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Osage
~20,000Osage, EnglishSince 900 CE
About the Osage People
The Wahzhazhe (Osage) people are a Dhegiha Siouan nation who moved west to the tallgrass prairies, later rebuilding sovereignty and wealth in Oklahoma after forced removals and the painful Reign of Terror.
Cultural Traditions
Inlonshka Dances
Wahzhazhe Songs
Finger Weaving
Hominy Dishes
Historical Timeline
1808
Treaty of Fort Clark cedes Missouri River homelands
1872
Osage forced removal to Indian Territory
1921
Oil boom and Osage Reign of Terror spur federal investigations