄𐓘𐓢𐓶𐓮𐓤𐓘, hpahúska, lit.: White Hair; Chiwere: Paháhga) is a city in and the county seat of Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,984. [3] It was named after the 19th-century Osage chief, Paw-Hiu-Skah, which means "White Hair" in English. [5]
The Osage Indian murders were in Osage County, Oklahoma, during the 1910s–1930s. Newspapers described the increasing number of unsolved murders and deaths among young adults of the Osage Nation as the "Reign of Terror". [1][2] Most took place from 1921 to 1926. At least 60 wealthy, full-blood Osage persons were reported killed from 1918 to ...
Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Area is a statistical entity identified and delineated by federally recognized American Indian tribes in Oklahoma as part of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 Census and ongoing American Community Survey. [1] Many of these areas are also designated Tribal Jurisdictional Areas,[2] areas within which tribes will provide ...
FIPS code. 40-24850 [3] GNIS feature ID. 2412610 [2] Fairfax is a town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States. The Osage Nation reservation is coterminous with the county. The population was 1,380 at the 2010 census, down 11.3 percent from the figure of 1,555 recorded in 2000. [4] It was the home of the ballerinas Maria and Marjorie Tallchief.