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At least 60 wealthy Osage Indians where murdered in the 1920s for the oil rich land they owned.
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In Oklahoma in the 1920s, ranchers, lawyers and public officials conspired together to murder 60+ Osage Indians in order to secure the rights to their oil-rich land. Only two men were ever convicted. Both were paroled and one pardoned by the governor of Oklahoma.
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The Dawes Act did not apply to the Seneca Nations of New York, the Osage, Sac and Fox Indians in Oklahoma Territory, and some territory in Nebraska that adjoined the Sioux Nation.
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In the 1920s there was a wide ranging conspiracy to murder Osage Indians over their wealth. The murders involved friends, doctors, judges, and even some husbands of the Osage. Unable to stop the murders with local/state action, the case become one of the first major investigations at the FBI.
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Laura's family mistakenly settled in Osage Indian country in Kansas. When they realized the mistake they moved back to Wisconsin. Laura's memories of this time are incorporated into her novels.
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In the early 1900s, oil was discovered on Osage Indian land leading to a vast conspiracy to kill the richest of them and steal their wealth. The obscure branch of the DOJ tasked with investigating would eventually become the FBI.
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In the early 20th century, oil-wealthy Osage Indians were often assigned white guardians to control their estates as they were considered 'irresponsible' by the state. At least 60, and probably many more, were murdered by their guardians who then inherited their headrights (mineral inheritance)
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A group of people in Oklahoma conspired to marry into and then murder members of the American Indian Osage tribe for their oil wealth.
