Osage
Americannoun
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Osages,
plural
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Osage
plural
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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 New Yorker’s Grann intertwines the racism and injustices of 1920s Oklahoma, corruption of local authorities and the mysterious deaths of several Osage people, mostly women.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
Partners from the Osage Nation provide essential feedback, evaluating the pros and cons of the equipment used in the field and the accuracy of the information generated.
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
A few congressmen and witnesses tried to mitigate the scapegoating of the Osage.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
“To us, to Osages, there’s a direct silence about Native America,” Tinker Smith said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021
That year, the Osages ceded 4,650 square miles, an area slightly smaller than Connecticut, in exchange for 1,200 cattle and hogs, 1,000 chickens, and goods totaling $140,000.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2014
In Little House on the Prairie, Ma overcomes her distaste for Indians and feeds the Osages, who own the land the Ingalls family mistakenly occupies; the chief later saves them from slaughter.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2012
When the Osages struck oil, royalties were not paid to individual Indian land owners, but were received communally and distributed, equally, to the "headrights."
From Time Magazine Archive
And he insisted, “I will always be the Osages true Friend.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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