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Marquette's 1673 map noted the Kanza, Osage, and Pawnee tribes thrived in much of modern-day Kansas. [13] The Osage called the Europeans I'n-Shta-Heh (Heavy Eyebrows) because of their facial hair. [14] As experienced warriors, the Osage allied with the French, with whom they traded, against the Illiniwek during the early 18th century. The first ...
The United States Osage Agent, Cyrus Beede, encouraged the Osage to form an elected form of government. 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]
Black Dog (Osage, Manka-Chonka, ca. 1780–1848) was a chief of the Hunkah band of the Osage Indians that lived in an area around present Baxter Springs, Kansas. In the fall of 1803, the band moved to the village of Pasuga (Big Cedar), present day Claremore, Oklahoma. His towering height was 7 feet 5 inches (2.26 m) tall, his weight 430 pounds ...
Pages in category "History of the Osage Nation" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not ... Council Grove, Kansas; D. Drum ...
Oswego is located on the site of an Osage village called No tse Wa spe, which means "Heart Stays" or more loosely translated, "Quiet Heart." [4] Jesuit Missionaries from Osage Mission (now St. Paul, Kansas) who worked among the Osages called the village "Little Town," probably because the band of Osages who lived in the village were of the "Little Osage" division of the Osage People.
The Osage Nation, a Native American tribe in the United States, is the source of most other terms containing the word "osage". Osage can also refer to: Osage language , a Dhegihan language traditionally spoken by the Osage Nation
James Bigheart was born Pun-Kah-Wi-Tah-An-Kah in 1838 to Nun-tsa-tum-kah and Wah-hui-shah near St. Paul, Kansas. Bigheart converted to Catholicism, was educated at the Osage Mission's post, and fluent in multiple languages. [1] [a] He enlisted in the 9th Kansas Cavalry Regiment of the Union Army in Iola, Kansas on January 19, 1862.
The Kaw Nation (or Kanza or Kansa) is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. The Kaw people historically lived in the central Midwestern United States. They have also been called the "People of the South wind", [2] "People of water", Kansa, Kaza, Konza, Conza, Quans, Kosa, and Kasa.