Osage
Americannoun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly of western Missouri, now living in northern Oklahoma.
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the Siouan language of the Osage.
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a river flowing E from E Kansas to the Missouri River in central Missouri. 500 miles (800 km) long.
noun
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a member of a North American Indian people formerly living in an area between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers
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the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family
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After my role in “August: Osage County” in 2013, I seemed to be taken more seriously.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
The result was one of Scorsese’s simplest, most powerful performances — a moving eulogy not just for the slain Osage but also all the innocent characters victimized by his films’ litany of bad men.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025
At nearly 1.5 million acres, the Osage Nation acts as one proving ground for CATALOG's technology and techniques.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
Many were anticipating a historic win for Gladstone for her subtle and affecting work as an Osage wife in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2024
An oil producer told a reporter, “For the first time in a hundred years, there’s no drilling in Osage County.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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